The Quiz: Jay-Z was born and raised in which New York City borough?
Queens
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Bronx
Jay-Z was born in 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the Marcy Houses public housing complex in the borough’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The rapper-mogul’s real name is Shawn Carter, but he adopted the stage name Jay-Z after working with local MC Jaz-O. The name also pays homage to the J/Z subway line that serviced his neighborhood.
The correct answer to this quiz is Brooklyn.