Jay-Z refers to himself as HOV. He's not talking about being a high-occupancy vehicle, but rather HOV being the latter part of Jay-Hova, his self-given nickname. Jay-Hova is a play off of "Jehovah" which is a "modern mispronunciation of the Hebrew name" of God. So by combining his rap name and an ancient name for The Mighty One, he is, essentially, calling himself the God of the rap game and its culture
2006-11-11 18:29:30
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answered by tma 6
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Hov Acronym
2016-11-14 04:10:58
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answered by ? 4
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Why does Jay-Z sometimes refer to himself as "Hov"?
I know that it's an abbreviation for Jay-Hova and Young Hova and things like that, but where did the actual term "Hova" come from?
2015-08-08 16:18:50
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answered by Bertha 1
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Some Christians have noticed this and commented about it. The song "47 emcees" by Christian rapper KJ-52 contains the line "Jehovah is great but His name ain't Jay-Z". Yes, for Jay-Z to call himself Jay Hova is a little tacky to say the least.
2016-03-14 11:06:24
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answered by Megan 4
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Don't know how he got the term "Hov" but Jay-Z came about by the fact he used to go by Jazzy
2006-11-11 18:28:30
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answered by m_harvery 3
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its not HOVA. Its, H-to-the-iz-O, V-to-the-iz-A. Fa sheezy my neezy!
Just kiddin
2006-11-11 18:30:16
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answered by rednlovely1 4
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childhood nickname if im not mistaken
2006-11-11 18:23:21
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answered by sadgreeneyes3 3
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idk go on defjam.com or google it ****@
2006-11-11 18:24:55
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answered by Anonymous
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