Jay-z grew up in Brooklyn's drug-infested Marcy Projects. During a rough childhood detailed in many of his life songs. Jay-z dealt cocaine and messing with gun violence. So he used his music to escape all the drugs and violence. As Jay-Z later he said in one of his songs "I went to school, got good grades, could behave when I wanted But I had demons deep inside that would raise when confronted." He went to many schools such as George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in downtown Brooklyn . Jay-Z started selling at the age of 13 . He appeared on tv for the first time on YO! MTV in 1989. After selling millions of records with his Roc-a-Fella label.Jay-Z created his own clothing line and founded an entertainment
