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Beyonce and Jay-Z performing at Radio City Music Hall in June, 2006
Beyonce and Jay-Z got married in a moderately top secret small wedding and reception at Jay-Z’s Tribeca penthouse apartment in early April. The paparazzi were crowded outside, surrounding guests limos like zombies hungry for brains, but apart from some subdued photos of people coming and leaving there were no pictures of the event. For a female performer known for multiple elaborate costume changes and extravagant wigs, Beyonce kept her special day surprisingly private. It wasn’t without its luxuries of course. The venue was decorated all in white, guests were instructed to wear white, and 50 to 60 thousand white orchids were imported from Thailand.
Rumor has it that Beyonce is expecting a child with Jay-Z, and that may have prompted the longterm couple to get married quickly, but the date of their wedding had special significance for them and suggests it was planned well in advance. Their birthdays both fall on the fourth of separate months, they have roman numeral IV tattoos on their ring fingers, and their wedding was held on 4/4/08.
If Beyonce is pregnant, a potential child with Jay-Z is worth $5 million under her prenuptial agreement. She has her own empire and is a multi-millionaire in her own right. Jay-Z is worth at least $300 million, though, and his financial advisers are said to have encouraged him to draw up a prenup to protect his assets. He supposedly made it generous in order to be fair:
“The prenup calls for Jay-Z to pay Beyonce $10 million if the marriage ends after two years, and $1 million dollars a year for each further year she remains in the marriage, up to 15 years,” revealed a source familiar with the deal.
“If they do split, he’s promised to pony up $10 million to buy her a home..
“He’s promised to pay her an additional $5 million for each child she bears him - for her ‘loss of income’ during the pregnancy and child-rearing years.”
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, May 12, 2008]
Other provisions in the rumored prenup include “access to their private jet and a fleet of cars,” and all expenses paid college educations for their future children.
Doesn’t it seem like the prenup should pay out more the longer you stay with the person, like the amount increases per year so that spouses aren’t encouraged to cash out early? Maybe they assume that if you’re with someone for financial reasons it’s better not to include incentives to stick it out under false pretenses.
It seems like a necessity for celebrities and people with money to get prenuptial agreements since everyone’s chances at a lasting marriage are about 50/50. You also never know if you’ll have a successful career and eclipse your spouse’s earnings, and how your circumstances may change. I remember reading Suze Orman and being impressed by her reasons to always get a prenup.
Beyonce and Jay-Z have been together for a while, and there have been faint rumblings that they’re fighting or having trouble, but they’ve stuck it out and kept their relationship private. I bet they’ll last, and that they’re aiming for 4 kids.
Beyonce made a brief appearance at Jay-Z’s concert at Madison Square Garden on Friday. The first few bars of “Crazy in Love” came on and Beyonce did a dance on stage briefly. Jay-Z said “that’s some good shit right there,” which may have been a reference to the rumor that he got mad andmade the DJ stop playing “Crazy in Love” at an earlier show.
Beyonce sure can move, but it’s hard to tell if she’s pregnant or not. The camera stays on her upper body on the big screen on stage and never moves down.
Thanks to NecoleBitchie via ONTD for this video.
Written by Celebitchy
Posted in Beyonce, Jay-Z, Pre-nup
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15 Responses to “Jay-Z’s generous prenup with Beyonce”
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sure is….he is saying to himself ” im going to be humping that later”…..bastard!
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Cause nothing screams I love you like 12 pages of legal jargon protecting your assets.
….so touching….
…I think I have a lump in my throat….
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She could’ve married me…I wouldn’t make her sign a pre-nup…hell she could have 100% of the doublewide if we broke up, I swear..
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that is quite a ballsy prenup… at least it shows he’s not scared! well… i mean… for a prenup i guess its pretty ballsy. But not having one would be sort of foolish
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lucky gal!!! thats awesome he’s thinking about the children though, most men don’t! congrats you too!
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Couldnt agree with you more Sasha.
Lucky gal? Beyonce isnt a nobody herself and is worth a few mills.
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He’s the lucky one and he knows it. No way in hell he would get a woman like B if he didn’t have that kind of money. I honestly don’t think I could get with him no matter how much money he has…he’s not attractive in the least.
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So to the last post, I think Jay Z is so hot and Beyonce is just as hot herself, but in all aspects she’s the lucky one. In all articles, its stating how she’s so obsessed with him and how he’s such a wonderful man! I don’t believe in prenups though, I think that you should always take care of your children but you should leave with what you came in with…. your own bread $$$
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I find Beyonce a bit too artificial like she is a creation and not human at all. Everything about her is so controlled that it can’t be normal.
They are both rich, why have a pre-nup? Her dad is greedy though and that may have made Jay Z reconsider. There is nothing as unromantic as a prenup. I doubt they will stay married forever, but they will be married for a long time.
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I LOVE BEYONCE MUSIC. I AM YOUNG SO I REALLY DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT JAY-Z MUSIC, BUT HIS MUSIC THAT I HAVE HEARD OR KNOW ABOUT, ITS COOL. I AM ONE OF BEYONCE BIGGEST FANS. I AM HAPPY FOR THE BOTH OF THEM. I HOPE THINGS WORK OUT FOR THE BEST OF BOTH OF THEM. AND THEY ARE MARRIED NOW, SO THE COUPLE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A FAMILY.
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Ugly or not I would have also married Jay-z. Looks are nothing ‘Luvjoy’, grow up please! Survival and a name, that’s what’s important. We should look for inner beauty cos it is this that lasts. Congrats upon your marriage Bey, You surely are all woman!!!
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Um a big fan of both jay & b, glad they made it official, say what ya want bout Jay but he’s got a swagger outta this world & b jus has a creative mind, when were somewhere sleepin, b’s up preparing another hit, she creats it & it turns 2 gold! “Talk yo shit” but b & jay rock! :-()
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It’s greater to have the one you love by your side that to have much money.
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Excellent read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on that. And he actually bought me lunch because I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!
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Is he checking out her ass in the bottom picture? Nice.
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