When The Jazs deal came to an end, Jay-Z reverted to hustling in the streets to make money.

During this time he did keep his hand in the rap game, appearing on a track with Big Daddy Kane and with the group Original Flavor, but it wasnt until the mid-90s that Jay-Zs focus really returned to hip-hop.

In 1996 he teamed up with Damon Dash and Kareem Burke to start a new label, Roc-A-Fella Records.

The labels first single, Dead Presidents was a big hit as was his debut album, Reasonable Doubt.

In 2003, at the peak of his career, Jay-Z released what he claimed would be his last album, The Black Album to international acclaim.

In 2006 he came back from retirement to release the album Kingdom Come.

It was well received by the public, selling over a million copies, but garnered some criticism from hip-hop fans in regards to Jay-Zs new mature style.

A year later he released the concept album American Gangster.

Jay-Z was allegedly inspired to make the album after watching the film of the same name, and the album focuses on similar themes as of the film.

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