They have a daughter named Blue Ivy Carter. Jay Z is ranked the 88th best artist - of any genre - of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. '8 Jay-Z-The Blueprint' The Greatest 50 Albums Since '93. '20 Jay-Z-The Blueprint' Archived at the Wayback Machine Rhapsody's 100 Best Albums of the Decade. Jay-Z married American R&B singer Beyoncé in 2008. '4 Jay-Z-The Blueprint' Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the Decade.
Three of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996), The Blueprint (2001), and The Black Album (2003), are considered landmarks in the genre with all of them featured in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all time, he was ranked number one by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. I went through Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and these are all the hip-hop albums from that list. And the big winners were nearly all white and male if one goes by a 10 Highest-Paid Musicians list published by Rolling Stone magazine on Friday (US Time). He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving 17 Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. Rolling Stone's Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time. In 2012, Forbes estimated Carter's net worth at nearly $500 million. He is one of the most financially successful hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur.