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Jay-Z is the stage name of Shawn Corey Carter, who was born December 4, 1969. Jay-Z was a rapper, songwriter, record producer, and savvy businessman. As of 2010 his net worth is over $450 million. Jay-Z says his earliest musical experience is listening to his parents' record collection, which contains soul music. In 2008, Jay-Z married R&B singer Beyonce Knowles. In 2012, they have a baby girl that they name Blue Ivy. Two days later, Jay-Z releases "Glory," a song dedicated to his newbown daughter. Since Blue's cries are recorded on the song, she was given official credit. Blue Ivy Carter becomes the youngest person to appear on a Billboard chart. Becoming a parent changed Jay-, who said in 2012 that in the future he stopped using the "B" word.

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Critics say that Hip-hop music passed on the wrong message to young people. One of the reasons people oppose Hip-hop was because of the curse words used by many rap artists. But rappers used these words to capture the anger and frustration of people in their neighborhoods. Critics also complain about the graphic sexual content of lyrics, and many lyrics put women down through the use of crude names. Rapper David Banner says that the words are honest. They lyrics only describe a certain type of women, and other women should not be offended. He also point out that sex sells. Hip-hop musicians see himselves as artists. He sees his job as to capture the reality of the society as they see it. They expect to offend you if you don't want to know the

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