About
Jay-Z
Overview
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur.
He is the founder and chairman of entertainment company Roc Nation, and was the president and chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings from 2004 to 2007. One of the world's best-selling music artists with over 140 million records sold, Jay-Z has won 24 Grammy Awards, jointly with Kanye West the most Grammy awards of any rapper. Jay-Z was the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the first solo living rapper inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2013, Time included him on its list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World".
Known for
Acting |
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2024 | Piece by Piece | Actor | Jay-Z (voice) | 60 Fair |
2024 | TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2023 | Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
2023 | The Hustle of @617MikeBiv | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2023 | Jay-Z: Ultimate Hustle | Actor | self | N/A N/A |
2022 | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2022 | Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2021 | You're Watching Video Music Box | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2021 | Beyonce & Jay-Z: Power Love | Actor | self | N/A N/A |
2021 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2020 | Black Is King | Actor | 61 Fair |
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2020 | Hydration | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2020 | Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2019 | Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2019 | Free Meek | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
2019 | Music Videos That Defined the 00’s | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2019 | Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé | Actor | Self | 67 Fair |
2018 | On The Run II Tour: Beyoncé & JAY-Z | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2018 | Beyonce & Jay-Z - Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2018 | Quincy | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
2017 | Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2017 | 4:44 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2016 | Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square | Actor | Self - Singer | 59 Average |
2016 | A History of The War on Drugs, from Prohibition to Gold Rush | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
2016 | RD20 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2016 | Lemonade | Actor | Self | 65 Fair |
2016 | School Days: The Movie | Actor | Shawn Carter (voice) | N/A N/A |
2016 | J. Cole Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming | Actor | Jay-Z | 59 Average |
2015 | Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives | Actor | 59 Average |
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2015 | Tidal X: Jaÿ-Z B-Sides Concert | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2014 | Yours and Mine | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2014 | Yours And Mine | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2014 | Global Citizen Festival 2014 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2014 | On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z | Actor | Self - Performer | 60 Fair |
2014 | Bang Bang | Actor | Jay-Z | 58 Average |
2014 | BEYONCÉ | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
2014 | RUN | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2014 | John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2013 | Beyoncé: Self-Titled | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2013 | Made in America | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2013 | Picasso Baby | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2013 | Life Is But a Dream | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
2013 | The Sound of Change Live | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2013 | Rihanna 777 Documentary... 7Countries7Days7Shows | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2013 | So So Def All-Star 20th Anniversary Concert | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2012 | Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2012 | Jay-Z Live In Brooklyn | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2012 | Rihanna: Live at Hackney Weekend 2012 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2012 | …Sings Musicals | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2011 | Watch the Throne | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2011 | Jay-Z Live From Madison Square Garden: Answer The Call | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2011 | The Love We Make | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2011 | Beyoncé: Year of 4 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2010 | Beyoncé: I Am... World Tour | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
2009 | DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2009 | DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2009 | DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2008 | Linkin Park: Road to Revolution - Live at Milton Keynes | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | The Beyoncé Experience Live | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | Hoodz: Big Beef | Actor | Actor | N/A N/A |
2007 | Beef IV | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2007 | B'Day Anthology Video Album | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2006 | Jay Z: Live at the Royal Albert Hall | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2006 | Kingdom Come | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2005 | Live 8 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2005 | Letter to the President | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2005 | Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] | Actor | Self (segment "Through the Wire") | 59 Average |
2005 | The MC: Why We Do It | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2005 | Through the Fire | Actor | 59 Average |
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2004 | Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course | Actor | Himself | 60 Fair |
2004 | Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2004 | Fade to Black | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2003 | R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection | Actor | Jay Z (segment "Fiesta (Remix)") | 59 Average |
2003 | Beef | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2003 | The Blackout - Fat Joe Vs Jay-Z At The Rucker | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2002 | Paper Soldiers | Actor | Jay-Z (Rapper in Studio) | 58 Average |
2002 | State Property | Actor | Untouchable J | 59 Average |
2002 | American Rap Stars | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2002 | Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 | Actor | 58 Average |
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2001 | Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2001 | The Concert for New York City | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2000 | Backstage | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1999 | Mariah Carey's Homecoming Special | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1998 | Mariah Carey: #1's | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1998 | Streets is Watching | Actor | Jay-Z | N/A N/A |
Unraveling the Madness of Kanye West | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
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Paragraphs I Manifest | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
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Jay-Z Feat. UGK: Big Pimpin' | Actor | N/A N/A |
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JAY-Z and Gayle King: Brooklyn's Own | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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2024 | The Book of Clarence | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2023 | Rihanna: The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2022 | Women of the Movement | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
2021 | The Harder They Fall | Production | Producer | 64 Fair |
2021 | The Harder They Fall | Production | Executive Producer | 64 Fair |
2019 | Free Meek | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
2018 | Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
2017 | Jay-Z: Moonlight | Production | Producer | 61 Fair |
2017 | Time: The Kalief Browder Story | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
2016 | RD20 | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2014 | Annie | Production | Producer | 61 Fair |
2014 | Top Five | Production | Co-Producer | 59 Average |
2013 | Made in America | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2013 | The Great Gatsby | Production | Executive Producer | 73 Good |
2012 | Free Angela and All Political Prisoners | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2005 | Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2004 | Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2002 | Paid in Full | Production | Producer | 61 Fair |
Forty Acres | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Teddy | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Sound |
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2024 | Space Dogg | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
2024 | The Book of Clarence | Sound | Songs | 58 Average |
2017 | 4:44 | Sound | Songs | N/A N/A |
2015 | Tidal X: Jaÿ-Z B-Sides Concert | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
2014 | On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z | Sound | Music | 60 Fair |
2013 | Picasso Baby | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
2011 | Jay-Z Live From Madison Square Garden: Answer The Call | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
2004 | Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course | Sound | Music | 60 Fair |
2001 | Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
1998 | Streets is Watching | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
Crew |
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2016 | A History of The War on Drugs, from Prohibition to Gold Rush | Crew | Script | 59 Average |
2011 | Watch the Throne | Crew | Thanks | N/A N/A |