Before the Fame · 1990s
Jay-ZCouldn't get signed, so he sold his own CDs
Jay-Z sold CDs from a car.
Imagine being Jay-Z and record companies do not want you. That is essentially what happened.
Unable to land the deal he wanted, Jay-Z and his partners began selling CDs from a car and built Roc-A-Fella Records around themselves.
The future billionaire was not waiting for discovery. He became his own distributor.
The talent was never the question. Access was.
Reporting: CBS News
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