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Shawn "Jay Z " Carter attends a press event to announce his upcoming Carnegie Hall benefit
performances in New York.
Jay-Z to Bring Hip Hop to Carnegie Hall
Concerts to
support
education
(AP) — Jay-Z didn't graduate
from high school, but he's en
couraging others to value their
education.
The rapper announced Thurs
day that he will perform two
shows at New York's Carnegie
Hall in February to benefit the
Shawn Carter Scholarship Foun
dation and the United Way of
New York City.
"Education is super important,"
Jay-Z said. "I don't have a high
school diploma or a college di
ploma, but still for me to articu
late, I had to have some form of
schooling to articu late my
thoughts."
The concerts will take place on
Feb. 6 and Feb. 7.
The press conference an
nounced Jay-Z as the first solo
hip-hop artist to play at the famed
venue, though Wylcef Jean per
formed at there in 2001 with Stevie
W onder, Eric C lapton and
Whitney Houston.
"I feel like they bent the rules so
that could make sense for me
right now, but I'll take it," Jay-Z
said with a laugh.
Jay-Z says performing at the
venue is a big deal for hip-hop,
and he's happy to bring the genre
to greater heights.
"Any time that I get a chance to
expand and broaden the reach of
hip-hop is a great thing for me on
a personal level," he said.
The Brooklyn-born performer
said he's excited to influence his
community in ways outside of
music. He says going back to the
Marcy Projects complex where
he grew up remains a moving
experience.
He says he got the same feeling
when he recently went to Kanye
West's old home in the Southside
of Chicago.
"The inspiration and how happy
the people were, it just makes you
feel really good," he said.
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