Jay-Z Has Golden Girls at His Party

September 3, 2003

They looked nothing like the moon man awards given out at the MTV Video Music Awards, but event firm Artist Exposure posed five models painted gold from head to toe to look like trophies at Jay-Z’s after-party. (It's probably best not to explore the symbolism.) The motionless models were gilded by Party Productions NYC makeup artist Karl Giant and bathed in lavender light at the rapper's new hip-hop flavored sports bar, 40/40.

—Mark Mavrigian

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