Jay Z Was REJECTED by Every Label, Then Became a Billionaire

Every record label rejected him. So he built his own and became hip-hop's first billionaire.

Shawn Carter grew up in a tough Brooklyn housing project, raised by a single mother.

His father left when he was young, and as a teenager he sold drugs to survive.

He could rap better than almost anyone, but no label would give him a deal.

So he started his own label and sold his first CDs out of his car.

The music took off, and Jay-Z became one of the biggest rappers alive.

But he saw further than music. He turned his name into a business empire.

Clothing, spirits, streaming, sports: he built and sold companies worth hundreds of millions.

In 2019 he became the first hip-hop artist to reach a billion dollars.

The kid no label wanted had turned a rejected dream into a billion-dollar empire.

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