Rap mogul JAY-Z has changed his stage name again. The 47-year-old whose real name is Shawn Carter dropped the hyphen in his nom de guerre prior to the release of his album Magna Carta Holy Grail. Now he has added the hyphen and stylized his name in all caps as JAY-Z.
The name change confused his loyal fan base of teenagers and senior citizens who are anticipating the release of his new visual album, titled simply 4:44, due out later this month.
According to Pitchfork.com, a Roc Nation representative confirmed the name change which also happens to coincide with the birth of his IVF babies last Monday (according to gossip tabloid TMZ).
JAY-Z’s wife Beyonce, 36, reportedly gave birth to the IVF twins after she was hospitalized last week with complications related to her high risk pregnancy.
The Empire State Of Mind star was seen leaving his Beverly Hills mansion with a bodyguard and two friends heading to Soul Cycle gym in West Hollywood on Monday, June 19.
The aging rapper wore a black hoodie and shorts. He was later photographed exiting the gym through the loading dock, where he flashed smiles to waiting photographers while getting back into his car.
Neither JAY-Z or Beyonce have publicly commented on the birth of their twins, a boy and a girl. However, Beyonce’s father Matthew Knowles confirmed their arrival by Tweeting on Saturday: “They’re here! #beyonce #twins #jayz #happybirthday. Happy Birthday to the twins! Love, Granddad.”
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Well, at least he is staying busy. Derp.
Damn I didn’t realize he was 47.
lol…we are the same age…him and a couple other celbs….
I refuse to believe anybody was confused, concerned or really even gave a tinkers damn about the hyphen??????
mkay… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/68bc52b2a4f54f3dc0d4dea29ec0c12c203c19b65d4d18beb2fbbd13d0be6a55.gif
So now folk give a dayum about the spelling of his name…MEANWHILE……
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Slowwwww news day??
Ok!!!!! Im like really?
That write up is to funny lol
WTHoly in the confusion is this? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5662573386becd9ec336d4038e03f416a742d950f0ecb1244a3a5500e69f5e5e.jpg
BAPHOMET told him to do so. And he ain’t playin’.
Legal reasons of course.
Who really cares what ugh-mo calls himself?
New post and who curr about his punctuation change. Hell Puffy done changed his name 25 times.
GET UPSTAIRS. ..MS SANDRA IS CLOWING…
Overrated.
I read this somewhere yesterday and honestly I never noticed the hyphen in the first place or when he dropped it or when he added it back in. Do you Jigga. With all your gazillions I guess spelling and re-spelling your name is the only thing that makes you toss and turn at night.
Who cares about how he change or spell his name. He can still be called JZ it’s still the same name…LOL
gotcha. now that makes sense.
lol.. true!
Everyone, I am no longer JV. My new name is jv. Don’t be confused or anything, it is still me.
So he can say it wasn’t him that did anything under the name JayZ, JZ, Jigga, JHova, Hov, Jay-z ,etc. etc. Gotcha!
Why don’t this trick ninja go sit down and be a daddy. He got to be at least 55 years old. He and his wife need to both go sit down, have several seats and be parents to their 5 children. Yes, I’m including the 2 kids he doesn’t claim.
I refuse to believe anybody noticed.
I pray that this means he is back in touch with Reasonable Doubt HOV… Magna Carta was straight trash and felt like my father had died.
Hats off to you. YAASSSSSSSSSSS to everything you said! I was just thinking about his son who looks JUST LIKE HIM a few days ago. Damn shame.
LMFAO @ The name change confused his loyal fan base of teenagers and senior citizens ???
But he’s still Puff daddy to me…
Me too!
You’re welcome. He’s an old ass ninja who should be ashamed for not claiming his other kids.
LOL. Senior citizens is right cause he straight up a senior citizen lying about his real age.
high 5 : }
What people won’t do for attention whether negative or positive and how we waste our time n breath on stuff that doesn’t matter…at all…
Most likely because he’s a corporation owned by someone or something else. How’s sad… he was recently in Jamaica due to getting back in hex drug game to pay his many debts.
Interesting and believable. There’s more money in dealing than music.
No. He confused the fake fans. The real fans were never fooled.
…nobody cares if the – is there or not and nobody is confused shit nobody has ever talked about jays name lol he’s not diddy with the name change
Word! As if nobody has anything better to do than suggest what they’re doing when and how. These days ppl are pathetic. Really pathetic. Society has taken a DRASTIC downslide.
HA! funny. He is like 55. He’s Dre’s age (Wesssside!). And she’s more like 44- 45 but they all lie about their age, so go figure. And, he does most likely have those other kids, but I have plenty of friends who have some hidden children of their own. Let’s not act like this is a JAY-Z thing, really. Don’t let me start.
lol. true.
Really dude? Just stop rapping and enjoy your golden years with your young children.
The name change confused his loyal fan base of teenagers and *senior citizens* who are anticipating the release of his new visual album, titled simply 4:44, due out later this month.
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Lol?????
Tried telling people for years that she lies about her age. She keeps buying up all evidence of her real age like that elementary school class picture that had the school and Year date by the teachers feet.
Don’t forget the Blazian that he had murdered that was pregnant with his baby. Couldn’t have her bear his kid before Beyoncé and she was threatening to go public.
I believe this.