Story Updated 7/27/13 6:14 p.m. ET
Jay 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.
In response, Funny or Die created a parody Craigslist post, and posed as the rapper's outcast hyphen looking for a job.
The post later circulated online -- without FOD's watermark -- as an authentic Craigslist post.
Jay Z drops hyphen. Hyphen posts hilarious ad on Craigslist. I laugh over and over again. #whatpeopledontrealize pic.twitter.com/5yeEcqzuRQ— Jeff Barrett (@BarrettAll) July 23, 2013
In 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')."
Billboard 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.
Here's hoping the abandoned punctuation at least finds a paid internship.
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