JAY-Z (born Shawn Corey Carter in Brooklyn in 1969) founded the Shawn Carter Foundation in 2002 with his mother, Gloria Carter. The foundation offers college scholarships to students who have faced financial insecurity. He also cofounded REFORM Alliance, an organization that advocates for probation reform, and he has written essays and produced documentaries on such issues as bail reform and wrongful incarceration.
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