JAY-Z's father left the house when we was 11 or 12-years-old and never returned.
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3. JAY-Z's father left the house when we was 11 or 12-years-old and never returned.
JAY-Z was forced to become the man of the house at a very young age after his father Adnes Reeves walked out. The pair briefly renunited back in 2003. However Adnes died a few years later from liver disease, developed from a drinking problem. Picture: WENN