Editing Jay-Z (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Beyoncé e Jay-Z.jpg|thumb|Jay-Z and Beyoncé performing in November 2009]]
In 2002, Jay-Z and singer [[Beyoncé Knowles]] collaborated on the song "[['03 Bonnie & Clyde]]". He also appeared on Beyoncé's hit single, "[[Crazy in Love]]" the following year, as well as the song "That's How You Like It" from her debut album ''[[Dangerously in Love]]'' (2003). On her second album, ''[[B'Day]]'', he made appearances on the hits "[[Déjà Vu (Beyoncé song)|Déjà Vu]]" and "[[Upgrade U]]". In the video for the latter song, she comically imitates his appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bnr_5DuFpU|title=Beyoncé – Upgrade U (official video)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=September 4, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501203013/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bnr_5DuFpU|archive-date=May 1, 2009}}</ref> They kept a low profile while dating, and were married on April 4, 2008, in a private ceremony in [[Tribeca]], New York City.<ref name="peoplemarrige">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/source-beyonc-and-jay-z-are-married/|title=Source: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Are Married|access-date=April 4, 2008|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=April 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406011340/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20188764,00.html|archive-date=April 6, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Their relationship became a matter of public record on April 22, 2008,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20194030,00.html|title=Beyoncé and Jay-Z File Signed Marriage License|last1=Ehrich Dowd|first1=Kathy|last2=Clehane|first2=Diane|last3=Helling|first3=Steve|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=April 22, 2008|access-date=April 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422232922/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20194030,00.html|archive-date=April 22, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> although Beyoncé did not publicly debut her US$5&nbsp;million [[Lorraine Schwartz]]-designed wedding ring until the Fashion Rocks concert on September 5, 2008.<ref>"Beyoncé's ring revealed!" ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', Vol. 70, No. 12, September 22, 2008, pg. 26.</ref> Since their marriage, they generally avoid discussing their relationship,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/yonc-buys-jay-z-private-jet-father-353371|title=Beyoncé Buys Jay-Z $40m Private Jet for Father's Day|last=Owoseje|first=Toyin|date=June 18, 2012|website=[[International Business Times]]|publisher=[[Newsweek Media Group]]|access-date=May 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502064549/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/yonc-buys-jay-z-private-jet-father-353371|archive-date=May 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and Beyoncé has stated her belief that this has helped them, while Jay-Z agreed in a ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' article that they do not "play with [their] relationship".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20145815,00.html|title=The Good Life|first=Michelle|last=Tauber|access-date=August 6, 2009|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=October 25, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604065509/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20145815,00.html|archive-date=June 4, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, Beyoncé and Jay-Z were listed as the most powerful couple for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's 100 most influential people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/people/beyonce-jayz-the-richest-pair/2008/11/22/1226770800770.html|title=Beyoncé, Jay-Z the richest pair|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=January 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509070124/http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/people/beyonce-jayz-the-richest-pair/2008/11/22/1226770800770.html|archive-date=May 9, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2009, ''[[Forbes]]'' ranked them as Hollywood's top-earning couple, with a combined total of $162&nbsp;million.<ref name="Powerful couple">{{cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1629585/jayz-beyonce-named-topearning-couple-entertainment.jhtml|title=Jay-Z And Beyoncé Named Top-Earning Couple in Entertainment|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=January 13, 2010|access-date=January 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110040516/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1629585/jayz-beyonce-named-topearning-couple-entertainment.jhtml|archive-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> They made it to the top of the list the following year, with a combined total of US$122&nbsp;million between June 2008 and June 2009.<ref name="Powerful couple"/>

At the [[2011 MTV Video Music Awards]], Beyoncé revealed that she was pregnant with their first child.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/28/beyonce-pregnant_n_939890.html|title=Beyoncé Pregnant, Flaunts Baby Bump on VMA Red Carpet|work=The Huffington Post|date=August 28, 2011|access-date=August 28, 2011|first=Ellie|last=Krupnick|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924060942/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/28/beyonce-pregnant_n_939890.html|archive-date=September 24, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20302940_20523751,00.html|title=Beyoncé & Jay-Z Expecting a Baby|publisher=People|date=August 28, 2011|access-date=August 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925145021/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20302940_20523751,00.html|archive-date=September 25, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Their daughter, [[Blue Ivy Carter]], was born at New York's [[Lenox Hill Hospital]] on January 7, 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/513462/beyonce-gives-birth-to-a-baby-girl|title=Beyoncé Gives Birth To a Baby Girl|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=January 8, 2012|access-date=January 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209161425/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/513462/beyonce-gives-birth-to-a-baby-girl|archive-date=February 9, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Jay-Z released "[[Glory (Jay-Z song)|Glory]]", a song dedicated to Blue Ivy, through his Life+Times website on January 9, 2012.<ref name="miscarriage">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-beyonce-baby-idUSTRE80821A20120109|title=Jay-Z reveals Beyoncé's miscarriage in ode to daughter|work=Reuters|date=January 9, 2012|access-date=January 10, 2012|first=Piya|last=Sinha-Roy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110053645/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/09/us-beyonce-baby-idUSTRE80821A20120109|archive-date=January 10, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The song, produced by frequent collaborators [[the Neptunes]], detailed the couple's pregnancy struggles, including a miscarriage Beyoncé had suffered.<ref name="miscarriage"/> Blue Ivy's cries were included at the end of the song, and she was officially credited on the song as "B.I.C"; she became the youngest person in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' history (at two days old) have a chart entry when "Glory" debuted at No. 74 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.<ref name="bluebillboard">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/blue-ivy-carter-jay-z-and-beyonce-s-daughter-1005846912.story|title=Blue Ivy Carter, Jay-Z and Beyoncé's Daughter, Becomes Youngest Person Ever to Appear on a Billboard Chart|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=January 11, 2012|access-date=January 11, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140913153704/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1099533/blue-ivy-carter-jay-z-and-beyonces-daughter-becomes-youngest-person-ever|archive-date=September 13, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 18, 2017, Beyoncé's father [[Mathew Knowles]] confirmed that she had given birth to twins with Jay-Z, a daughter named Rumi and a son named Sir.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/18/entertainment/beyonce-babies/index.html|title=Beyoncé and Jay Z welcome twins|first1=Lisa Respers|last1=France|first2=Chloe|last2=Melas|publisher=CNN|access-date=June 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618144225/http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/18/entertainment/beyonce-babies/index.html|archive-date=June 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In the following months, they purchased a US$88&nbsp;million home in the [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel Air]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/22/inside-jay-z-and-beyonces-mansion-hunting-journey.html|title=Inside Jay Z and Beyonce's mansion-hunting journey|last=Frank|first=Robert|date=August 23, 2017|website=cnbc.com|publisher=CNBC|access-date=January 13, 2019|quote=Jay Z and Beyonce purchased a 30,000-square-foot mansion in Los Angeles' Bel Air neighborhood for $88 million.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232514/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/22/inside-jay-z-and-beyonces-mansion-hunting-journey.html|archive-date=January 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2023, the couple bought a house in [[Malibu, California]], designed by the architect [[Tadao Ando]], for $200&nbsp;million. It established a record for the most expensive residence sold in California.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jack |last=Flemming |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-19/beyonce-jay-z-malibu-mansion-200-million-record |title=Jay-Z and Beyoncé drop $200 million on Malibu mansion, setting a record in California |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520174323/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-19/beyonce-jay-z-malibu-mansion-200-million-record |url-status=live |archive-date=May 20, 2023 }}</ref> In 2025, Beyoncé and Jay-Z reportedly began plans to relocate permanently to the United Kingdom. The couple is said to be seeking a residence in the [[Cotswolds]], following Beyoncé’s transition into country music and the UK leg of her [[Cowboy Carter Tour|Cowboy Carter World Tour]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-19 |title=Beyoncé and Jay-Z eye stunning UK home |url=https://rollingout.com/2025/04/19/beyonce-jayz-uk-home/ |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=rollingout.com |language=en-US}}</ref>