A 1939 photograph of a Harlem man with a resemblance to Jay Z has gone viral, sparking bizarre conspiracy theories that the rapper traveled back in time for the old-school picture. 

The black-and-white photograph, titled "Harlem Loiterers," reveals the rapper wearing a pea coat and a cap and sitting on the front of a building looking straight into the camera. 

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library posted this question on their blog and Facebook page on May 7:   "Does the man on the right remind you of someone? Perhaps it was his great-grandfather taking a break in Harlem in 1939."

After the picture was uploaded, fans chimed in and wrote their opinion on the look-alike.

"Photo shopped in an old background but I believe that's really Jay," a fan wrote.

The Inquisitr reported theories surrounding the rapper and indicated that he may have traveled back in time to 1939 to conduct some research for the songs he recently contributed to the soundtrack for the movie The Great Gatsby.

The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture confirmed on their Facebook page that the picture was captured by an American photographer, Sid Grossman.

"I was immediately struck by the similarity to Jay-Z and actually laughed out loud," Sylviane A. Diouf, Schomburg's Curator of Digital Collections said. "I still hope somebody will tell us who that young man really was."

The man in the photograph is still unidentified, The Examiner reported.

 Enstars reported back in January that the rapper's wife Beyonce Knowles faced harsh criticism when she threw up an "illuminati" sign during her halftime performance at the SuperBowl. 

While performing "Independent Women" alongside Destiny's Child group members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, the 31-year-old Houston native flashed the triangle symbol with her hands, according to reports.

"Illuminati" is a group founded by Adam Weishaupt, a law professor in Bavaria, according to  Discovery News. Weishaupt claimed he had been given mysterious knowledge by a "higher source" than God. 

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