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Beyonce andJay-Zare the power couple to end all power couples.
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Untouchable, unknowable, unstoppable.
Those ventures, plus his other investments, made him the first hip-hop artist to make the billionaires list.
There’s a reason the Beyhive is so devoted.
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But we have to imagine that they are most proud of the threehumansthey’ve managed to co-create.
Rumi, Sir and Blue Ivy Carter are icons in the making.
Them, combined with a two-decade-long relationship…yep, family goals.
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I was 18 when we first met, 19 when we first started dating, she revealed.
There was no rushno one expected me to run off and get married.
The biggest thing to happen this year is their appearance inVanity Fairs music issue right when they started dating.
SANTA CLARA, CA - FEBRUARY 07: Beyonce and Bruno Mars perform during the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
We were just beginning to attempt to date each other, rapper Jay-Z said years later.
Beyoncetold Oprah Winfreythat they had a friendship as their foundation.
We were friends first for a year and a half before we went on any dates, she said.
Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (3rd L) and Britain’s Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (2nd L) meet cast and crew, including US singer-songwriter Beyoncé (C) and her husband, US rapper Jay-Z (R) as they attend the European premiere of the film The Lion King in London on July 14, 2019. (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)
Their first musical collaboration is when Beyonce appears on Jays 03 Bonnie and Clyde.
It even earns them a Grammy for best R&B song.
Cause your love’s got the best of me, she sings.
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Nonfamous couples usually make their big debut on Instagram or by changing their relationship status on Facebook.
When youre a superstar, the big debut usually happens on a red carpet.
Bey and Jay are no different when they step on the carpet together for the 2004 VMAs.
After years together Beyonce starts getting a bit of wedding fever.
ShetellsCosmopolitan, I don’t know when I’ll want to get married.
I don’t think I want a big one.
Its evident that Beyonces 2006 interview was foreshadowing her eventual secret wedding on April 4, 2008.
The wedding is very emotional, according to aPeoplesource.
Their secret wedding was not so secret anymore.
Youll go insane in this throw in of business, he says.
You have to have something thats sacred to you and the people around you.
He’s not wrong.
After much speculation, Beyonce finally admits that she’s pregnant.
I want you to feel the love thats growing inside me.
Sadly, a couple of years later, she reveals that it wasnt her first pregnancy.
In her documentaryLife Is but a Dream, she discusses her miscarriage.
[Early into the pregnancy] I flew back to New York to get my checkupand no heartbeat.
Literally the week before I went to the doctor, everything was fine, but there was no heartbeat.
The world gets to meet Blue!
Like the icon she is, Beyonce shares the first photos of her daughter in a unique way.
She posts them on Tumblr, writing, We welcome you to share in our joy.
Still, they keep their distance, and the singers are only rarely unguarded.
Later in the year they begin to focus on music and release a couple albums.
JaysMagna Carter Holy Grailincludes a collab with his wife on Part II (On the Run).
Then Bey shocks the world by dropping her surprise visual self-titled album.
On it, she and the rapper sing together on Drunk in Love.
Where once they werecrazyin love, now they’redrunkin love, and he’s eating her breasteses for his breakfast.
Now this is where the drama begins.
(We know you were waiting for it.)
The rumor is that she attacked her brother-in-law because of cheating rumors.
But the most important thing is that our family has worked through it.
Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred.
They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in the public.
They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family.
The reports of Solange being intoxicated or displaying erratic behavior throughout that evening are simply false.
At the end of the day, families have problems and were no different.
We love each other and above all we are family.
Weve put this behind us and hope everyone else will do the same.
Bey seems to reference the incident later in the Flawless (Remix)."
Rumors begin to swirl that Bey and Jay were on the brink of divorce.
They are trying to figure out a way to split without divorcing, a source tellsPage Six.
The insider adds, Jay was outdoing Jay, and Bey was outdoing Bey.
Bey and Jays relationship seems to be better by spring.
He shares a video of the two of them exchanging vows at their wedding.
Later in May they attend the Met Gala sans elevator attacks.
This is when the reign of Queen Bey reaches new heights.
Herperformance at the Super Bowl halftimeshow is more important than the game itself (if you ask us).
What did we do to deserve the love our queen showed us in 2016?
Just two months after her knockout performance, she drops her visual albumLemonadeon HBO.
Except it’s…kind of a breakup album?
It is not a good time to be named Becky.
Everything is good in the world again when Beyonce announces that she’s pregnant (with twins!)
in a beautiful photo.
The caption reads, We would like to share our love and happiness.
We have been blessed two times over.
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The Knowles-Carter dynasty grows by two when Rumi and Sir Carter enter the world.
Later that month, Jay drops his album4:44, which seems to confirm his infidelity.
I apologize, our love was one for the ages and I contained us, he raps.
So even with women, you gonna shut down emotionally, so you cant connect….
In my case, like, its deep.
And then all the things happen from there: infidelity, he admits.
We were using our art almost like a therapy session.
And we started making music together.
And then the music she was making at that time was further along.
So her album came out as opposed to the joint album that we were working on.
Um, we still have a lot of that music.
And this is what it became.
There was never a point where it was like, Im making this album.
I was right there the entire time.
Beyonce shuts it down a month later at Coachella.
They first announced the album during a London concert during their tour.
Youve all given so much love every time we come herethank you, Beyonce tells the crowd.
Because we love you all so much, we have something special for yall.
We want you guys to be the first to experience this new project.
Beyonce voices Nala in theLion Kinglive-action film.
She and Jay-Z attend the premiere, where they meet British royalty, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
She then releases an album,The Lion King: The Gift, curated for the movie.
Beyonce seemingly references the Jay-Z cheating rumors in herRenaissancealbum, released on July 29.
I know nobody’s perfect so I’ll let you be, I’ll let you be.
We don’t need the world’s acceptance.
They’re too hard on me, they’re too hard on you, boy.
Some fans also believeBeyonce references the Solange elevator incident in the single Cozy.
Might I suggest you dont fuck with my sis, because she comfortable.
They’re there to support friend Pharrell, who has become creative director for the brand.
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