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Marina Abramović, a New York-based performance artist, collaborated with Jay Z for the Brooklyn mogul’s lavish “Picasso Baby” video from 2013’s Magna Carta Holy Grail. Abramović revealed in a recent interview that the experience left her disappointed and that she’ll never work with the rapper again.

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Jay Z has developed a well-documented affinity for high art in recent years. With his new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, in stores and current single, “Picasso Baby,” making noise, artist Alex Reyes created a passion project inspired by the Brooklyn-bred MC’s taste level.

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Remember that crazy-eyed actress (Jemima Kirke) from Girls that was in Jay Z’s “Picasso Baby” video? The one that we pointed out here as looking kind of…off? Well it turns out that thanks to her antics she was kicked out of the video shoot by Hova’s security. 

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Last night, Jay Z applied #newrules by premiering the video for “Picasso Baby” on HBO, just after his appearance on Real Time With Bill Maher. Considering it was a roughly 15-minute long “performance art piece” plenty of gifs started hitting the Internets. 

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Prior to premiering the video for “Picasso Baby,” Jay Z appeared on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher to discuss a bevy of topics ranging from music, the mogul’s disagreement with Harry Belafonte, and politics.

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Jay Z premiered his “Picasso Baby” video performance art piece on HBO, just after an appearance as a guest on Real Time With Bill Maher. Hey, when your Hova, a Vevo premiere just will not suffice. 

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JAY Z reconnected with director Mark Romanek (“99 Problems”) at NYC’s Pace Gallery a few weeks ago to shoot a visual for “Picasso Baby.” To match the event status of Magna Carta Holy Grail, Hov will release the video, or should we say “Performance Art Piece,” Friday, August 2 at 11 PM on HBO.

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Jay-Z has been flooding the news for weeks because of music that we have yet to hear. That’s power. And the Brooklyn legend continues to do so with the release of lyrics for three more Magna Carta Holy Grail tracks, “Crown,” “Picasso Baby,” and “F.U.T.W.”