Jay Z: The 40 million album man

The documentary of American rap star, Jay Z’s ‘Made In America’ music festival is set to debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2013.
A month later, precisely on October 11, the documentary of the annual two-day music festival will hit Showtime Cable Network. Basically, the documentary will chronicle Jay Z creating the festival which held in September 2012.
Held in Philadelphia, the concert featured performances by some other artistes including Kanye West, Drake, Tyler, Pearl Jam and Run DMC. Interviews by some of the artistes have been said to also feature in the documentary.
The film was directed by Ron Howard with the trailer for the documentary already out.
Showtime president of entertainment, David Nevins, said, “Ron Howard and Jay-Z have crafted an inspirational portrayal of American resilience, drive and creativity, interwoven with an incredible showcase of musical talent.”
At this year’s show, however, Jay Z’s wife, Beyonce Knowles, entertained the crowd with a 90-minute performance that featured songs like ‘Crazy in Love’ and ‘Single Ladies (Put a ring on it).
Jay Z is one of the world’s most successful hip hop artistes, having sold over 40 million albums in his career.
In June 2013, Samsung bought a million copies of his recent album, ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’, for $5 each, to put on some of their models for customers, prior to its official release.
Jay Z: From the streets to a life of luxuryShawn Corey Carter, better known as Jay Z is one of the most successful music artistes with 17 Grammy awards and a track record of achievements as a rapper and record producer. Jay Z, who is arguably one of the greatest rappers of all time, has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide.
Born on December 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, United States, Jay Z’s foray into business has also paid off, in spite of his poor background. Jay Z was only 11 years when his father, Adnes Reeves, abandoned the family, leaving him aJay-Z, who is known to be a lover of art work, wears Radii 420 Top Sneakers. He is also a fan of Air Jordan sneakers from Nike. However, Jay Z’s preferred phone is the Blackberry and he has been spotted several times using his customised Blackberry Porsche designed P’9981 Smartphone. As a birthday gift in December 2012, Beyonce gave Jay Z a $5 million (N800m) Hublot wristwatch, which has 1,282 diamonds in all on its case, dial and bracelet. The watch was said to be the most precious watch ever created by the watch company.