Beyonce, Jay-Z Planning Secret Wedding!
Reports started to surface this week that Beyonce Knowles, superstar singer and star of the upcoming Dreamgirls, and Jay-Z, one of the most successful rappers ever, are planning a secret wedding in the Caribbean next week. The rumors surfaced when Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles were overheard at STK, a restaurant in New York City, talking to record executives about a four-day party in St. Barts aboard a yacht to mark the Kingdom Come rapper’s 37th birthday (which was this past Monday), but some have suggested that it’s not just a b-day party, but a cover for a wedding.
Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z have been an item for four years now and a source told The New York Post, “Beyonce is throwing Jay a four-day birthday party, but it’s really a wedding.”
The Post goes on to report that friends and family were told to have passport applications filed by last Friday to witness the exchange of superstar vows and that the party will begin on a yacht, but guests will then be taken to Anguilla for the ceremony, which will supposedly take place at Cap Juluca, a five-star resort that the couple supposedly visited earlier this year to scope out for their big day.
It’s been a hell of a year for arguably the hottest couple in music. Not only has Beyonce Knowles’ B-Day been a huge success on the charts but many Oscar pundits think she could pull off a nomination for her performance in the highly-anticipated adaptation of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, co-starring Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, and Jennifer Hudson. Beyonce’s better half, Jay-Z came out of retirement to release Kingdom Come, a CD that debuted at number one and marked the rapper’s best first week sales since 2000.
It’s interesting that this news comes this week, just after the first real rumors of a break-up for Beyonce and Jay-Z started to circulate, although those rumors were based mostly on lyrics from a new song on Kingdom Come, “Lost One,” in which Jay-Z raps “I don’t think it’s meant to be, B/ For she loves the work more than she does me/ And, honestly, at 23, I would probably love my work more than I did she/ So we ain’t we, it’s me and her.” It’s worth noting that Beyonce is 25 now and maybe Jay-Z was rapping about an old split or rift between the couple that appears to have now been mended.