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From the rough end of Brooklyn, Jay-Z's rise to become a multi-millionaire rap star and a powerful record company executive is the stuff of fairy tales. Attending the same school as The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, his freestyle raps earned him the nickname Jazzy. He amended this to Jay-Z in homage to his mentor Jaz-O and the J/Z subway lines intersecting near his home. Although he was featured on Big Daddy Kane's album 'Daddy's Home', he was unable to get a record deal at this stage of his career. As a result he formed Roc-A-Fella Records with Damon Dash and Kareem Bigg...