Jay-Z, Beyoncé relationship 'not built on the 100% truth'
For
a couple who spent years denying they were even in a relationship,
Jay-Z and Beyoncé are making up for lost time by divulging some major
details about their marriage.
The
rapper continues to tell his version of his wife's "Lemonade"
confessions with a deeply personal video in which he takes us behind the
scenes of their relationship.
"Footnotes
for 4:44" is an 11-minute video in which Jay-Z builds on the coming
clean he's done on a few tracks from his new "4:44" album.
The
rapper thought that meeting his estranged father would teach him to
love, only to discover it left him feeling inadequate when it came to
relationships.
"This is my real
life," Jay-Z says in the video. "I just ran into this place and we built
this big, beautiful mansion of a relationship that wasn't totally built
on the 100 percent truth and it starts cracking. Then things start
happening that the public can see."
Beyoncé's
"Lemonade" album, which contained themes of love and betrayal, sparked
rumors of infidelity in the power couple's marriage.
Jay-Z appears to address these rumors in his title track "4:44," which includes an apology to his wife.
"Look,
I apologize often womanize / Took for my child to be born / See through
a woman's eyes / Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles /
Took me too long for this song / I don't deserve you," he rapped.
In his "Footnotes" video, Jay-Z expounds on the rough patch in his relationship.
"Then
we had to get to a point of, 'Okay, tear this down and let's start from
the beginning," he said "It's the hardest thing I've ever done."
Jay-Z said he let his wife in on his feelings by playing her the album prior to its release.
"We
just got to a place where, in order for this to work, this can't be
fake," he said. "Not one ounce. I'm not saying it wasn't uncomfortable
because obviously it was."
Jay-Z enlisted a famous cast of male celebrities to help him tell his story.
Chris
Rock, Aziz Ansari, Anthony Anderson, Will Smith, Mahershala Ali, Jesse
Williams, and fellow rappers Kendrick Lamar and Meek Mills all spoke
candidly about relationships in the video.
"Footnotes for 4:44" is streaming on Tidal.
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