JAY Z（1969年12月4日－），本名萧恩·蔻利·卡特（Shawn Corey Carter），是一个美国嘻哈音乐艺术家、企业家。他的艺名原本为Jay-Z，但在2013年7月改写成"JAY Z"。他曾经是Def Jam与Roc-a-Fella两间音乐制作公司的首席执行官并持有40/40俱乐部酒吧与布鲁克林篮网的股份。在美国，他是获得最大经济上成功的嘻哈音乐艺人和企业家之一，在美国本土售出了超过2600万张唱片。他受到高度而有钻研性的赞扬的专辑《蓝图》只用了两天时间来创作。他在2003年宣布从音乐制作工作中隐退后，他在2006年晚期回到了专辑《王者归来》的制作中，这张专辑在第一周就交出了68万张的销售业绩，这是JAY Z在发售第一周销量最高的专辑。 MTV在其“有史以来最佳MC”名录中以“一号”为他命名。《纽约时报》在2008年4月宣布JAY Z将要与Live Nation开始一个价值1.5亿美元的合作计划——这是颁发给音乐人的最昂贵的合约之一。JAY Z在2008年4月4日与碧昂丝·诺利斯结婚。

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known by his stage name Jay Z (formerly Jay-Z), is an American rapper, entrepreneur and investor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists in America. In 2014, Forbes estimated Jay Z's net worth at nearly $520 million. He is one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records, while receiving 21 Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. Consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers ever, he was ranked number one by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. Three of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996), The Blueprint (2001), and The Black Album (2003), are considered landmarks in the genre with all of them featured in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.