Q 01/05
A) Curtis James Jackson
B) Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
C) Marshall Bruce Mathers
D) Shawn Corey Carter
Answer · why
Carter borrowed his stage name from his mentor Jaz-O; he was known as 'Jazzy' around the neighborhood first.
Q 02/05
A) Queensbridge Houses
B) Marcy Houses
C) Red Hook Houses
D) Tompkins Houses
Answer · why
Marcy sits in Bedford-Stuyvesant; the project is name-checked across his catalogue as the place the rags-to-riches story starts.
Q 03/05
A) Blue Ivy
B) Rumi
C) North
D) Stormi
Answer · why
Two days after the birth he released the song 'Glory', which credits the newborn as 'B.I.C' and includes her cries.
Q 04/05
A) Mary J. Blige
B) Ashanti
C) Alicia Keys
D) Keri Hilson
Answer · why
Mary J. Blige was also considered for the hook, but Jay-Z picked Keys after hearing the song's piano loop.
Q 05/05
A) Bad Boy Records
B) Ruff Ryders Entertainment
C) Murder Inc. Records
D) Roc-A-Fella Records
Answer · why
Its name was a double entendre on Rockefeller and 'rocking a fella', coined by rapper Tone Hooker.
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