If you were one of the millions of fans who were wondering why your digital copy of Magna Carta Holy Grail wasn’t synching with the rest of your Jay-Z albums on iTunes, the answer is simple.
Sean Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z, has reportedly changed his stage name to JAY Z, eliminating the hyphen that kept his name together.
While not as drastic as Snoop Doggy Dogg going from Snoop Dogg to Snoop Lion or Puff Daddy shifting from P. Diddy to Diddy, it shows that Hov is willing to give up old titles as he pursues new potential business ventures.
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Hardcores fans have yet to react, but Jay-Z has been going by JAY Z for about two years now. He’s credited as JAY Z on his 2011 collaborative album with Kanye West, Watch The Throne.
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