Jay-Z has a humorous relationship with the written phrase. As a rapper, Jay famously by no means wrote something down. As a substitute, he assembled total verses in his head, going into his fabled rain-man state to suit all these interlocking items collectively. However writers have most likely revealed thousands and thousands of phrases about Jay, and Jay has revealed some phrases about himself, too. 13 years in the past, Jay got here out with Decoded, a e book of his annotated lyrics. Now, Jay-Z has his personal exhibition on the Brooklyn Public Library.

This morning, Roc Nation opened The Guide Of Hov, a brief exhibition on the central department of the Brooklyn Public Library. On its web site, the exhibition says that it consists of “1000’s of archived objects, together with authentic recording masters, never-before-seen images, iconic stage put on, prestigious awards, and recognitions, in addition to movies and artifacts from each side on Jay-Z’s skilled life. When you’d wish to behold the platinum plaque for Jay and Linkin Park’s collaborative album Collision Course for your self, you’d higher get your ass all the way down to Grand Military Plaza.

For the previous few days, the library’s facade has had Jay-Z’s lyrics printed on it. Along with all these items of Jay-related ephemera, There’s a recreation of Baseline Studios, the ability the place Jay recorded a lot of his traditional albums. (I’ve been to Baseline, and it’s actually only a pretty lavish however in any other case fairly common recording studio, with a pool desk in it. Nonetheless, enjoyable concept.)

As Pitchfork studies, the library says that Roc Nation paid for the price of the exhibit, so this doesn’t characterize your tax {dollars} at work. The corporate has additionally donated cash, books, and vinyl data to the library. Jay attended the opening final evening, and his folks reportedly saved the entire thing from him, as a shock. The exhibition is predicted to run by way of fall.