Jay Z Changes His Name to JAY-Z
- 7 years ago
Jay Z is changing his name. To… get this… JAY-Z.
Let us explain.
The rap star now wants everyone to know him as JAY-Z… which means every letter must be capitalized and the hyphen between the Y and the Z is back.
Yep, that’s the world we’re living in.
Born Shawn Carter, he had been known at Jay-Z since his earliest songs in the late 80’s… claiming it was a nod to his rap mentor Jaz-O.
In 2013 he dropped the hyphen.
And in recent promo material for his upcoming album, his name was JAY:Z with a colon in lieu of a hyphen.
But his Twitter handle is still Mr. Carter…
And we still have to consider that he just became a father again… so some people are gonna call him daddy.
Yep, it sounds like it’s gonna be hard to keep up with.
Let us explain.
The rap star now wants everyone to know him as JAY-Z… which means every letter must be capitalized and the hyphen between the Y and the Z is back.
Yep, that’s the world we’re living in.
Born Shawn Carter, he had been known at Jay-Z since his earliest songs in the late 80’s… claiming it was a nod to his rap mentor Jaz-O.
In 2013 he dropped the hyphen.
And in recent promo material for his upcoming album, his name was JAY:Z with a colon in lieu of a hyphen.
But his Twitter handle is still Mr. Carter…
And we still have to consider that he just became a father again… so some people are gonna call him daddy.
Yep, it sounds like it’s gonna be hard to keep up with.