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Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2011.He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving fourteen Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all-time. He was ranked #1 by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. Two of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996) and The Blueprint (2001) are considered landmarks in the genre with both of them being ranked in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Blender included the former on their 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die.
Jay-Z co-owns the 40/40 Club, is part-owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets and is also the creator of the line Rocawear. He is the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings, one of the three founders of Roc-A-Fella Records, and the founder of Roc Nation. As an artist, he holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with eleven. Jay-Z also has had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one as lead artist.
Michael Landsberg (born July 22, 1957) is a Canadian sports journalist. Landsberg started his national career in 1984 as an anchor on TSN's SportsDesk (now known as SportsCentre), broadcasting more than 5,000 episodes. He received his own show on the network, Off The Record, in 1997, which is a talk show on current sports news.
In the CBC comedy program Royal Canadian Air Farce, Landsberg is satirized as a self-obsessed host, who often pulls out a mirror to look at himself while throwing darts at a map of Palestine.
Landsberg has suffered from Generalized Anxiety Disorder and depression.