Beyonce was involved with a mystery man while courted by Jay-Z, her mom claims in new memoir
Jay-Z had some competition for Beyonce 's affections in the early days of their relationship, her mother has revealed in her new memoir.
The singer, 43, began her relationship with the hip-hop mogul as 'just friends', Tina Knowles discloses in Matriarch.
However, Tina has revealed that there was a mystery man that Beyonce was presiding over at the time, and she had difficultly in choosing between the two.
'Beyonce had developed a friendship with [Jay], solely over the phone, [in the early 2000s],' Tina writes.
'They provided good counsel to each other as they discussed the industry, each sharing a singular confidence in their artistic vision.'
The two got to meet in person for the first time when Jay-Z traveled to Houston for a concert and the singer invited him to her house for a family dinner.
'As Beyonce and Jay then kept up with each other in calls, the friendship deepened,' she explained, adding, 'She would tell me, "He's just so nice."'
But while she was shooting 2002's Austin Powers in Goldmember, both Jay-Z and the other man would travel to the set to visit her.
The other suitor may have been Bey's longtime high school boyfriend Lyndall Locke, whom she dated from 1993 to 2001.
Unsure of which man to pick, the singer turned to her mother for advice.
'Well, who do you like the most?' former hairdresser Tina recalled asking her. 'Who do you enjoy talking to more?
'I watched her think. It was Jay. Isn't it humbling how love can begin with such a simple feeling? You like talking to someone over the phone. You're 21 years old and you can't know someday you will take that love to the stars, but it begins with such a small instinct.'
As the couple got more serious, Tina made sure both extended families got to know each other.
Beyonce had to meet the approval of her boyfriend's mother, Gloria Carter, his sisters and his grandmother Hattie White, who was featured on Freedom from Beyonce's Lemonade album.
'That was the start of the Carter and Knowles families joining as one family, and we are all very close to this day,' she shared with her readers.
'They had the wedding at their house on April 4 because it was the only place that we knew it wouldn't get out,' she writes.
'Our gatherings would become parties, rich with laughter and storytelling, drinking and dancing. In the Bible it says to eat, drink, and be merry, and that's what our evenings are like with the Carters.'.
Tina, who designed costumes for Destiny's Child, revealed she also designed her daughter's wedding dress for her wedding to the Roc Nation founder in 2008.
The couple shared video of their special day during their joint On The Run Tour, which aired on HBO.
Sharing more details she explained: 'We had a lady make white curtains to cover the walls and windows, right up to the 25-foot ceilings.'
In spite of the lavish decorations, the event had a down-home feel.
'I joined Jay's grandmother and mother in cooking all the food,' she wrote, taking the lid off a family secret. 'We did soul food, of course, the best food for a night of dancing and family love.'
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