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Jay Z’s glitzy collection unveiled at Barneys

Jay Z’s controversial collection for Barneys was unveiled Wednesday, and it’s chock-full of gifts for that overspending, ostentatious rap mogul in the family.

Some of the Jay Z items are priced at more than $30,000.Tamara Beckwith

The $1,000 cedar-lined humidor, $2,590 leather boxing shorts and $875 python-brimmed Brooklyn caps are for sale in a separate back room of the Madison Avenue department store that is guarded by a bouncer and has more employees than shoppers.

The store can use the extra eyes. The cheapest item in the 30-piece collection is a $70 T-shirt. At the high end — a $33,900 gold Hublot watch.

The pricey goods arrived as Barneys battles accusations and a lawsuit that the store racially profiled two black shoppers.

When the claims surfaced last month, the Rev. Al Sharpton threatened a boycott of the tony store. The rapper declared that he would not drop his planned partnership. After all, proceeds benefit his Shawn Cater Foundation to help low-income children further their education.

The kids shouldn’t suffer. Originally, 25 percent of sales were meant to go to the charity, but after the shop-and-frisk flap Barneys upped it to 100 percent going back to the rapper’s foundation. They also promised to pony up 10 percent of store-wide proceeds from Wednesday to the foundation.

Proceeds from sales – including these $695 ski masks – will benefit Jay Z’s charity.Tamara Beckwith