Hov Brings Back the Hyphen: He's Officially JAY-Z Again

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Copywriters, take note; the hyphen is back.

Back in 2013, during the Magna Carta… Holy Grail era, people with sharp eyes noticed something: Jay-Z dropped the hyphen from his name. He started going by Jay Z.

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Four years later, and the hyphen is back. Pitchfork reached out to representatives of Hov, and they confirmed that Jay will now be JAY-Z. Yes, not only is the hyphen back, but the name is in all caps.

So it's now JAY-Z.

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If you know anything about Hov, you know that his name has gone through a couple of changes throughout his career. When JAY released Reasonable Doubt, in 1996, he had an umlaut and a hyphen in his name. By the time In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 dropped, the following year, Hov got rid of the umlaut and left the hyphen.

JAY's new album, 4:44, will drop on June 30th.

SOURCE: Pitchfork