“Jay-Z is elitist,” artist Yung Jake and new media entrepreneur chats me. “More so than other rappers. He’s corporate. His taste in art is just like rappers’ taste in clothes and cars — just doing what is known. Like, Jean-Michel? I like Basquiat. But if I was a collector, I wouldn’t boast about that. That’s basic.“

There is no Jay Z without boasting.

I believe he has dropped the hyphen from his name, too.