Jay+Z+1

What did Shawn Carter do for money when he was young?

he sold crack cocaine

Where did Shawn Carter live in NY?

Brooklyn

How did he get his first record deal?

Jay-z, Damon Dash, Kareem Biggs created Roc-A-Fella records as their own independent label and got his first album after hooking up a deal with Priority and releasing Reasonable Doubt in 1996

Who were his parents and when was he born? He was born December 4, 1969. His father was Adnes Reeves who left him at the age 12. He was raised by his mother Gloria Carter for all of his childhood How did he come up with his rapper name Jay-Z? In his neighborhood all of his friends called him Jazzy which turned into Jay-z

1. On your group's Wiki page, describe the main characters in your text. What makes them interesting? What is their story or background? Why are you drawn to them? Conversely, are there any characters that you just cannot stand? Why not? This book is interesting because it is all about a phenom in the rapper industry. It talks about not only his unbelievable success in the hip-hop game, but taking in approach in the business world. The story is completely about Jay-z's journey and rise to fame. The background is all related to Hov and his life. our group is drawn to the interesting struggles he faces to get to where his is now. There are no character we cannot stand because it is really only about Hov and we love him.

Today the group had a very interesting discussion. We talked about his early life and why he made the choices he did. We also talked about the relationships he had with his parents. The group also found out some interesting facts bout Shawn Carter such as where we went to school, how he had to hustle money, what is childhood was like, and how come he had such a bad child hood. The group enjoys reading the book. This is because we are all Jay-Z fans. We also enjoy reading the book because we all wanted to know what it was like growing up as Jay-Z as a child, what his childhood was like, why he choice the path he did, and what inspired him. We also thought if we were to read a biography we might learn a lesson or two about what life is really about instead of what we have it here as the good life. So i felt like that our book discussion went very well and we are put in our inputs in about the book and how we like it.