OnJune25,1996,JAY-Zunleashedhisplatinum-plusdebutalbumReasonableDoubt,thesearingautobiographicalopusofayoungkingpinfromBrooklyn'sMarcyHousesashestandsontheprecipiceofsurvivingandthenrewritingthegame;uppinglyricalantesacrossgenerationsandgenres;applyinghustletobuildingempires;andunveilinganexplosivenewblueprintforgreatnessforthehip-hopworldandbeyond.Fullofbrashbravado,scorchingwit,andsoberreflection,ReasonableDoubtiswidelyacknowledgednotonlyasastunningdebut,butalsoasapowerfulandinfluentialdocumentthatcontinuestoresonate25yearsafteritsrelease.
Tomarktheoccasion,Sotheby'sandRocNationcelebratethe25thanniversaryofReasonableDoubtwithHeirtotheThrone(2021),adistinctiveoriginalartworkcommissionedbyJ...