{"id":274414,"date":"2026-06-22T20:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274414\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T20:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:36:52","slug":"brooklyn-public-library-to-unveil-jay-z30-limited-edition-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274414\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Public Library to Unveil JAY-Z30 Limited-Edition Card"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Public Library<\/a> has reunited with Jay-Z to commemorate two of his classic albums with a special library card run. <\/p>\n

On Monday (June 22), the library announced that the JAY-Z30 limited-edition library card goes on sale June 25, the same date Jay-Z’s debut Reasonable Doubt turns 30 years old. The card also pays homage the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint, which released on September 11, 2001. The 25-time Grammy winner will perform cuts from both albums during his 3-night residency<\/a> at Yankee Stadium, which begins July 10.<\/p>\n

The library card is free and will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis at all Brooklyn Public Library locations.<\/p>\n

The release lands during a pivotal time in New York City for the 4:44<\/a> artist. Last week, Roc Nation announced a free two-day pop-up<\/a> in DUMBO and Manhattan on June 25, also aligned to the anniversary of Reasonable Doubt. Then, along with a special Reasonable Doubt performance at Yankee Stadium on July 10, a live tribute to The Blueprint<\/a> will be held on July 11, followed by “Extra Innings”<\/a> on July 12. The concerts succeed Hov\u2019s return to the stage at Roots Picnic<\/a> earlier this month after a nearly 10-year hiatus from live performances.<\/p>\n

The library card drop is preceded by Jay-Z\u2019s “Book of HOV”<\/a> exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library\u2019s Central Branch, where 13 limited-edition cards were produced, each covered with art from a Jay-Z album spanning Reasonable Doubt to 4:44. The exhibit, which featured archival Jay-Z material, photographs, handwritten lyrics and demo cassettes, ran from July to December 2023.<\/p>\n

Jay-Z’s live performance engagements continue internationally<\/a> this year, with dates at Paris’ Stade de France on September 10 and Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on October 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Public Library has reunited with Jay-Z to commemorate two of his classic albums with a special library…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-274414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}