Jay-Z
(Shawn Corey Carter)
(1969-)

African-American Rapper, Entrepreneur

birthdate: December 4
birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York

QUOTES

"So many people that I've seen can't get clean water. It's a crime."

"Well I'm not just gon' go and do rap songs. I wanna touch, and maybe help, and see what I can do in these areas.' As I start looking around me, looking at things in ways that I can become helpful, starting at the first thing, water. Something as simple as water."

“How could I be out there and not do anything?”

 

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