No really, look at the picture of a Jay-Z look-alike in this 1930′s Harlem Photograph.

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library put up a photo without noticing the striking resemblance to Hov beforehand. It is humorous when you think about, Jay has been king of New York City for quite some time now. Taking place in 1939 Harlem, USA, the man seen posing in the picture even holds a Hov like pose while looking in the camera’s direction.

It does bring up suspicion of there perhaps being a photoshop con behind the image, but no such credited institution will do so without fact checking, right? The illuminati rhetoric will continue for those who believe in the rapper’s affiliation. It could be a Carter ancestor lurking in Harlem as he took a chance at being photographed, which was still a rare opportunity being that Instagram and Twitter were far from mere thought.

What do you think?

Virgilio Mendez
@REGULARGUYV