On Sunday, video director HidjiWorld revealed on Instagram that he’s working with Jay-Z on a music video.
According to Complex, the director shared a convo revealing he was “shooting” something with the hip-hop legend.
In the next photo, HidjiWorld showed a board reading “JAY Z 2024 ALBUM” dated “1/28/24.”
Before long, social media went wild with rumors that the Brooklyn rapper will drop a new album this year.
However, Roc Nation stopped the rumors short.
Roc Nation Were Clear That Jay-Z Is Not Working On A New Album
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Roc Nation revealed on X that the 54-year-old will not drop a new album soon.
“That’s news to us.”
That’s news to us https://t.co/19LGtkhtlN
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) January 28, 2024
Jay-Z dropped his last album 4:44, in 2017.
The album garnered critical acclaim and was number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The album had three hit singles, “Family Feud,” “Bam,” and “4:44.”
The rap mogul revealed in an interview last year what it would take to work on a new album.
Apparently, he will only work on something if he considers it essential–he doesn’t want to drop an album just for the sake of releasing one.
“I don’t wanna just make a bunch of tunes. That’s not gonna serve me. It won’t feed me, first of all. I have to be saying something important. It has to mean something, you know? It has to mean something to a larger society… 4:44, for example, was a personal story, but the amount of vulnerability in there allowed for a lot of people to explore the space.”
