Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as JAŸ-Z (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".

Filmography

• 2026Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX Halftime Show — Executive Producer
• JAŸ-Z in 8 — Self, Executive Producer
• 2025Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show — Executive Producer
• 2024Piece by Piece — Jay-Z (voice)
• 2024The Book of Clarence — Songs, Producer
• 2023JAY-Z and Gayle King: Brooklyn's Own
• 2023Rihanna's Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show — Executive Producer
• Women of the Movement — Executive Producer
• 2021The Harder They Fall — Executive Producer
• 2020Black Is King
• Free Meek — Self, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2018Family Feud — Self, Writer, Producer, Musician
• Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story — Executive Producer
• 20174:44 — Self (archive footage), Songs
• 2017Kill Jay-Z — Narrator
• 2017Moonlight — Richard (voice)
• Time: The Kalief Browder Story — Self, Executive Producer
• 2016A History of The War on Drugs, from Prohibition to Gold Rush — Narrator (voice), Script
• 2016RD20 — Self, Executive Producer
• 2015Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
• 2015Tidal X: Jaÿ-Z B-Sides Concert — Self, Music
• 2014Annie — Producer
• 2014Bang Bang — Jay-Z
• 2014On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z — Self - Performer, Music, Songs
• 2014Top Five — Co-Producer
• 2013Made in America — Self, Executive Producer
• 2013Picasso Baby — Self, Music
• 2013The Great Gatsby — Executive Producer, Songs
• 2012Free Angela and All Political Prisoners — Executive Producer
• Hot 97 — Musician
• 2011Jay-Z Live From Madison Square Garden: Answer The Call — Self, Music
• 2011Watch the Throne — Self, Thanks
• 2007Beyoncé: The Experience Live — Self, Songs
• 2007Hoodz: Big Beef — Actor
• 2006Kingdom Come
• Hogan Knows Best
• 2005Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] — Self (segment "Through the Wire"), Executive Producer
• 2005Through the Fire
• 2004Collision Course — Self, Executive Producer
• 2003R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection — Jay Z (segment "Fiesta (Remix)")
• 2002Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1
• 2002Paid in Full — Producer
• 2002Paper Soldiers — Jay-Z (Rapper in Studio)
• 2002State Property — Untouchable J
• 2001Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged — Self, Music
• 1998Streets is Watching — Jay-Z, Music
• The Chris Rock Show
• Later... with Jools Holland
• Forty Acres — Producer
• Legacy — Producer, Executive Producer
• Space Dogg — Music
• Teddy — Producer

Appearances as themselves (94)

• 2026Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear — Self (archive footage)
• 2025LINKIN PARK, LA PUISSANCE HYBRIDE — Self
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2024TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Jay-Z: Ultimate Hustle — self
• 2023Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé — Self
• 2023The Hustle of @617MikeBiv — Self
• 20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL — Self (archive footage)
• The Evolution of Black British Music — Self
• jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy — Self (archive footage)
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2021Beyonce & Jay-Z: Power Love — Self
• Hart to Heart — Self
• This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)
• 2021You're Watching Video Music Box — Self
• 2020Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert — Self (archive footage)
• History 101 — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Hydration — Self
• 2019Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift — Self
• 2019HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé — Self - Special Guest
• 2019Music Videos That Defined the 00’s — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Beyonce & Jay-Z - Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 — Self
• Explained — Self (archive footage), Self (voice)
• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman — Self
• 2018On The Run II Tour: Beyoncé & JAY-Z — Self
• 2018Quincy — Self
• Shut Up and Dribble — Self - Musician & Businessman
• The Shop — Self
• 2017Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. — Self
• 2016Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square — Self - Singer
• 2016J. Cole Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming — Self
• 2016Lemonade — Self
• 2014BEYONCÉ — Self
• 2014Global Citizen Festival 2014 — Self
• 2014John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly — Self
• 2014Yours And Mine — Self
• 2013Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream — Self
• 2013Beyoncé: Self-Titled — Self
• 2013Rihanna 777 Documentary... 7Countries7Days7Shows — Self
• 2013So So Def All-Star 20th Anniversary Concert — Self
• 2012Jay-Z Live In Brooklyn — Self
• 2012Money, Power, Respect: Hip Hop Billion Dollar Industry — Self
• 2012Rihanna: Live at Hackney Weekend 2012 — Self
• 2012…Sings Musicals — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Beyoncé: Year of 4 — Self
• 2011The Love We Make — Self
• 2010Beyoncé: I Am... World Tour — Self
• 2010Drake: Better Than Good Enough — Self
• Hitlåtens historia — Self
• 2009DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd — Self (archive footage)
• 2009DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 — Self (archive footage)
• 2009DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do — Self
• Skavlan — Self - Guest
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• 2008Linkin Park: Road to Revolution - Live at Milton Keynes — Self - Vocals (guest)
• 2007B'Day Anthology Video Album — Self
• 2007Beef IV — Self
• 2007Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt — Self
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians — Self
• 2007Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi — Self
• 2007Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Jay Z: Live at the Royal Albert Hall — Self
• 2005Letter to the President — Self
• 2005Live 8 — Self
• 2005The MC: Why We Do It — Self
• And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop — Self
• 2004JAY-Z: Fade to Black — Self
• The Ashlee Simpson Show — Self
• 2003Beef — Self
• 2003Death of a Dynasty — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2003The Blackout - Fat Joe Vs Jay-Z At The Rucker — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002American Rap Stars — Self
• 2002The Hamptons — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self
• 2001The Concert for New York City — Self
• 2000Backstage — Self
• 1999Mariah Carey's Homecoming Special — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• 1998Mariah Carey: #1's — Self
• Classic Albums — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• MADtv — Self
• Victoria's Secret Fashion Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• MTV Unplugged — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self - Presenter
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• The Grammys — Self
• Today — Self
• Paragraphs I Manifest — Self