JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="play kirkbridge" data-playUrl="/myPlayUrl"></div>
<div class="play placehold" data-playUrl="http://www.google.com"></div>

CSS

div.play
{
    width:100px;
    height:100px;
    position:relative;
}
div.play a
{
 position:absolute;
    top:20px;
    left:30px;
    display:none;
}
div.play:hover a
{
    display:block;
}

div.play.kirkbridge
{
   background-image:url('https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000008744854-5sr588-large.jpg?d408275');  
}
div.play.placehold
{
   background-image:url('http://placehold.it/100x100');  
}

JavaScript

$(function(){
    $("div.play").each(function(){
       var $this = $(this);
       $this.append("<a href='" + $this.attr("data-playUrl") + "'><img src='http://www.newmusicproducer.com/img/ic_play.png'></a>");     
    });
});