H.O.V.A? what does it mean?!

H.O.V.A? what does it mean?

yeah it's an old joint but I heard it in the shuffle on my ipod yesterday and was feelin it again and realized...what the hell does hova mean, anyway? i know he calls himself a lotta names..hova, iceberg, young hov, whatever...does it really stand for something and what did i miss there? thanks for any real answers and don't just reply rap sucks please. obviously i don't think it does.

"Hova" refers to what Jay-Z calls his "God Name," which is "Jay-Hova," as in Jehovah.

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