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Jay z excited over hall of fame induction
Jay Z has been inducted into the songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday (June 15) and rather than accepting the award in person, took to Twitter to thank his many influences.
In his series of tweets, Jay Z who rarely uses social media — thanked loads of fellow artists including Rakim, 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., Nas, J. Cole, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Lauryn Hill, Nicki Minaj, De La Soul, Eminem and plenty more. Almost comically, Jay Z kept the thanks coming with new names he had forgotten the time before, making comments like “this shit hard.”
The showbiz icon was absent from the awards due his wife Beyonce’s pregnancy with twins, which are expected to be delivered soon. In the rapper’s place, his longtime longtime friend and music publisher, Warner/Chappell CEO Jon Platt, delivered an acceptance speech in his honor at the New York City induction ceremony.
Meanwhile, on Twitter, Jay Z went on and on making his own speech of sorts.
Shawn Corey Carter known professionally as Jay Z (and formerly styled as Jay-Z is an American rapper and businessman. He is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, having sold more than 100 million records, while receiving 21 Grammy Awards for his music.
MTV ranked him the “Greatest MC of all time” in 2006. Rolling Stone ranked three of his albums—Reasonable Doubt (1996), The Blueprint (2001), and The Black Album (2003)—among the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2017, Forbes estimated his net worth at $810 million, making him the second-richest hip hop artist in the U.S.