Shawn was a very shy child growing up

from Jay-Z – December 4th Lyrics on Rap Genius

He was indeed a shy kid, and despite his struggles at home, very few of his friends at Westinghouse High School knew about the magnitude of these aforesaid struggles.

“He was very quiet and dressed nice form what I remember” said Brooklyn correction officer Carlos R. Martínez, who studied with Jay at Westinghouse

“He was a clever rapper, he did his thing on the low, very humble” recalls music producer Billy Valdez, who also attended Westinghouse

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