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This summer, Jay Z—the solo act with the most number-one albums in history—will become the first hip-hop artist inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, where he will join such legends as Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, and Irving Berlin. Wyatt Mason takes stock of an artist whose astonishing creativity, business career, and public profile have transformed America over the past two decades.

June 1 2017 Wyatt Mason Ryan Melgar
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This summer, Jay Z—the solo act with the most number-one albums in history—will become the first hip-hop artist inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, where he will join such legends as Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, and Irving Berlin. Wyatt Mason takes stock of an artist whose astonishing creativity, business career, and public profile have transformed America over the past two decades.

June 1 2017 Wyatt Mason Ryan Melgar


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