Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Sean Corey Carter ma Dekemaba 4, 1969. Ua ulu ʻo Jay-Z ma kahi kaiāulu Brooklyn kahi i nui ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka rap i mea e pakele ai a ʻike ʻia ma Yo! MTV Raps i ka makahiki 1989.
Ma hope o ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā miliona o nā moʻolelo me kāna lepili Roc-A-Fella ponoʻī, ua hana ʻo Jay-Z i kahi laina lole. Ua male ʻo ia i ka mea mele kaulana a me ka mea hana keaka ʻo Beyoncé Knowles ma 2008.
ʻO ke ola mua o Jay-Z
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Rapper Jay-Z ma Brooklyn (New York). "ʻO ia ka hope o kaʻu mau keiki ʻehā," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ka makuahine o Jay-Z, "ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i hōʻeha ʻole iaʻu i koʻu hānau ʻana iā ia, a ʻo ia ke kumu aʻu i ʻike ai he keiki kūikawā ʻo ia." Ua haʻalele ʻo Pāpā (Adnes Reeves) i ka ʻohana i ka makahiki 11 wale nō ʻo Jay-Z. Ua hānai ʻia ka mea rapper ʻōpio e kona makuahine (Gloria Carter).
I ka wā ʻōpio paʻakikī, i kikoʻī ʻia i loko o kāna mau mele autobiographical, ua lawelawe ʻo Sean Carter i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pāʻani me nā mea kaua like ʻole. Ua hele ʻo ia i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Eli Whitney ma Brooklyn, kahi he hoa papa ʻo ia no ka moʻolelo rap Notious B.I.G.
E like me kā Jay-Z i hoʻomanaʻo ai i kona wā kamaliʻi ma kekahi o kāna mau mele "December 4": "Ua hele au i ke kula, loaʻa nā māka maikaʻi, hiki ke hana e like me ke kanaka kūpono. Akā he mau daimonio koʻu i loko i hiki ke hoʻāla ʻia e ka hui ʻana."
Hip hop hanohano Jay-Z
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Carter i ka rapping i kona wā ʻōpiopio, e pakele ai i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, ka hana ʻino, a me ka ʻilihune e hoʻopuni ana iā ia ma ka Marcy Projects.
I ka makahiki 1989, ua hui ʻo ia i ka rapper Jaz-O, he mea pena kiʻi kiʻi i lawelawe ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻo, e hoʻopaʻa i ka The Originators. Mahalo iā ia, ua ʻike ʻia ka male ma kahi ʻāpana o Yo! MTV Raps. ʻO ia ka manawa i lawe ai ʻo Sean Carter i ka inoa inoa ʻo Jay-Z, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻohiwahiwa iā Jaz-O, kahi pāʻani ma ka inoa kamaliʻi o Carter ʻo Jazzy, a me kahi kuhikuhi i ke kahua kaʻaahi J/Z kokoke i kona home ma Brooklyn.
Me ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi inoa papa, ua noho inoa ʻole ʻo Jay-Z a hiki i kāna mau hoa ʻelua, ʻo Damon Dash lāua ʻo Kareem Burke, i hoʻokumu i Roc-A-Fella Records ma 1996. I Iune o ia makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Jay-Z i kāna album mua, ʻo Reasonable Doubt.
ʻOiai ua piʻi ka moʻolelo ma ka helu 23 ma nā papa palapala Billboard, ua manaʻo ʻia he album hip hop maʻamau me nā mele e like me Can't Knock the Hustle e hōʻike ana iā Mary J. Blige a me Brooklyn's Finest. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka hui pū me Notorious BIG e Jay-Z.
ʻElua makahiki ma hope mai, ua loaʻa ʻo Jay-Z i ka lanakila hou aʻe me 1998 Vol. 2…Ke ola kuʻi paʻakikī. ʻO ke poʻo inoa mele mele kaulana loa, loaʻa iā Jay-Z kāna koho Grammy mua. Ua hōʻailona ʻo Hard Knock Life i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi manawa nui i lilo ai ka mea mele i inoa nui loa ma ka hip-hop.
I nā makahiki, ua hoʻokuʻu ka rapper i nā album a me nā mele. ʻO kāna mau mele kaulana loa ʻo Can I Get A…, Big Pimpin, I Just Wanna Love U, Izzo (HOVA) a me 03 Bonnie & Clyde. E like me ka mea hoʻokahi me ka wahine mare e hiki mai ana ʻo Beyoncé Knowles.
ʻO ka album kaulana loa a Jay-Z mai kēia wā ʻo The Blueprint (2001), a ma hope mai i hana ai i nā papa inoa o nā mele mele maikaʻi loa o nā makahiki he ʻumi.
Mai ka rapper Jay-Z a i nā ʻoihana
I ka makahiki 2003, ua hoʻoluliluli ka mea pena i ka honua hip-hop. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ka The Black Album. A hoʻolaha ʻo ia ʻo kāna album mele hope loa ma mua o ka hoʻomaha ʻana.
Noi ʻia e wehewehe i kona haʻalele koke ʻana mai ka rap, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jay-Z ua loaʻa iā ia ka hoʻoikaika ʻana mai ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā MC kaulana ʻē aʻe. Akā, ua luuluu wale ʻo ia no ka nele o ka hoʻokūkū. "ʻAʻole wela ka pāʻani," wahi āna. "Aloha au i ka wā e hana ai kekahi i kahi album wela a laila pono ʻoe e hana i kahi album ʻoi aku ka wela. Makemae au iā ia. Akā i kēia manawa ʻaʻole pēlā, ʻaʻole wela. "
I ka wā hoʻomaha mai ka rap, ua huli ka mea pena i ka ʻaoʻao mele o ka ʻoihana ma o ka lilo ʻana i pelekikena o Def Jam Recordings. Ma ke ʻano he poʻo o Def Jam, ua kau inoa ʻo ia i nā papahana kaulana: Rihanna, Ne-Yo and Young Jeezy. Ua kōkua pū ʻo ia i ka hoʻololi ʻana no Kanye West. Akā ʻaʻole i maʻalahi kona noho aliʻi ʻana ma ka lepili hip-hop hanohano. Ua haʻalele ʻo Jay-Z i pelekikena o Def Jam ma 2007.
ʻO nā papahana ʻoihana ʻē aʻe a ka mea pena e pili ana i ka laina lole kaulana kaulana ʻo Rocawear a me Roc-A-Fella. Loaʻa iā ia ka pā haʻuki kiʻekiʻe ʻo 40/40 Club, aia ma New York a me Atlantic City, a nona ka hui ʻo New Jersey Nets basketball franchise. E like me kā Jay-Z i ʻōlelo ai e pili ana i kāna aupuni ʻoihana: "ʻAʻole wau he ʻoihana - he ʻoihana wau iaʻu iho, dude."
ʻO ka hoʻi ʻana o Jay Z
I ka makahiki 2006, ho'ōki ʻo Jay-Z i ka hana mele, me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kahi album hou, Kingdom Come. Ua hoʻokuʻu koke ʻo ia i ʻelua mau album: American Gangster ma 2007 a me Blueprint 3 ma 2010.
Ua hōʻailona kēia ʻekolu o nā album hope i ka haʻalele ʻana mai ke kani mua ʻana o Jay-Z, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka pōhaku a me ka ʻuhane. A hāʻawi i nā kumumanaʻo oʻo e like me ka pane ʻana i ka Hurricane Katrina; ke koho balota o Barack Obama i ka makahiki 2008; ka pilikia o ka kaulana a me ka waiwai. 'Ōleloʻo Jay-Z e pili ana i ka ho'āʻoʻana e hoʻololi i kāna mele e kūpono i kona mau makahiki waena.
"ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe i ka rap i hiki i ka nui o nā makahiki, no ka mea he 30 wale nō kona mau makahiki," wahi āna. "I ka nui ʻana o ka poʻe i ka makahiki, manaʻolana mākou e ʻoi aku ka laulā o nā kumuhana a laila e hoʻonui ka poʻe hoʻolohe."
Ma 2008, ua kau inoa ʻo Jay-Z i kahi kuʻikahi $150 miliona me ka hui hoʻolaha ʻaha mele ʻo Live Nation. Ua hoʻokumu kēia hana nui i kahi ʻoihana hui ma waena o Roc Nation (he hui ʻoliʻoli e mālama i nā ʻano o ka ʻoihana a nā mea pena). Ma waho aʻe o Jay-Z, hoʻokele ʻo Roc Nation iā Willow Smith lāua ʻo J. Cole.
Ua hōʻoia ka mea pena kiʻi i ka ʻoihana kūʻai a me ke koʻikoʻi. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me kekahi ʻelele kaulana ʻē aʻe o ke aliʻi rap, ʻo Kanye West, ma 2011 ma Watch the Throne. Ua lilo ka album i triple hit, ma luna o ka rap, R&B a me nā palapala pop i ʻAukake.
Ua loaʻa i ke mele ʻo Otis, ka mea i hoʻohālike i ka hope o Otis Redding, he mau koho koho Grammy. Ua koho ʻia ke mele no ka Best Rap Album.
ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kahi album me West, ua hoʻokuʻu nā rapper ʻelua i nā album solo i loko o nā pule o ka lā hoʻokuʻu o ka album. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka album ʻo West's Yeezus (2013) no kāna hana hou. ʻOiai ua loaʻa i kāna album kumu ʻo Jay-Z nā loiloi maikaʻi ʻole. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Rappers Magna Carta's 12th studio album Holy Grail (2013). Akā ʻaʻole hiki ke ola i ka inoa o ka hip-hop.
ʻO ke ola pilikino o Jay Z
ʻO ka hopohopo nui e pili ana i kona ola ponoʻī, ʻaʻole kūkākūkā ākea ʻo Jay-Z i kāna pilina me kāna hoaaloha, mele kaulana a me ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Beyoncé Knowles no nā makahiki.
Ua hiki i nā kāne ke pale i ka paʻi mai kā lāua male liʻiliʻi, i mālama ʻia ma ʻApelila 4, 2008 ma New York. Ma kahi o 40 wale nō ka poʻe i hele i ka hoʻolauleʻa ma ka hale penthouse o Jay-Z. Me ka mea hana keaka ʻo Gwyneth Paltrow a me nā lālā o Destiny's Child kahiko ʻo Kelly Rowland lāua ʻo Michelle Williams.
Ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi ʻohana, ua lilo ʻo Jay-Z lāua ʻo Beyonce i kumuhana o ka nui o nā lono hāpai. I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, he kaikamahine kā lāua i kapa ʻia ʻo Blue Ivy Carter (Ianuali 7, 2012). No ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka pilikino a me ka palekana, ua hoʻolimalima lāua i kahi ʻāpana o ka Halemai Lenox Hill o New York a hoʻolimalima i nā kiaʻi palekana.
Ma hope koke iho o ka hānau ʻana o kāna kaikamahine, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Jay-Z i kahi mele no kona hanohano ma kāna pūnaewele. Ma ka Glory, ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka hauʻoli o ka makua kāne a kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua loaʻa mua ʻo Beyoncé i kahi hāʻule. Ua hoʻopuka pū ʻo Jay-Z lāua ʻo Beyonce i kahi leka me ka mele e ʻōlelo ana "ʻo mākou i ka lani" a "ʻo ka hānau ʻana iā Blue ka ʻike maikaʻi loa o ko mākou ola."
