JAY-Z，原名肖恩·科里·卡特（Shawn Corey Carter），1969年12月4日出生于美国纽约布鲁克林区，美国说唱歌手、音乐制作人、商人、经纪人。

1994年，发行首支个人单曲《In My Lifetime》而正式出道。

2008年4月1日，JAY-Z与碧昂丝·吉赛尔·诺斯在美国斯卡斯代尔镇领取结婚证；4月22日，二人在美国纽约曼哈顿秘密结婚.

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur.

He is the founder and chairman of entertainment company Roc Nation, and was the president and chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings from 2004 to 2007. One of the world's best-selling music artists with over 140 million records sold, Jay-Z has won 24 Grammy Awards, jointly with Kanye West the most Grammy awards of any rapper. Jay-Z was the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the first solo living rapper inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2013, Time included him on its list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World".