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JAY-Z HAS

ACHIEVED A

MILESTONE

Jay-Z has achieved a milestone that no Jay-Z will go down in the history books as the first
other Black male artist has been able to and only Black male artist to reach the feat and
reach - He has now earned 10 double- surpass such well-known names like The Notorious
platinum albums, making him the first B.I.G., DMX, Tupac Shakur, Nas and LL Cool J.
Black male artist to receive this honor. Michael Jackson was the first artist to achieve a
staggering 10 albums of double-platinum status.
To become double-platinum, an album The rap icon has had a remarkable career since his
needs to reach sales of at least two-million breakthrough album Reasonable Doubt was
copies in the United States. Jay-Z’s 10th released in 1996. Since then, Jay-Z has gone on to
album is the critically acclaimed 4:44, and it become one of the most well-respected and
was recognized with the coveted platinum successful hip-hop artists of all time. Not only is he
mark by the Recording Industry Association one of the single greatest rap artists of all time, but
of America on Tuesday. he is also a trailblazer in the business world.

Jay-Z’s fans are absolutely elated
at him for reaching this major
milestone and the hip-hop mogul
himself is proud of his
accomplishment. “I’m humbled by
the news that 4:44 has gone
double platinum in the US,” he
wrote on his Twitter account.