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<p>Early Friday morning, Jay-Z released his new album (exclusively on Tidal, sorry) and all anyone cares about is the title track, <em>4:44, </em>and a few other lines floating around the album like truth bombs. It&#39;s a big deal for reasons that have little to do with hip hop and more with gossip.</p><p>Because on the album, Jay-Z raps these words:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;Yeah, I&#39;ll fuck up a good thing if you let me / Let me alone, Becky&quot;</p> </blockquote><p>What did the internet do without Donald Trump as POTUS? Well, in 2016 it had Becky. Becky had &quot;the good hair,&quot; said Beyonce on <em>Lemonade</em>, and Becky with the good hair had Jay-Z . Extra-maritally. Scandalously.</p><p>&ldquo;He only want me when I&rsquo;m not there / He better call Becky with the good hair.&rdquo;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the beyhive when they heard jay z admit to cheating on beyoncé on 4:44 <a href="https://t.co/B5xLvh62qk">https://t.co/B5xLvh62qk</a></p>&mdash; breanna. (@brexpk) <a href="https://twitter.com/brexpk/status/880642684137992193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And it was only ever &quot;allegedly,&quot; until now.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/20SomethingSass/status/880667632646619140</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Oh, and Jay-Z also seemed to address that massive tabloid moment when <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/celebrity-freakouts/jay-z-physically-attacked-by-beyonces-sister-solange-in-an-elevator/">Solange attacked him</a> an elevator. He <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/jay-z-apologises-beyonce-references-10713338" target="_blank">admitted</a>: &quot;You egg Solange on knowing all along all you had to say was you was wrong.&quot;</p><p>Jay-Z DROPPING BOMBS.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Well If Beyoncé forgave Jay Z for cheating then y&#39;all should be able to let it go &amp; give us a second chan...&quot; <a href="https://t.co/pkE9gPBRES">pic.twitter.com/pkE9gPBRES</a></p>&mdash; Drebae (@Drebae_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Drebae_/status/880667280186765312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me tryna vibe to Jay Z album but him cheating on Beyoncé keeps popping in my head <a href="https://t.co/k5RrH5EMtt">pic.twitter.com/k5RrH5EMtt</a></p>&mdash; 𝑀𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓎 (@xxMERE) <a href="https://twitter.com/xxMERE/status/880654885926182914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Jay had teased a response to his wife&#39;s cheating allegations in music before. On an <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/jay-z-lemonade-all-the-way-up/"><em>All the Way Up </em>remix</a> in May 2016, he rapped:</p><blockquote> <p>You know you made it when the fact / Your marriage made it is worth millions / Lemonade is a popular drink and it still is / Survival of the littlest.</p> </blockquote><p>You know you&#39;ve lost some music cache when your most shocking lyrics are all confirming your wife&#39;s accusations of infidelity, but let&#39;s see how much of the Beyhive signs up for Tidal before we mock him.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me taking to Jay Z about hurting Beyoncé &amp; cheating on her <a href="https://t.co/M0ZAwIJ169">pic.twitter.com/M0ZAwIJ169</a></p>&mdash; Drebae (@Drebae_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Drebae_/status/880670019109126146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Onos147/status/880688480757719041</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">*Jay Z admits to cheating on Bey in his song* <br>The Whole entire Beyhive:😤😡 <a href="https://t.co/aRW0QzbDhq">pic.twitter.com/aRW0QzbDhq</a></p>&mdash; 🌹✨R_Le’Rose🌹✨ (@r_lerose) <a href="https://twitter.com/r_lerose/status/880669423459340288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jay Z admit to cheating on Beyoncé. He&#39;s gonna be at the next family reunion like <a href="https://t.co/D6ZHg8ybxQ">pic.twitter.com/D6ZHg8ybxQ</a></p>&mdash; Malik Ofori (@malikofori) <a href="https://twitter.com/malikofori/status/880708376619044865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/SindidAlam/status/880684527097708545</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Here&#39;s the rest of Jay-Z&#39;s lyrics on the track <em>4:44</em>, and I&#39;ve taken the liberty of bolding the parts about cheating. You&#39;re welcome. Via <a href="https://genius.com/Jay-z-4-44-lyrics" target="_blank">Rap Genius</a>:</p><blockquote> <p><br /> Look, <strong>I apologize, often womanize</strong><br /> Took for my child to be born<br /> See through a woman&#39;s eyes<br /> Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles<br /> Took me too long for this song<br /> I don&#39;t deserve you, I harass you out in Paris<br /> Please come back to Rome, you make it home<br /> We talked for hours when you were on tour<br /> Please pick up the phone, pick up the phone<br /> Said: &quot;Don&#39;t embarrass me,&quot; instead of &quot;Be mine&quot;<br /> That was my proposal for us to go steady<br /> That was your 21st birthday, you mature faster than me<br /> I wasn&#39;t ready, so I apologize<br /> I&#39;ve seen the innocence leave your eyes<br /> I still mourn this death, I apologize for all the stillborns<br /> &#39;Cause I wasn&#39;t present, your body wouldn&#39;t accept it<br /> <strong>I apologize to all the woman whom I<br /> Toyed with your emotions because I was emotionless</strong><br /> I apologize &#39;cause at your best you are love<br /> And because I fall short of what I say I&#39;m all about<br /> Your eyes leave with the soul that your body once housed<br /> And you stare blankly into space<br /> Thinkin&#39; of all the time you wasted in on all this basic shit<br /> So I apologize</p> <p>I apologize, our love was one for the ages and I contained us<br /> And all this ratchet shit and we more expansive now<br /> Meant to cry and die alone in these mansions<br /> Or sleep with our back turned<br /> We&#39;re supposed to vacay &#39;til our backs burn<br /> We&#39;re supposed to laugh &#39;til our hearts stops<br /> And then we end a space with a dark stop<br /> And let love light the way<br /> Like the men before me, I cut off my nose to spite my face<br /> <strong>I never wanted another woman to know<br /> Something about me that you didn&#39;t know</strong><br /> I promised, I cried, I couldn&#39;t hold<br /> I suck at love, I think I need a do-over<br /> I will be emotionally available if I invited you over<br /> I stew over what if you over my shit?</p> <p> </p> <p>And if my children knew, I don&#39;t even know what I would do<br /> If they ain&#39;t look at me the same<br /> I would prob&#39;ly die with all the shame<br /> <strong>&quot;You did what with who?&quot;<br /> What good is a m&eacute;nage &agrave; trois when you have a soulmate?<br /> &quot;You risked that for Blue?&quot;</strong><br /> If I wasn&#39;t a superhero in your face<br /> My heart breaks for the day I had to explain my mistakes<br /> And the mask goes away and Santa Claus is fake<br /> And you go online and see<br /> For Blue&#39;s tooth, the tooth fairy didn&#39;t pay</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Keep your eyes glued to Twitter for the rest of the weekend. Jay-Z just pulled the fire alarm.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/RedBeKnowing/status/880649771421224961</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Becky's back and the Beyhive is murderous after Jay-Z admits to cheating on Beyonce.

Early Friday morning, Jay-Z released his new album (exclusively on Tidal, sorry) and all anyone cares about is the title track, 4:44, and a few other lines floating around the album like truth bombs. It&#39;s a big deal for reasons that have little to do with hip hop and more with gossip.Because on the album, Jay-Z raps these words: &quot;Yeah, I&#39;ll fuck up a good thing if you let me / Let me alone, Becky&quot; What did the internet do without Donald Trump as POTUS? Well, in 2016 it had Becky. Becky had &quot;the good hair,&quot; said Beyonce on Lemonade, and Becky with the good hair had Jay-Z . Extra-maritally. Scandalously.&ldquo;He only want me when I&rsquo;m not there / He better call Becky with the good hair.&rdquo;the beyhive when they heard jay z admit to cheating on beyoncé on 4:44 https://t.co/B5xLvh62qk&mdash; breanna. (@brexpk) June 30, 2017 And it was only ever &quot;allegedly,&quot; until now.https://twitter.com/20SomethingSass/status/880667632646619140Oh, and Jay-Z also seemed to address that massive tabloid moment when Solange attacked him an elevator. He admitted: &quot;You egg Solange on knowing all along all you had to say was you was wrong.&quot;Jay-Z DROPPING BOMBS.&quot;Well If Beyoncé forgave Jay Z for cheating then y&#39;all should be able to let it go &amp; give us a second chan...&quot; pic.twitter.com/pkE9gPBRES&mdash; Drebae (@Drebae_) June 30, 2017 Me tryna vibe to Jay Z album but him cheating on Beyoncé keeps popping in my head pic.twitter.com/k5RrH5EMtt&mdash; 𝑀𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓎 (@xxMERE) June 30, 2017 Jay had teased a response to his wife&#39;s cheating allegations in music before. On an All the Way Up remix in May 2016, he rapped: You know you made it when the fact / Your marriage made it is worth millions / Lemonade is a popular drink and it still is / Survival of the littlest. You know you&#39;ve lost some music cache when your most shocking lyrics are all confirming your wife&#39;s accusations of infidelity, but let&#39;s see how much of the Beyhive signs up for Tidal before we mock him.Me taking to Jay Z about hurting Beyoncé &amp; cheating on her pic.twitter.com/M0ZAwIJ169&mdash; Drebae (@Drebae_) June 30, 2017 https://twitter.com/Onos147/status/880688480757719041*Jay Z admits to cheating on Bey in his song* The Whole entire Beyhive:😤😡 pic.twitter.com/aRW0QzbDhq&mdash; 🌹✨R_Le’Rose🌹✨ (@r_lerose) June 30, 2017 Jay Z admit to cheating on Beyoncé. He&#39;s gonna be at the next family reunion like pic.twitter.com/D6ZHg8ybxQ&mdash; Malik Ofori (@malikofori) June 30, 2017 https://twitter.com/SindidAlam/status/880684527097708545Here&#39;s the rest of Jay-Z&#39;s lyrics on the track 4:44, and I&#39;ve taken the liberty of bolding the parts about cheating. You&#39;re welcome. Via Rap Genius:  Look, I apologize, often womanize Took for my child to be born See through a woman&#39;s eyes Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles Took me too long for this song I don&#39;t deserve you, I harass you out in Paris Please come back to Rome, you make it home We talked for hours when you were on tour Please pick up the phone, pick up the phone Said: &quot;Don&#39;t embarrass me,&quot; instead of &quot;Be mine&quot; That was my proposal for us to go steady That was your 21st birthday, you mature faster than me I wasn&#39;t ready, so I apologize I&#39;ve seen the innocence leave your eyes I still mourn this death, I apologize for all the stillborns &#39;Cause I wasn&#39;t present, your body wouldn&#39;t accept it I apologize to all the woman whom I Toyed with your emotions because I was emotionless I apologize &#39;cause at your best you are love And because I fall short of what I say I&#39;m all about Your eyes leave with the soul that your body once housed And you stare blankly into space Thinkin&#39; of all the time you wasted in on all this basic shit So I apologize I apologize, our love was one for the ages and I contained us And all this ratchet shit and we more expansive now Meant to cry and die alone in these mansions Or sleep with our back turned We&#39;re supposed to vacay &#39;til our backs burn We&#39;re supposed to laugh &#39;til our hearts stops And then we end a space with a dark stop And let love light the way Like the men before me, I cut off my nose to spite my face I never wanted another woman to know Something about me that you didn&#39;t know I promised, I cried, I couldn&#39;t hold I suck at love, I think I need a do-over I will be emotionally available if I invited you over I stew over what if you over my shit?   And if my children knew, I don&#39;t even know what I would do If they ain&#39;t look at me the same I would prob&#39;ly die with all the shame &quot;You did what with who?&quot; What good is a m&eacute;nage &agrave; trois when you have a soulmate? &quot;You risked that for Blue?&quot; If I wasn&#39;t a superhero in your face My heart breaks for the day I had to explain my mistakes And the mask goes away and Santa Claus is fake And you go online and see For Blue&#39;s tooth, the tooth fairy didn&#39;t pay Keep your eyes glued to Twitter for the rest of the weekend. Jay-Z just pulled the fire alarm.https://twitter.com/RedBeKnowing/status/880649771421224961

On Jay-Z's new album "4:44," the rapper admits that Beyonce's cheating allegations were true.