Author(s): Stephen G Gordon
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 112
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Language: English
Date Published: 2013-04-01
Dimensions: 157.48 x 218.44 x 12.7mm
Publication City/Country: Minneapolis, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: Bibliography; Index; Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white

As USA TODAY, the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper, puts it, "anyone who has followed Jay-Z's career knows [that] the superstar born Shawn Corey Carter has long defied anyone who tried to pigeonhole him." He left behind the dangerous life of a drug dealer and became one of the biggest names in music. He then achieved success as a businessman, an activist, and an author, while staying true to the spirit of hip-hop.

Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jay-Z grew up in a household full of music lovers. After hearing people rap for the first time, he also discovered the creative fire within himself. He began to make up rhymes nonstop--and made his way from financial hardship to the throne of a music empire.