Jay-Z is celebrating his birthday with a present to his followers: He’s releasing a brand new espresso desk e-book.
Roc Nation and luxurious writer Assouline introduced that the rap icon and entrepreneur will launch The Guide of HOV: A Tribute To JAY-Z on Wednesday, which is his fifty fifth birthday.
The 432-page title highlights the Grammy and Emmy-winning star’s illustrious profession and comes a 12 months after he was honored with the immersive exhibit The Guide of HOV: A Tribute. It passed off on the Brooklyn Public Library and was offered in chapters and included varied photographs of Jay-Z, from portraits to live performance pictures to journal and album covers.
The brand new e-book shall be accessible in three editions, starting from $120 to $2,000. It should embrace unique recording masters, stage put on, interviews, movies, award and unseen images, in addition to the guitar Jay-Z performed on the Glastonbury Pageant in 2008, the place he turned the primary hip-hop artist to headline famed occasion, to his Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame trophy to Daniel Arsham’s sculpture HOV Arms, the long-lasting gesture made well-known by Jay-Z and seen at his concert events.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the particular restricted version shall be donated to the Brooklyn Public Library. On the exhibit held final 12 months, Jay-Z’s lyrics had been plastered on the Central Library Constructing of the library and on show had been the Brooklyn Nets jersey he wore on the primary evening of his eight-show Barclays Heart opener in 2012; varied awards and honors, together with an Emmy, Grammy, Peabody in addition to his induction into and Songwriters Corridor of Fame, the place Jay-Z turned the primary rapper to enter; platinum plaques; the Carnegie Corridor ticket when Jay-Z headlined the venue in 2012; a PCM digital tape of Jay-Z’s debut single, 1995’s “In My Lifetime”; a Roc-A-Fella gold chain; and a Rocawear bomber jacket.
