It takes a few seconds to process what the heck is going on in “The Jay Z Story” — why is aw-shucks Mike O’Brien playing Hova? Why hasn’t there been more Mike O’Brien this season? Bugs, where the heck do you gotta be? — but once you do, you’ll enjoy a very well made and very bizarre retelling of the life and times of Shawn Carter. J.K. Simmons pops up to play Nas and a former cast member even returns to vaguely impersonate Kanye West.
Shockingly, it wasn’t Kristen Wiig, who must be locked in Lorne’s closet, or Fred Armisen, although he did play drums during the cold open, which Mike Ryan will get to later in his episode recap.
