'JAŸ-Z IN 8' on HBO

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'JAŸ-Z IN 8' A Candid And Intimate 8-Part Conversation Years In The Making, An HBO Original Documentary Series Debuting This Fall “The pain, you don’t say it’s necessary, you don’t say you need it, but if it’s  there, you use it.” Directed By Rick Rubin For an artist who has spent much of the last decade turning selective visibility into its own kind of power move, JAŸ-Z sitting down for an eight-part HBO documentary series is not exactly casual programming. It is an event with lighting. HBO has released the official teaser for “JAŸ-Z IN 8,” an original eight-part documentary series directed by Rick Rubin, whose spare, contemplative approach to creative conversation helped define “McCartney 3,2,1.” The series debuts this fall on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max in the U.S. The premise is elegant in its restraint: Rubin sits down with JAŸ-Z to discuss his music, lyrics, life experiences, and creative process. But with these two, restraint is rarely empty. Rubin has built a public mythology around silence, instinct, and the almost monastic act of listening. At the same time, JAŸ-Z has long understood the value of revealing only what he chooses, when he chooses, and never a syllable more. That tension may be the real draw of “JAŸ-Z IN 8.” This does not appear to be a conventional career recap, or a march through trophies, records, and business triumphs. It suggests something more intimate and potentially more revealing: an extended look at how language becomes power, how songs become memory, and how one of the most scrutinized artists in modern American culture still manages to keep parts of himself just out of reach. “JAŸ-Z IN 8” features JAŸ-Z and Rick Rubin. HBO Documentary Films presents, a Tetragrammaton production, “JAŸ-Z IN 8.” The series is directed by Rick Rubin. Executive producers are Shawn Carter, Daniel Kaluuya, and Rick Rubin. Producers are Leila Mattimore and David Rohde.