--- title: Jay Z Has Changed His Name Again description: Jay Z has once again changed the stylization of his name ahead of his upcoming visual album "4:44." canonical: https://time.com/4824086/jayz-change-name/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-19T19:13:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:39.208Z og:title: Jay Z Has Changed His Name (Again) og:description: Jay Z has once again changed the stylization of his name ahead of his new album og:url: https://time.com/4824086/jayz-change-name/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jay Z Has Changed His Name (Again) twitter:description: Jay Z has once again changed the stylization of his name ahead of his new album twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # In Other News Jay Z Has Just Changed His Name Again by [Christian Holub / EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / EW Jun 19, 2017 7:13 PM UTC by [Christian Holub / EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christian Holub / EW Jun 19, 2017 7:13 PM UTC It’s been a big few weeks for Jay Z. He scored [a loving tribute from the former president](http://www.vulture.com/2017/06/barack-obama-jay-z-reveal-sex-beyonce-twin.html), his wife, Beyoncé, [gave birth to twins](http://ew.com/music/2017/06/17/beyonce-jay-z-welcome-twins/), and he’s got a new album coming soon. Along with that album comes a more front-facing bit of news: Jay Z is changing his name again. Just as he dropped the hyphen (becoming “Jay Z” instead of “Jay-Z”) after 2013’s _Magna Carta Holy Grail_, EW has confirmed that Jay Z has once again changed the stylization of his name ahead of his upcoming visual album [_4:44_](http://ew.com/music/2017/06/18/mystery-jay-z-project-444-has-release-date/). “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. _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/music/2017/06/19/jay-z-just-changed-his-name-again/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com/)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4824086/jayz-change-name/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4824086/jayz-change-name/"},"headline":"In Other News Jay Z Has Just Changed His Name Again","datePublished":"2017-06-19T19:13:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:39.208Z","description":"Jay Z has once again changed the stylization of his name ahead of his new visual album, 4:44.","url":"https://time.com/4824086/jayz-change-name/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christian Holub / EW"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4824086/jayz-change-name/","name":"In Other News Jay Z Has Just Changed His Name Again"}}]}] ```