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Jay-Z on a Jet-ski refers to images of rapper Jay-Z seen riding an aquatic motorboat with a serious expression. The photo surfaced in early July of 2018, leading Twitter users to make jokes at the rapper's expense.

Origin

On July 2nd, 2018, a photo of Jay-Z riding a jet-ski began circulating on Twitter. According to US Weekly,^[1] the photo was from a vacation the rapper had in Sardinia, Italy, and was taken August 16th, 2016 (shown below).

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On July 2nd, multiple Twitter users began making jokes about the image, particularly mocking Jay-Z's serious expression. Twitter user @keiryoncecruz posted images of Beyoncé and Jay-Z riding jet-skis. Beyoncé notably seems much more happy than Jay-Z in the images. The tweet gained over 3,900 retweets and 14,000 likes (shown below, left) On July 3rd, a joke by @YC gained over 1,900 retweets and 5,100 likes (shown below, right).

Other Twitter users parodied the image with photoshops. For example, user @Bosslogic photoshopped the image into a fake movie poster, gaining over 90 retweets (shown below, left). User @JPSportsGuy photoshopped the image into the cover of Wave Race 64 gained over 1,500 retweets and 5,100 likes (shown below, right). The jokes were covered by Blavity,^[2] USA Today,^[3] Twitter Moments,^[4] and more.

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