It’s a family feud… at least when it comes to how and when A-list spouses Beyoncé and Jay-Z first met.
“I was 18 when we first met, 19 when we first started dating,” Beyoncé famously told Seventeen in 2008, according to Elle. FYI, Beyonce was born on September 4, 1981, which would put their initial (and perhaps pre-destined) meeting in 1999 or early 2000. On the contrary, Jay-Z told former television journalist Charlie Rose in 2007 that he met Beyoncé 10 years ago, which would put the meeting in 1997, when she was 17. Simply put, the math ain’t mathin’.
Fortunately, both parties agree that the relationship started strictly platonic and stayed that way for some time. “We’re just cool. We’re just friends,” he told Playboy in April 2003. Later, in 2013, the “Excuse Me Miss” rapper confessed to Vanity Fair that he really had to put in the work to woo his future wife. “Well, you know, you’ve got to try first. You got to dazzle… wine and dine,” he explained. “She’s a charming Southern girl, you know, she’s not impressed,” he added. In the end, however, it appears Jay-Z did impress the Houston, Texas native. On April 4, 2008, Bey and Jay made it officially official and said “I do” in front of friends and family during an intimate yet lavish ceremony in Manhattan.
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