Jay-Z’s ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail Upstages Real Magna Carta

Jay-Z decided to reveal the art for his new album Magna Carta Holy Grail by displaying it publicly at Salisbury Cathedral in England…next to the real Magna Carta. In case you were asleep that day in history class, the Magna Carta is a document that a group of British nobles forced King John to sign in 1215 effectively limiting sovereign power and laying the groundwork for the eventual rise of democracy. Jay-Z figured a good way to promote album sales was to display his own god-blessed musical work next to a priceless historical artifact. The trust at Salisbury Cathedral signed off on that shit because they knew they’d get more visitors. History is a business too.

t’s a good thing that Jay-Z doesn’t know where the cave where the old knight is guarding the Holy Grail is or he’d have dropped his record there too. Maybe he’d choose poorly and pour Cristal in the wrong chalice and melt his face off. Then Beyonce would be single and the baby she made some other girl make for her would be fatherless.