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  he was born in the brokly projects
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  Jay z life and struggles
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  He droped out of high school to sell drugs
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  He was rejected by major record labels and no one would sign him
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  created his own record label because no one would sign him
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  he got his first grammy in 1998 for his best album hard knock life
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  His first album Reasonable Doubt was relesed
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  He sign a $150,000,000 contract to creat rock nation
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  he became one of the most influnetial people in time magazine