{"id":276333,"date":"2026-06-24T07:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/276333\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:25:13","slug":"brooklyn-public-library-celebrates-30-years-of-jay-zs-reasonable-doubt-with-exclusive-card-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/276333\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Public Library celebrates 30 years of Jay-Z\u2019s \u2018Reasonable Doubt\u2019 with exclusive card \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JAY-Z_Cards_Isolated_96-Card.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"JAY\u0308-Z_Cards_Isolated_96-Card\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A limited-edition JA\u0178-Z 30 Library Card commemorating the 30th anniversary of Jay-Z\u2019s debut album, \u2018Reasonable Doubt,\u2019 will be available at Brooklyn Public Library locations beginning June 25.<\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating the 30th anniversary of \u201cReasonable Doubt,\u201d the debut album from legendary rapper Jay-Z, with a special library card that will be available for a limited time.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bklynlibrary.org\/jayz-library-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">JA\u0178-Z 30 Limited Edition Library Card<\/a> will be available at Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) locations starting June 25. The cards will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p>The card is the result of a partnership between Roc Nation, the full-service entertainment company founded by Jay-Z, and the Brooklyn Public Library system.\n<\/p>\n<p>Marcy Library will also host an exclusive bookshelf featuring titles from Jay-Z\u2019s reading list. The books, donated by Roc Nation, include \u201cIn the Black Fantastic\u201d by Ekow Eshun and \u201cThe World Atlas of Street Fashion\u201d by Caroline Cox, among many others. The works are among those Jay-Z has cited as inspirational throughout his journey from a Brooklyn kid to an internationally recognized musician and businessperson.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time BPL has celebrated the legendary rapper and entrepreneur. The Book of HOV library card collection was released in 2023 in conjunction with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/exhibit-book-of-hov-jay-z-bpl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exhibit of the same name<\/a>. That collection consisted of 13 unique designs inspired by a variety of the rapper\u2019s projects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-193027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Book-of-Hov-opening-resized-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A tribute to Hip Hop All-star and Brooklyn native, Jay-Z, brings in record amount of attendees at Brooklyn Public Library.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"  \/>A 2023 tribute to Hip Hop All-star and Brooklyn native, Jay-Z, brought in record amount of attendees at Brooklyn Public Library.Photo courtesy of Gregg Richards\/ BPL<\/p>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/book-of-hov-jay-z-brooklyn-public-library\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">600,000 people<\/a> visited a BPL location for the 2023 exhibit and more than 36,000 people signed up for a new library account. The Central Library also saw 74% more activity during that time and while this year\u2019s collaboration may not feature an exhibit, there will surely be demand for the exclusive library cards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new collaboration comes ahead of a highly anticipated run of shows that Jay-Z will perform at Yankee Stadium this summer. He is scheduled to perform July 10 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt, July 11 to mark the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint, and July 12 for a third show added to accommodate overwhelming demand.<\/p>\n<p>The shows sold out almost instantly, and demand for tickets on resale markets remains high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A limited-edition JA\u0178-Z 30 Library Card commemorating the 30th anniversary of Jay-Z\u2019s debut album, \u2018Reasonable Doubt,\u2019 will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2571,106257,35229,98,100,99,106258,15240,2538,9,24,12,370,63,70933],"class_list":["post-276333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-arts-and-entertainment","tag-book-of-hov","tag-bpl","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-jau00ff-z-30-limited-edition-library-card","tag-jay-z","tag-music","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-reasonable-doubt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276333","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=276333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}