Rap mogul JAY-Z owes his success to his tough upbringing in the New York projects - because weekly shooting incidents gave him a healthy resolve and a paranoia that would always serve him well.Years before he became a teenage drug dealer, the rap star, real name Shawn Carter, admits he enjoyed an idyllic, yet troubled, childhood on the mean streets...
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