How tall is Jay-Z?

Jay-Z's listed height is 188 cm (6'2"). He is taller than about 92% of men in the United States.

Where 188 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 92% of men in the United States born in 1969 (average 177.4 cm).

Jay-Z next to his bandmates and co-stars

Kevin Hart is 25 cm shorter than Jay-Z (163 cm), Death of a Dynasty co-star.

Kanye West is 15 cm shorter than Jay-Z (173 cm), bandmate in The Throne.

Chloë Sevigny is 15 cm shorter than Jay-Z (173 cm), Death of a Dynasty co-star.

Beyoncé is 19 cm shorter than Jay-Z (169 cm), his spouse.

About Jay-Z

Jay-Z, born Shawn Corey Carter on 4 December 1969 in Brooklyn, is an American rapper, businessman and record executive. He is known for complex lyricism that often uses double entendres and wordplay, and he began recording music in the late 1980s as a protégé of the New York rapper Jaz-O.

He co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records in 1994 to release his first two studio albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996) and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997). His later albums include The Blueprint (2001), The Black Album (2003), American Gangster (2007) and 4:44 (2017), and he has 14 number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He topped the Billboard Hot 100 as lead artist with Empire State of Mind, featuring Alicia Keys, and as a guest on Heartbreaker, Crazy in Love and Umbrella.

At a listed 188 cm (6'2"), Jay-Z is 15 cm taller than Kanye West, listed at 173 cm (5'8"), with whom he made The Throne. He is also 25 cm taller than Kevin Hart, listed at 163 cm (5'4"), who appeared with him in Death of a Dynasty. Jay-Z is married to Beyoncé.

Frequently asked

How tall is Jay-Z in feet and inches? Jay-Z is 6'2" tall, which is 188 cm, 74 inches or 1.88 m.

How tall is Jay-Z compared to Kevin Hart? Kevin Hart is 25 cm shorter than Jay-Z: 163 cm (5'4") vs 188 cm (6'2").

How tall is Jay-Z compared to Kanye West? Kanye West is 15 cm shorter than Jay-Z: 173 cm (5'8") vs 188 cm (6'2").

How tall is Jay-Z compared to Chloë Sevigny? Chloë Sevigny is 15 cm shorter than Jay-Z: 173 cm (5'8") vs 188 cm (6'2").

Is Jay-Z tall for men in the United States? At 188 cm he is taller than about 92% of men in the United States born in 1969, whose average height is 177.4 cm.

Sources

• Jay-Z on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Jay-Z on Wikidata — nationality and dates.
• Jay-Z on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.