African-American Businesspeople - Sean Combs, Jay-Z, Suge Knight, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ward Connerly, T. R. M. Howard, Ryan Leslie (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Sean Combs, Jay-Z, Suge Knight, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ward Connerly, T. R. M. Howard, Ryan Leslie, Joe Little III, Benjamin "Pap" Singleton, Richard B. Fitzgerald, Madam C. J. Walker, Johnson C. Smith, R. Donahue Peebles, Sylvia Rhone, Rose Catherine Pinkney, Eugene Profit, John Parker, Gordon Keith, Vernon Irvin, Lee Wilder Thomas, Raymond V. Haysbert, Ertharin Cousin, Kirt Bennett, Selena Cuffe, Russell Simmons, Stanley O'Neal, Birdman, Donna Auguste, Jake Simmons, Jr., Willie Davis, Cal Johnson, Cake Man Raven, Frederick McKinley Jones, Clarence Otis, Jr., Stephanie Jones, Michelle Paige Paterson, J. Bruce Llewellyn, Joshua I. Smith, Amos Fortune, Ursula Burns, Ephren Taylor, Oliver "Power" Grant, William Madison McDonald, Junior Bridgeman, Amzie Moore, Bruce S. Gordon, Kneeland Youngblood, Cathy Hughes, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, Winfred Dukes, Walter E. Massey, Ben Montgomery, Jerry Lawson, Absalom Boston, Robert R. Church, Sr., Ronald "Slim" Williams, Kwame Jackson, Bobby Singleton, James Andrews, James Rucker, Rose Fortune, Lew Johnson, Robert Reed Church, Wilene Dozier, Aurelia Browder, Velma Gaines-Hamock, Urias McGill, Tony Gray, Annie de Chabert, Zelda Wynn Valdes, Mary Thompson. Excerpt: Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, businessman 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 2010. He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving thirteen Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. Jay-Z co-owns the 40/40 Club, is part-owner of the NBA's New Jersey Nets and is also the creator of the clothing line Rocawear. He is the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings, one of the three founders o...