{"id":518101,"date":"2026-06-25T17:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/518101\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:49:08","slug":"jay-z-documentary-series-set-at-hbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/518101\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z Documentary Series Set at HBO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJay-Z is set to sit down<\/a> with Rick Rubin<\/a> for the eight-part documentary series \u201cJay-Z<\/a> in 8,\u201d debuting on HBO this fall.<\/p>\n

\n\tRubin is directing the series and will interview the rapper about his music, lyrics, life experiences and creative process. The two have a long history, as Rubin produced Jay-Z\u2019s \u201c99 Problems\u201d for \u201cThe Black Album\u201d in 2003.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJay-Z in 8,\u201d a Tetragrammaton production, will be executive produced by Shawn Carter, Daniel Kaluuya and Rubin. Producers include Leila Mattimore and David Rohde.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series announcement comes on the back of a notable year for Jay-Z. He\u2019s been plotting celebrations in honor of the 30th and 25th anniversaries of two of his most revered albums, \u201cReasonable Doubt\u201d and \u201cThe Blueprint,\u201d respectively, with a series of shows and activations across the globe.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe made his grand return to the stage in May as a headliner at the Roots Picnic<\/a>, where he revisited hits and deep cuts from his discography. The show was a celebration of both his career and the city of Philadelphia, with a parade of guests that included Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Memphis Bleek, Jazmine Sullivan, Bilal and Young Gunz.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn July, he will take over Yankee Stadium for three nights to honor his anniversary milestones. On July 10, he\u2019ll celebrate \u201cReasonable Doubt,\u201d followed by \u201cThe Blueprint\u201d the next night. On July 12, he\u2019ll close the weekend with a finale that sees him revisiting the hits.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdditionally, Jay-Z announced a pair of \u201cJay-Z 30\u201d concerts for the fall, one in Paris on September 10 and another in Los Angeles on October 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jay-Z is set to sit down with Rick Rubin for the eight-part documentary series \u201cJay-Z in 8,\u201d debuting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,18128,162023],"class_list":["post-518101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jay-z","tag-rick-rubin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}