Jay-Z Makes History by Earning 10 Multi-Platinum Albums, the First Male Black Recording Artist to Achieve This

• Rapper Jay-Z has become the first black male recording artist to achieve ten multi-platinum solo albums
• He is also one of two black artists to achieve this, the first being Mariah Carey, who is the first and only female star with 11
• Jay-Z's entire life was contained at a Brooklyn Public Library with the Book of HOV exhibition

Jay-Z's supremacy continues to rise!

Jay-Z joins Mariah Carey as the only 2 black artists with multi-platinum solo albums

People reported that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) released its certifications. In them, ten of Jay-Z's solo albums reached multi-platinum status.

This makes him the first black male recording artist to achieve this. In total, the news publication reported that he has 33.5 million album sales under his very expensive belt.

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@DailyLoud shared the news on Twitter.

@infecture

"He got it from streaming? That needs an asterisk. Time to admit streaming via physical album sales is a completely different ball game."

@Jaworski21 said

"Straight up...I never hear anyone talk about listening to Jay-Z."

@Big6domino said:

"I think he bought some of them albums. I know I didn’t."

@1stpriorityfd said:

"I understand the popularity, and I understand the talent, but I don’t listen to Jay like that, but congratulations on the achievement."

@lesegotriumph said:

"A family of legends blue and the twins have so much pressure man."

Mariah Carey became the first black artist to reach multi-platinum status

The Brooklyn-born rapper joined Mariah Carey by being the only two black artists to achieve this.

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Mariah holds the title of being the most successful black female artist and has 11 solo albums that have multi-platinum sales.

Beyonce and Jay-Z make history with their R3.8 Billion Malibu mansion

Briefly News previously reported that power couple Beyonce Knowles-Carter and Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter bought a Malibu mansion for R3.8b.

This is the most expensive home sale made in California. The previous one was R3.4 billion.

Source: Briefly News