Big important news of the day. Jay-Z has changed his name to Jay Z. Originally pronounced J Z and now pronounced J Z…
Joe Levy made the announcement on Twitter, “Breaking: Jay Z has dropped the hyphen from his name, according to his label. I am not kidding. (Wish I was.) Copy editors: take note.”
Rumor has it, the name change came about when Justin Timberlake suggested Jay drop the hyphen. “It’s cleaner,” he told him.