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“He was the last of my four children,” Jay-Z’s mother later recalled, “the only child who didn’t give me any pain when I gave birth, and thats, how I knew he was a special child”.
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His rise to Hip Hop wasn't easy he remained anonymous until he and his two friends Damon Dash and Kareem Burke, founded their own record label Roc-a-Fella records in 1996
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The title track, which sampled the famous chorus from the Broadway Musical Annie became Carters most popular single to date and got him his first grammy nomination.
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In 1999 Carter released Vol. 3 Life and Times of S.Carter. The album went platinum three times and launched the hit single ‘Big Pimpin’.
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Carters next solo album Blue Print was released in 2001 and was consider one of the best Hip Hop album of all time. Kanye West produced a number of albums off of that track which launched his music career.
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In 2008 Carter married American R&B singer Beyonce Knowles.
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Blue Ivy Carter is born.After the birth of Blue Ivy Carter released a song Glory dedicated to her. At the end of the song Glory, Blue Ivy cries are heard and at two days old she became the youngest person to appear on the Billboard charts.