This situation brings the tree falling in the woods scenario to mind: If you change your name and don't tell anyone, did you change your name?
According to Billboard editor Joe Levy, Jay Z dropped the hyphen from his name, which he thought was Breaking news, as did pretty much everyone.
Breaking: Jay Z has dropped the hyphen from his name, according to his label. I am not kidding. (Wish I was.) Copy editors: take note.
— Joe Levy (@RealJoeLevy) July 18, 2013
Not so, according to Complex. They reported that Hov hasn't used the hypen for years. An email from Roc Nation's publicist simply read:
Dude..We haven't used the hyphen since 2010..
Anyway, that's what I did today.
