Crazy in love! After more than 20 years together, Beyoncé and Jay-Z are still drunk in love and hooked on each other.
The Destiny’s Child singer met her future husband when she was 18 years old (roughly in 1999), and a year later, they started dating.
“There was no rush — no one expected me to run off and get married,” the Lion King actress told Seventeen in November 2008. “I really don’t believe that you will love the same thing when you’re 20 as you do at 30.”
The couple’s real-life chemistry quickly crossed over into their careers, with their first musical collaboration on Jay-Z’s “03 Bonnie and Clyde” in 2002. The pair followed it up with “Crazy in Love” the following year.
Five years later, the lovebirds tied the knot in a secret ceremony on April 4, 2008.
The Texas native announced she was expecting the couple’s first child when she stepped out at the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet cradling her baby bump in August 2011. The pair became first-time parents in January 2012, when they welcomed daughter Blue Ivy.
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Two years later, the Dreamgirls actress and “Run This Town” rapper’s relationship hit a bump in the road when Beyoncé’s sister, Solange Knowles, had a heated argument with Jay-Z at the Met Gala in 2014. Soon after, speculation that Jay-Z had cheated on his wife began to spread.
The pair overcame Jay-Z’s infidelity — which Beyoncé sang about on her 2016 album Lemonade and he addressed on his 4:44 record — but it wasn’t until 2017 that the New York native admitted to having an affair.
“That’s my soulmate. It’s the person I love,” the “Made in America” rapper told CNN in January 2018, explaining why he worked so hard to fix his marriage. “And you can be in love with someone, you can love someone, and if you haven’t experienced love and you don’t understand it and you don’t have the tools to move forward, you’re going to have complications, period.”
Since their reconciliation, the artists expanded their family, welcoming twins Sir and Rumi in June 2017. They’ve also joined forces again musically with the 2018 joint album, Everything Is Love, and Jay-Z appeared in his wife’s Black Is King visual album in July 2020.
Scroll down to relive the couple’s hottest couple moments throughout their relationship:
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November 2002
Jay-Z and Beyoncé made a joint appearance on MTV’s TRL for “Spankin’ New Music Week” in November 2002.
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December 2002
The happy couple attended a December 2002 New York Knicks vs. Orlando Magic game at Madison Square Garden.
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April 2003
The pair posed at a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in April 2003.
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August 2003
The rapper and the singer performed at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.
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November 2003
The twosome got close during a Madison Square Garden performance on Jay-Z’s Black Album tour in November 2003.
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August 2004
Beyoncé rubbed Jay-Z’s head as they relaxed on a yacht in the South of France in August 2004.
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August 2004
The famous duo glowed at the red carpet for the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.
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February 2005
The pair dressed up for the 2005 Grammy Awards.
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February 2005
The stars attended an NBA All-Star game in Denver in February 2005.
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February 2005
The Dreamgirls star and her supporting man walked the red carpet at the 2005 Academy Awards.
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February 2005
Jay-Z and Beyoncé celebrated at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in February 2005.
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June 2005
The couple took a relaxed stroll along the beach in Saint-Tropez in June 2005.
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June 2005
The twosome posed at a Beyoncé-hosted auction to benefit VH1’s Save the Music foundation in June 2005.
August 2005
The pair embraced at a August 2005 Rocawear Champagne brunch hosted by Jay-Z.
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February 2006
The duo glammed up for the 2006 Grammy Awards.
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June 2006
The stars performed together at Jay-Z’s concert at Radio City Music Hall in NYC in June 2006.
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August 2006
Jay-Z stole an intimate moment with Beyoncé at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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November 2006
Jay-Z raised a bottle of bubbly over the crowd at the first anniversary celebration of his 40/40 club in Atlantic City in November 2006.
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January 2007
Beyoncé and Jay-Z dazzled at the 2007 Golden Globes.
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June 2007
Beyoncé draped her arm around her beau on the French Rivera in June 2007.
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February 2008
The duo brought their signature style to the 2008 Grammy Awards in L.A.
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November 2009
The hip-hop mogul cozied up to his bride at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin.
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April 2010
The twosome took to the stage during the 2010 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California.
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February 2011
The couple sat courtside during the NBA All-Star Game at the Staples Center in L.A. in February 2011.