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Jay-Z

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Jay-Z
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When major labels passed on him, Jay-Z co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995 with Damon Dash and Kareem Burke and sold early records himself in Brooklyn. Reasonable Doubt (1996) came out on their own label through an independent distribution deal, and the ownership mindset of those years shaped a career that grew into one of the largest businesses in music.
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