Jay-Z has changed his name on all of his platforms, and it’s not the first time he’s tweaked his title.The musician’s real name is Shawn Corey Carter, though it’s hardly what he’s announced as when he steps out onto the stage for a round of applause.He’s getting ready for a reunion with The Roots for the upcoming Roots Picnic in Philadelphia concert on 30 May and the 56-year-old singer has decided to re-jig things a bit.It comes as he prepares to give his first headline shows since 2019.First, he’ll be reuniting with The Roots – who happen to be the house band on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show – at Philadelphia’s Belmont Plateau on Saturday 30 May.

The rapper first played alongside them for a memorable MTV Unplugged set all the way back in 2001.Then he’ll be taking to the Yankee Stadium in New York for two back-to-back shows celebrating anniversaries of two of his records.On Friday 10 July he’ll be celebrating his debut album Reasonable Doubt turning 30, and the following day he’ll play a show to commemorate 25 years since his 2001 record The Blueprint.These shows might have something to do with why he’s changed his name – more on that later.The artist formerly known as Jay-Z will now go by the moniker JAŸ-Z, which you’ll notice has one of those umlaut things above the ‘y’, and he’s been busy changing his name on all of his platforms.It’s probable that he’s actually got someone to do that for him, but when you look for him now it’s done under the name ‘JAŸ-Z’ when you’re trying to find his music on the likes of YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.