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"Hope for Haiti Now" its number one
It was suspected the charity album packed with stars "Hope for Haiti Now" is now the biggest album in the country.
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BirthDate: 12/4/1969
BirthPlace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Shawn Corey Carter was raised in Brooklyn, New York. Carter was a school friend of the Notorious B.I.G. He first started releasing records in the late 1980s. In 1990, he appeared on records by his close friend Jaz ("The Originators") and Original Flavor ("Can I Get Open"), and later scored an underground hit single with 1995"s "In My Lifetime". Drawing on Jaz's dealings with mercenary labels, Jay-Z set up his own Roc-A-Fella imprint in 1996 with entrepreneur Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke. His debut set, Reasonable Doubt, went on to achieve gold sales and produced the US number 50 pop single "Ain't No Nigga"/"Dead Presidents", featuring future rap star Foxy Brown. The album, which reached US number 23....
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