Jay-Z Breaks Twitter Silence With Candid Rapid-Fire Tweets

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By Brian Anthony Hernandez2013-07-08 18:29:12 UTC

Jay-Z's self-imposed Twitter hiatus didn't last long. The rapper, whose Magna Carta Holy Grail album debuted this month, returned to the service Monday — despite claiming in mid-June that he had reached his "yearly allotment" of tweets.

Jay-Z promised to resume tweeting no sooner than 2014, so his rapid-fire tweets came as a surprise to everyone, causing #MCHG to become a worldwide trending topic on Twitter.

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Twitter confirmed to Mashable that Roc Nation said Jay-Z is tweeting and the account has not been hacked, as some fans had speculated. We're not exactly sure why Jay-Z went on a tweet binge, but musicians routinely turn to social media to attract buzz for their new music.

Magna Carta Holy Grail came out July 4 exclusively to Samsung device owners in an innovative marketing stunt before its wide release 72 hours later.

"Jay-Z" and "Magna Carta Holy Grail" have been mentioned nearly half a million times on Twitter since the album premiered, Twitter told Mashable.

Here's a look at Jay-Z's most-intriguing tweets in which we learn he questions the history books, hasn't recently eaten cereal and considers himself and Kanye West a bit "crazy."

To be continued ... because Jay-Z's Q&A with fans is still happening.

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Topics: Celebrities, Entertainment, jay-z, Magna Carta Holy Grail, Music, Social Media, Twitter