Oscar-winning director Ron Howard will direct a new documentary on Jay-Z’s Made in America music festival. We are not making this up.

Yes, Ron Howard, friend to sentimental white families everywhere, will fly to Philadelphia this September to film H.O.V.A.’s celebration of hip hop culture and new music. Seriously, we’re still not making this up.

“[Jay-Z] is a phenom,” says Howard’s producer and hetero life partner Brian Grazer. “I can't even begin to explain how he is capable of remaining relevant.” That last sentence may further elucidate what we’re getting at.

Made in America is set be one of 2012’s premiere music events. The festival will take place in the (all about the) Benjamin Franklin Parkway and performers include Toronto’s Drake, Run DMC, Pearl Jam, Skrillex, and Odd Future.

We're not sure what's more strange: That Howard is directing this movie, or that Jay-Z wanted him to. Somebody's jumping the shark, we just don't know who.

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