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"Story Updated 7/27/13 6:14 p.m. ET\nJay Z officially dropped the hyphen in his name last week, confusing fans and copy editors everywhere with the seemingly sudden decision. Perhaps most upset of all was the former hyphen itself. \nIn response, Funny or Die created a parody Craigslist post, and posed as the rapper's outcast hyphen looking for a job.\nSee also: Jay-Z Is Performing 'Picasso Baby' for Six Hours at an Art Gallery\nThe post later circulated online \u2014 without FOD's watermark \u2014 as an authentic Craigslist post.\n\nJay Z drops hyphen. Hyphen posts hilarious ad on Craigslist. I laugh over and over again. #whatpeopledontrealize pic.twitter.com/5yeEcqzuRQ\n\u2014 Jeff Barrett (@BarrettAll) July 23, 2013\n\nIn the fake listing, the hyphen isn't too thrilled about his recent firing. He makes it clear that he possesses the skills required of a model hyphen, namely \"joining two separate words to create a compound word (like 'back-stabbing').\"\nBillboard editor Joe Levy broke the news via Twitter, but commented that Jay Z had actually implemented the change slowly over his past several albums, making it official with his latest release Magna Carta Holy Grail.\nHere's hoping the abandoned punctuation at least finds a paid internship.\nImage: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images\nCorrection, 7/27/13 6:14 p.m. ETThis article has been edited to reflect the following correction: The Craigslist post featured in the above tweet is not authentic. The post was written by a Funny or Die writer, and then posted on the comedy site, with an FOD watermark. The version that circulated online had the watermark cropped out.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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