About Jay-Z

 Jay-Z is an American hip hop artist and businessman He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having sold over 26 million units in the United States. His critically acclaimed album, The Blueprint, was written in only two days. After announcing his retirement from recording music in 2003, he returned in late 2006 with the album Kingdom Come, which sold 680,000 copies in its first week, Jay-Z's highest-selling album in a one-week period. The New York Times announced that Jay-Z is on the verge of a partnership with Live Nation for $150 million — among the most expensive contracts ever awarded to a musician. He is also famous for marrying Beyoncé Knowles on April 4, 2008.

Jay-Z released his tenth album entitled American Gangster in November 2007. After viewing the film, he was heavily inspired to create a new "concept" album that depicts his experiences as a street-hustler. This album is not the film's official soundtrack, even though it is distributed by Def Jam. Jay-Z's "American Gangster" depicts his life in correlation to the movie American Gangster.

Jay-Z stated that he's going to start another album, produced by Timbaland. Jay-Z performed a new song and he and Kanye proclaimed that it was to be on The Blueprint 3.