Born in 1969, Shawn Corey Carter, aka Jay-Z, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and record producer. He collaborated with Beyoncé Giselle Knowles on a song in 2002 and married without publicity. Born in September 1981, Beyoncé is an American singer, businesswoman, and songwriter.
Times magazine addressed them as the most powerful couple in 2006. According to Forbes, the couple had a combined net worth of $162 million in 2009. Everything was fine until rumors regarding Jay Z cheating on Beyoncé emerged in 2014. Their relationship went through a roller coaster, though they are together as of now.
The couple released a collaborative album, ‘Everything Is Love,’ in 2018. It was Jay-Z’s fourth collaborative album. Jay-Z and Beyoncé purchased a house in Malibu, California, worth $200 million in 2023.
Beyoncé does not believe in publicly discussing her married life, and Jay-Z supported her statement, saying he does not want to play with their relationship by openly discussing it.
Jay-Z And Beyoncé’s Songs Regarding His Infidelity
Jay Z’s thirteenth studio album, ‘4:44,’ was released on 30 June 2017. It has three singles: 4:44, Bam, and Family Feud. The third is about the tension in the black community and separation within the culture. Moreover, the lyrics address the tension between him and his ex-wife, Beyoncé, and the trials faced by the couple.
Beyoncé’s sixth album, ‘Lemonade,’ was released in 2016 and has five singles. She addressed allegations regarding her husband’s cheating rumors with a mistress named Becky, whose real identity is hidden. In short, most lyrics revolved around Jay-Z. Beyoncé stated that she got lemons but made ‘Lemonade.’
According to the 4:44 lyrics, Jay-Z apologized for womanizing, which cost his unborn twins’ lives. He confessed not to deserve his wife. Further, Jay-Z mourned over losing his twins after apologizing to them. He mentioned how he got mesmerized by the kids’ innocence.
Beyoncé gave birth to Jay-Z’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, in January 2012. However, she was not their first kid. Beyoncé miscarried in 2010 or the following year and coped with the loss through her next studio album. She gave birth to twins, a daughter named Rumi and a son named Sir, in 2017.
Beyoncé Knowles directed, wrote, and starred in the documentary film ‘Life Is But A Dream in 2013,’ where she talked about her marriage to Jay-Z, the birth of Blue Ivy Carter, miscarriage, and separation from her father, Mathew Knowles, who also served as her manager.
According to the documentary, Jay-Z admitted to cheating on Beyoncé. He admired another woman, though he already had his soul mate. He knew he would die with embarrassment if his children learned his infidelity someday.
According to Hold Up and Sorry’s lyrics, Beyoncé considered Jay-Z’s infidelity the wicked way to treat a woman who loved him. She regretted their marriage. Finally, according to the lyrics, she hinted at a separation if the thing happened again.
Did Jay Z Cheat On Beyoncé With Kim Kardashian?
Jay-Z confessed to cheating on Beyoncé with a mysterious mistress named Becky, not Kim Kardashian. Reportedly, Beyoncé did not like Kim and remained away from her, which resulted in a crack in Jay-Z and Kanye West’s friendship.
Moreover, Beyoncé and Jay-Z did not attend Kim and Kanye’s wedding in 2014, and they never revealed the reason, which was another reason to separate Kanye and Jay-Z. According to the rumors, Beyoncé tolerates Kim only for Kanye’s friendship with her husband, Jay-Z.
Kanye West expressed his disappointment on YouTube at Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s absence at his wedding. He knew what they were going through, but Kanye was not a stranger to them. So, they must have prioritized attending a family member’s wedding (his wedding) over anything else.
For the first time, Jay-Z publicly confessed to cheating on Beyoncé (with Becky) in an interview with the New York Times. He told Baquet that he has been remaining isolated from his childhood. He knows he must interact with people but shuts his emotions to get into survival mode while connecting to women.
Jay-Z did the same while cheating on Beyoncé. Moreover, their separate projects contributed to the increasing distance between them. He and Beyoncé released some songs (mentioned in this article) regarding their messed married life, which was very painful for the American wrapper.
