associated_acts years_active alias birth_place label image_size instruments article_title name background birth_date genre image origin birth_name occupation
jay-z , sauce money , the immobilarie 1986 -- present the originator jaz , big jaz , jazo , the brooklyn u.s. , new york city , new york , kingz inc. , sony , tommy boy entertainment kounty entertainment , red line music distribution , 215px vocals jaz-o
 jaz-o solo_singer 04 october 1964 hip hop jaz-o -- mika.jpg brooklyn u.s. , new york city , new york , jonathan burks rapper , record producer
jaz-o

jonathan burks -lrb- born october 4 , 1964 -rrb- better known by his stage name jaz-o , is an american rapper and record producer active in the late 1980s through the 1990s , best known for being the mentor of jay-z .
jaz is also known as the originator and had a song called `` the originators '' that featured a young jay-z in 1990 .
as the jaz , he had success with his 1989 single `` hawaiian sophie '' from his debut album `` word to the jaz '' .
he has been featured on some of jay-z 's songs , -lrb- such as `` bring it on '' from `` reasonable doubt '' -rrb- , `` ai n't no nigga '' , and the single `` nigga what , nigga who -lrb- originator 99 -rrb- '' from ' , where he was credited as big jaz .
he also produced the single `` ai n't no nigga '' from `` reasonable doubt '' and the song `` rap game/crack game '' from `` in my lifetime , vol .
1 '' .
the album `` kingz kounty -lrb- 2002 -rrb- - with the immobilarie present '' marked the last time jay-z and mentor jaz-o would ever collaborate .
