What Do You Know About Jay Z
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In the world of hip-hop or rap music, several great icons have grace this genre of music leaving their indelible mark on the stage, Jay Z is a popular American pop artist, take a quiz and see what you know about him
- 1.Jay Z is a multitalented America hip-hop artist that grace the rap genre for 3 decades and still performing, what is his real name?
- A.
Shawn Jay Carter
- B.
Shawn Corey Carter
- C.
Shawn Corey Jigaman
- D.
Shawn Carter
- 2.He is known by his stage name, this professional musician and businessman is one of the bestselling musicians of all time, having sold more than?
- A.
100 million records
- B.
200 million records
- C.
80 million records
- D.
50 million records
- 3.Every year end always have musician being rewarded for their hard work, different media houses giving the award, BET, Grammy, Video and music awards, how many Grammy does Jay z have to date?
- A.
15
- B.
10
- C.
21
- D.
20
- 4.He is a married man, a father of 3 children, married to another iconic RnB musician and a start in her own rights, what is the name of his spouse
- A.
Beyonce Carter
- B.
Jada Pinket
- C.
Beyonce Knowles
- D.
Beyonce Carter-Knowles
- 5.Born in the city of Barrow Brooklyn, New York in the 90s, he started his music career in his early years, what is the name of his parent?
- A.
Gloria Carter and Adnes Reeves
- B.
Shawn Carter and Revees Moore
- C.
John Carlo and Maurice white
- D.
Beyonce and Blue Ivy
- 6.Major record label did not want to sign Jay z and give a record deal which made him sell CDs out of his car with Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs, created Roc-A-Fella Records as an independent label in?
- A.
1992
- B.
1995
- C.
1996
- D.
1994
- 7.He later strikes a distribution deal with Priority, Jay z released his 1996 debut album Reasonable Doubt with beats from acclaimed producers such as DJ Premier and Super DJ, and an appearance by?
- A.
Eminem
- B.
Tupac
- C.
Dr. Dre
- D.
Notorious BIG
- 8.Having been getting more recognition and acceptance he reached a new distribution deal with Def Jam in 1997 released his follow-up ‘In My Lifetime Vol. 1’ produced by?
- A.
Suge Knight
- B.
Def Jam
- C.
Dr. Dre
- D.
Sean Combs
- 9.At the start of the American Gangster album, the single ‘Blue Magic’, Jay z offers a dealer’s manifesto while making references to political figures of the late 1980s, which names did he mention?
- A.
Lincoln, Bush and Reagan
- B.
Reagan, Oliver North and Iran-Contra
- C.
Obama, Bush and Trump
- D.
Reagan, Oliver and Trump
- 10.Another notable about the ‘Blue Magic’ music was Jay Z flashing 500 euro notes which made Harvard Business School professor Rawi Abdelai called this act a?
- A.
Next step in American pop music
- B.
Bawling hard
- C.
Arrogance
- D.
Turning point in American pop culture
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