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Jay-Z is 56 years old, born 4 December 1969.
Rapper and mogul, one of hip-hop's biggest figures.
Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and record executive. In 2023, Billboard and Vibe ranked him as the greatest rapper of all time. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, Jay-Z is known for his complex lyricism that often uses double entendres, wordplay, and braggadocio—built on a rags to riches narrative. According to Forbes, he is the wealthiest music artist in history, worth an estimated US$2.8 billion as of 2026.
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Based on Jay-Z's birth date, 4 December 1969.
Thursday
Born on a
♐ Sagittarius
Zodiac sign
Earth Rooster
Chinese zodiac
Turquoise
Birthstone
Narcissus
Birth flower
Generation X
Generation
age 4, in 1973
Golden birthday
Richard Nixon
US President
A pint was about 2 shillings (roughly €0.13) · a loaf was about 9 pence (roughly €0.05)
Roughly, in Ireland, that decade — illustrative only
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Cosmic stats
Rough estimates — not exact science.
56.81
Trips around the Sun
53,384,438,016
km travelled through space
2,390,169,600
Heartbeats (est.)
478,033,920
Breaths taken (est.)
702
Full moons seen
14
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