Rap legend, Jay Z in 2013 rebranded his name by removing the hyphen and officially became "Jay Z",  while announcing the release of his visual album, he added the hyphen back.


He has also formatted the name to be all caps.

According to a short statement made available by his publicist to Entertainment Weekly:

“Jay Z” is now a relic of the past, consigned to the dustbin of history. In its place stands JAY-Z, now with the hyphen back in its place and the whole name in all-caps.

Long live JAY-Z.

So far the 47-year-old rapper’s Wikipedia page has been updated and international media outlets have switched to the new name.