The rapper Jay Z has been rewarded for his and songwriting. He becomes the hip-hop artist to be admitted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Hall's is to, "preserve, honor and celebrate the of the great songwriters whose has enriched the world’s ". Jay Z grew up in a poor area of New York. He got into hip-hop and became of the best-selling musical artists of all time. He has sold than 100 million albums worldwide. He is also a businessman. He owns a sports bar in New York and the music service Tidal.
Barack Obama talked about his for Jay Z. He said: "I am a and I've been listening to Jay Z since I was a young and state senator. I'm sure I'm still the only president to listen to Jay Z's music in the [White House]." Mr Obama said Jay Z is a " American " because of his contribution to American culture. He said Jay Z is the " rapper of all time". Jay Z's music publisher accepted the for him. It said: "[Jay Z] would tell up-and-coming hip-hop today that there can be no mistake or that you are indeed songwriters."
