FROM SCRAPBOOKS TO BLUEPRINTS: The Rise of RocNation Abstract: This write up is a biography of the well-known Rap/Hip Hop Artist known as Jay Z. Within this biography I have talked about his success in collaborations with various artists over the course of his musical career till date. Although I focused mainly on a number of tracks, which in my opinion were his five best collaborations, I gave a brief summary of how successful the tracks were, awards he won from songs he worked with other people on. I give a short brief about his personal life. And I give a conclusion explaining how in my opinion he is a genius. And lastly his track record shows how talented he is, and how collaborative he can be. Personal Life Jay-Z was born Shawn Corey Carter on …show more content…
Carter’s nickname growing up was “Jazzy,” which gave way to Jay-Z when he started rhyming with Jaz-O. (Jay-Z is also a reference to the J/Z subway train, which serviced his Brooklyn neighborhood.) (Anderson, 2009) Not to go into too much detail about his personal life but Jay Z is well known for his relationship with the pulchristudinous Beyounce Knowles as they worked together ate an earlier stage of both their careers. Bey’s first post–Destiny’s Child solo project is “’03 Bonnie and Clyde,” with Bey playing the modern-day Bonnie to Jay’s Clyde in the music video which was in October of 2002. " While the video fuels intense rumors about their relationship, the pair remain hush-hush about it, with Jay saying in a 2003 interview with Playboy that the pair are “just friends.” But in one of their earliest TV appearances together, on MTV’s TRL back in 2002, Bey is sporting Jay’s signature Yankees cap." And While the couple refuses to acknowledge their relationship publicly, paparazzi shots tell another story. Throughout 2003, the pair are frequently spotted at