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Anyone who is familiar with hip hop music will know about the divide between the East Coast and the West Coast rappers. Many rappers from New York are some of the world's most famous artistes to date, living or dead. Furthermore, as the history of hip hop dictates, most of them came from a life of hard knocks and struggles in order to make it in the music industry.
Jay Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, is perhaps the world's most successful rap star to date. He is 45 years old but shows no signs of slowing down, either in the music industry or with any of his lucrative businesses and entrepreneurial skills. Married to Beyonce Knowles, who is an icon on her own in the industry, Jay Z often works with his wife to create chart topping music. He also has a song glorifying New York, NY called 'Empire State Of Mind', which is a collaboration with R&B royalty Alicia Keys.
Shawn Carter has nineteen Grammys under his belt and has been at the top of the charts consistently for years. On the Rolling Stone's list of five hundred greatest albums of all time, there are three by Jay Z. As well as his music career, he is the owner and creator of Rocawear, Roc-A-Fella Records and Roc Nation.
One of hip hop music's greatest legends is Tupac Shakur, who is a key figure in the East/West coast battle. Very few will dispute that 2pac, which is the stage name he carried as well as Makavelli, is an all-time great in the music industry. His record sales alone have placed him as one of the bestselling artists in the history of music.
Tupac Shakur was an incredibly influential rapper. He was born in 1971 in East Harlem. His life ended abruptly in 1996, where he suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a drive by shooting. Many will attest to the conspiracies surrounding his tragic death.
When mentioning Tupac Shakur, it is impossible not to mention another of the most influential artists of hip hop music, Notorious B. I. G. Known to many as Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, Christopher Wallace grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the same high school as fellow rappers Jay Z and Busta Rhymes. He suffered a similar fate to 2pac, killed in a drive by shooting in early 1997.
Li'l Kim is one of the biggest female rappers to come out of New York, NY. Also from Brooklyn, she lived on the streets for most of her life before being recruited by Notorious B. I. G. He was convinced of her talent after she did a freestyle for him. Next to Missy Elliott alone, Li'l Kim has 3 platinum albums.
Biggie's best friend, Sean Combs, is very much a mogul and entrepreneur like his fellow rapper Jay Z. Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, Puffy - or Diddy, as he is more recently called - paid tribute to Notorious B. I. G. On a monster track entitled 'Missing You'. The single featured the voice of Biggie's wife, Faith Evans, as well. Sean Combs has been listed in Forbes Magazine as the richest man in hip hop.
Jay Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, is perhaps the world's most successful rap star to date. He is 45 years old but shows no signs of slowing down, either in the music industry or with any of his lucrative businesses and entrepreneurial skills. Married to Beyonce Knowles, who is an icon on her own in the industry, Jay Z often works with his wife to create chart topping music. He also has a song glorifying New York, NY called 'Empire State Of Mind', which is a collaboration with R&B royalty Alicia Keys.
Shawn Carter has nineteen Grammys under his belt and has been at the top of the charts consistently for years. On the Rolling Stone's list of five hundred greatest albums of all time, there are three by Jay Z. As well as his music career, he is the owner and creator of Rocawear, Roc-A-Fella Records and Roc Nation.
One of hip hop music's greatest legends is Tupac Shakur, who is a key figure in the East/West coast battle. Very few will dispute that 2pac, which is the stage name he carried as well as Makavelli, is an all-time great in the music industry. His record sales alone have placed him as one of the bestselling artists in the history of music.
Tupac Shakur was an incredibly influential rapper. He was born in 1971 in East Harlem. His life ended abruptly in 1996, where he suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a drive by shooting. Many will attest to the conspiracies surrounding his tragic death.
When mentioning Tupac Shakur, it is impossible not to mention another of the most influential artists of hip hop music, Notorious B. I. G. Known to many as Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, Christopher Wallace grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the same high school as fellow rappers Jay Z and Busta Rhymes. He suffered a similar fate to 2pac, killed in a drive by shooting in early 1997.
Li'l Kim is one of the biggest female rappers to come out of New York, NY. Also from Brooklyn, she lived on the streets for most of her life before being recruited by Notorious B. I. G. He was convinced of her talent after she did a freestyle for him. Next to Missy Elliott alone, Li'l Kim has 3 platinum albums.
Biggie's best friend, Sean Combs, is very much a mogul and entrepreneur like his fellow rapper Jay Z. Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, Puffy - or Diddy, as he is more recently called - paid tribute to Notorious B. I. G. On a monster track entitled 'Missing You'. The single featured the voice of Biggie's wife, Faith Evans, as well. Sean Combs has been listed in Forbes Magazine as the richest man in hip hop.
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