Power Couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z Tie the Knot

On this day in music, April 4, 2008, former Destiny’s Child singer and R&B icon Beyoncé Knowles married rapper, producer, and entrepreneur, Jay-Z (born Shawn Carter). The two superstars tied the knot in a small private ceremony held in Carter’s New York City apartment. Among the attendees were Knowles’ former Destiny’s Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, as well as Coldplay’s Chris Martin and his then-wife Gwyneth Paltrow. Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s relationship began when the singer guested on the rapper’s “03 Bonnie & Clyde” track on his 2002 album, The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z first met in 2000 but did not begin dating until 2001. They secretly wed on April 4, 2008. Based on their music, their relationship has been littered with cheating rumors. To date, Beyoncé and Jay-Z are parents to three children, Blue Ivy born in 2012, and twins Sir and Rumi born in 2017.