What is Jay-Z?
{{Infobox person | name = Jay-Z | image = File:Jay-Z @ Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter Foundation Carnival (crop 2).jpg | caption = Carter in 2011 | birth_name = Shawn Corey Carter | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|4}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], U.S. | other_names = {{hlist|The Carter Administration|Jigga|Hova|El Presidente|HOV<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2702599-The-Carter-Administration |title=The Carter Administration {{!}} Discography {{!}} Discogs<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526191859/https://www.discogs.com/artist/2702599-The-Carter-Administration |archive-date=May 26, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Rapper * songwriter * record producer * entrepreneur * record executive * media proprietor }} | works = {{hlist|[[Jay-Z albums discography|Albums]]|[[Jay-Z singles discography#Production discography|production]]|[[Jay-Z singles discography|singles]]|[[List of songs recorded by Jay-Z|songs]]|[[Jay-Z videography|videography]]}} | years_active = 1986–present<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/story-jay-z|title=Jay-Z|publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513101443/https://www.rockhall.com/story-jay-z|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Bandini|url=https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2015/06/most-heads-dont-know-that-jay-zs-first-record-was-in-1986-audio/|title=Jay Z's First Record Ever Was in 1986…And It Was Not Hawaiian Sophie. Take a Listen (Audio)|publisher=Ambrosia For Heads|date=June 18, 2015|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115235524/https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2015/06/most-heads-dont-know-that-jay-zs-first-record-was-in-1986-audio/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>