Jay-Z Admits to Shooting His Brother at 12 Years Old

Jay-Z, a well known celebrity, admits to shooting his brother when he was just 12-years-old. His brother survived and did not press charges on Jay-Z. Jay-Z, otherwise known as Shawn Carter, and his brother grew up in Brooklyn's violent housing projects. Jay says that back then it was easy to get a gun no matter what age you were they were everywhere. He says his brother had a crack addiction and that he had stolen a ring from him and so he shot him. He admits to being very scared after the gun went off, thinking that his life was over. He is now very famous with lots of money and is married to Beyonce Knowles.



Wow! That is just crazy! I mean I can understand what he had to go through. Those housing projects in Brooklyn are still a rough place to live now a days and I'm sure Jay had to see some things that weren't meant for a child to be seeing. Thank God he didn't kill his brother because then he would have had to live with that for the rest of his life. At least it made his brother realize his problem and apoligize for his addiction. Everybody has had a bad time at least once in their lives. Sometimes other people's definition of a bad time can be REALLY bad. I think that it taught Jay a lesson that day and that lesson was that guns are a very serious weapon. A gun is not a toy. It can turn into something very serious when there is a gun involved. I'm just glad he turned out to be the man that he is today instead of one of the many murderous people that live in those housing projects. He chose a different path and that gave him a good outcome. I'm sure his brother was really thankful that the shot wasn't fatal. Guns don't solve problems they just make new ones. Thank God it's not SO easy to get a gun anymore. I mean people still steal weapons but at least you can't just walk into a convienent store and pick one up and buy it. Now you have to register your weapon!