A Famous New Yorker I Admire

Shawn Corey Carter was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 4, 1969. He responds to his nick name 'Jay Z', in which I would be referring to in my post. Jay Z grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, New York. His neighborhood and living conditions were not the best and was not easy at all. I admire the fact that he did not become a product of his environment which is very easy to do however, he did not settle or use his mishaps as a crutch to continue to live and struggle in those conditions which seemed that there was no ending and certainly not enough of anything to live comfortably. After he was succesful as a artist he opened his own record label company Def Jam. He was able to sign his friends that he actually went to school with to his label. All of whom he signed went on to be big artist themselves. Jay Z started releasing records in the late 80's. He has accomplished the releasing of platinum records, he created a urban clothing line 'Roca Wear', that is extremely sucessful, he has his own sneakers which was the biggest-selling sneakers and opened his first sports bar 40/40 club in 2003. Because all of his accomplishments, Jay Z has employed thousands of people in all of his establishments around the world. He has employed people from his old neighborhood in Brooklyn also which was uplifting for their community. After retiring in 2006, He left his presidency of Def Jam and sold his remaining stake in Rocafella to found Rock Nation in 2008. He is now married with a lovely toddler daughter and is part owner of the Nets baseeball team. He continues to bring jobs to the brooklyn community, and has done so by building the Barclay Center which is located downtown brooklyn. Anyone looking for a basketball game, concerts or any entertainment can visit the Barclay Center in Brooklyn there is always entertainment there. Work Cited J.M. "Jay Z Biography", www.imdb.com/celebrity/Jay_Z/biography.html, n.d., 1990-2014 IMDb.com, Inc, Web, April 17, 2014