Q 01/05

What is Jay-Z's birth name?

A) Curtis James Jackson

B) Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones

C) Marshall Bruce Mathers

D) Shawn Corey Carter

Answer · why

D) Shawn Corey Carter

Shawn Corey Carter was nicknamed 'Jazzy' as a child, and his stage name plays on that and, by one account, on the J/Z subway lines that ran near his c...

Q 02/05

Jay-Z grew up in which New York City public housing project?

A) Queensbridge Houses

B) Marcy Houses

C) Red Hook Houses

D) Tompkins Houses

Answer · why

B) Marcy Houses

Marcy Houses, 27 six-storey blocks in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is name-checked across his catalogue; Memphis Bleek grew up there too and became one of his ...

Q 03/05

What is the name of Jay-Z's first child, born in January 2012?

A) Blue Ivy

B) Rumi

C) North West

D) Stormi

Answer · why

A) Blue Ivy

Blue Ivy became a legal fight: Beyoncé moved to trademark the name, and a wedding planner whose firm already used it fought her for years until US off...

Q 04/05

Which singer joined Jay-Z on his 2009 No. 1 hit 'Empire State of Mind'?

A) Mary J. Blige

B) Ashanti

C) Alicia Keys

D) Keri Hilson

Answer · why

C) Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys got the hook because Jay-Z thought of her as soon as he heard the track's piano loop; he has said he was 'two seconds away' from calling M...

Q 05/05

Which record label did Jay-Z co-found with Damon Dash and Kareem Burke?

A) Bad Boy Records

B) Ruff Ryders Entertainment

C) Murder Inc. Records

D) Roc-A-Fella Records

Answer · why

D) Roc-A-Fella Records

Roc-A-Fella Records existed because no major label would sign Jay-Z, so the three friends put out his 1996 debut themselves; the name is a swaggering ...