XXL Magazine – August 2005 (Jay-Z Cover, Issue No. 72)

A Piece of XXL Magazine History

XXL August 2005, and Jay-Z sits behind the desk like the office was built for him. Leader of the Rap World, reads the cover, President Carter's Cabinet, with Kanye West, LeBron James and Foxy Brown standing at his shoulder in the Oval Office. This is one of the most memorable XXL covers ever shot, a statement of power made in the years just after Hov's first retirement. Inside: Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz, Freeway and the whole Roc-A-Fella run. A defining image from rap's most ambitious era. Original print magazine in collectible condition.