Take an Exclusive Look At Images From the Jay-Z Tribute 'The Book of HOV'
CultureA new coffee table book immortalizing last year's Brooklyn Public Library exhibit is a must-get for the Jigga fan in your life.By Frazier TharpeDecember 4, 2024Memphis Bleek and JAY-Z in the studio.Courtesy of Lenny Santiago via The Book of HOV/Assouline.Save this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.The 2023 exhibit dedicated to Jay-Z at the Brooklyn Public Library was a once-in-a-lifetime event, complete with rare photos spanning his entire career, a recreation of the hallowed Baseline Studios where many a Roc-a-Fella classic was made, an actual model of Reasonable Doubt-era Jay's famed ‘96 Lexus…the list goes on. Anyone who didn’t make it out or brave the perennially long entry lines for the installation, which ran from summer 2023 through last December, sadly missed out on a banger.The Book of HOV, which goes on sale today (December 4, un-coincidentally), is a coffee-table-book preservation of the BPL exhibit, and it's just as immersive and rich in detail in its own way. And in true Jay-Z fashion, there's levels to it—more specifically, price tiers, including a $2000 ultimate edition and five copies of a Daniel Arsham-designed, price upon request Collector's Edition. (That version aims to earn your six-figure spend with “a silver-foil stamped tri-fold cover with the rapper’s manifestations and custom ‘Jay-Z blue’ dyed leather binding, encased in an Arsham-designed white-bronze clamshell, in his signature eroded style, and etched with some of Jay-Z’s most memorable lyrics set beneath “The Book of HOV” in embossed, oversized lettering.”)The Book of Hov: A Tribute to JAY-Z.Via Assouline.Released in conjunction with the publisher Assouline, The Book of HOV “commemorates and immortalizes the immersive installation, showcasing in one place the thousands of archived objects from every facet of Jay-Z’s professional life—including original recording masters, stage wear, interviews, videos, awards, and unseen photographs.”The book hits stands today, but for a small taste of what it has to offer, take a look at the exclusive images below, spanning Jay's Jiggaman days with Memphis Bleek to a fairly recent exclusive show he did in Paris.JAY-Z and Questlove rehearsing.Courtesy of Lenny Santiago via The Book of HOV/Assouline.JAY-Z backstage during his 4:44 Tour.Courtesy of Raven B. Varona via The Book of HOV/Assouline.Most PopularGQ RecommendsPercival's Black Friday Sale Is Packed with Jolly Good Menswear DealsBy Reed NelsonStyleThe 64 All-Time Greatest Celebrity Fits from GQ’s Men of the Year PartyBy The Editors of GQGQ RecommendsSteal These Sweaters From Your Dad ImmediatelyBy Gerald OrtizJAY-Z rehearsing.Courtesy of Brad Barket via The Book of HOV/Assouline.JAY-Z backstage on his 4:44 Tour.Courtesy of Raven B. Varona via The Book of HOV/Assouline.Most PopularGQ RecommendsPercival's Black Friday Sale Is Packed with Jolly Good Menswear DealsBy Reed NelsonStyleThe 64 All-Time Greatest Celebrity Fits from GQ’s Men of the Year PartyBy The Editors of GQGQ RecommendsSteal These Sweaters From Your Dad ImmediatelyBy Gerald OrtizJAY-Z.Courtesy of Raven B. Varona via The Book of HOV/Assouline.Longtime associate OG Juan and JAY-Z in Baseline Studios.Courtesy of Roc Nation via The Book of HOV/Assouline.Most PopularGQ RecommendsPercival's Black Friday Sale Is Packed with Jolly Good Menswear DealsBy Reed NelsonStyleThe 64 All-Time Greatest Celebrity Fits from GQ’s Men of the Year PartyBy The Editors of GQGQ RecommendsSteal These Sweaters From Your Dad ImmediatelyBy Gerald OrtizJAY's tour setlist.Courtesy of Roc Nation via The Book of HOV/Assouline.
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The 2023 exhibit dedicated to Jay-Z at the Brooklyn Public Library was a once-in-a-lifetime event, complete with rare photos spanning his entire career, a recreation of the hallowed Baseline Studios where many a Roc-a-Fella classic was made, an actual model of Reasonable Doubt-era Jay's famed ‘96 Lexus…the list goes on. Anyone who didn’t make it out or brave the perennially long entry lines for the installation, which ran from summer 2023 through last December, sadly missed out on a banger.
The Book of HOV, which goes on sale today (December 4, un-coincidentally), is a coffee-table-book preservation of the BPL exhibit, and it's just as immersive and rich in detail in its own way. And in true Jay-Z fashion, there's levels to it—more specifically, price tiers, including a $2000 ultimate edition and five copies of a Daniel Arsham-designed, price upon request Collector's Edition. (That version aims to earn your six-figure spend with “a silver-foil stamped tri-fold cover with the rapper’s manifestations and custom ‘Jay-Z blue’ dyed leather binding, encased in an Arsham-designed white-bronze clamshell, in his signature eroded style, and etched with some of Jay-Z’s most memorable lyrics set beneath “The Book of HOV” in embossed, oversized lettering.”)
Released in conjunction with the publisher Assouline, The Book of HOV “commemorates and immortalizes the immersive installation, showcasing in one place the thousands of archived objects from every facet of Jay-Z’s professional life—including original recording masters, stage wear, interviews, videos, awards, and unseen photographs.”
The book hits stands today, but for a small taste of what it has to offer, take a look at the exclusive images below, spanning Jay's Jiggaman days with Memphis Bleek to a fairly recent exclusive show he did in Paris.
