Our Marriage Wasn’t ‘Built on the 100 Percent Truth’ - Jay-Z On Marriage To Beyoncé

Jay-Z has opened up in yet another confessional song on his 4:44, and this time the rap guru admits that his marriage to the pop star wife Beyonce wasn’t built on truth.


The music video features interviews with various men of colour, including Jesse Williams (who is still battling for the custody of his kids with estranged wife), Kendrick Lamar, Will Smith and many more others. The men talked about toxic masculinity, black love and relationships with women.

“This is my real life. 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. Things start happening that the public can see,” Jay-Z says. “Then we had to get to a point of ‘Okay, tear this down and let’s start from the beginning … It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”

“This is my real life. 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. Things start happening that the public can see,” Jay-Z says. “Then we had to get to a point of ‘Okay, tear this down and let’s start from the beginning … It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”

In the new video, he recalls begging Beyonce not to leave him. “What is happening to my body right now? Did I just say … ‘Don’t leave’? All this is new for me,” he says in the video.

“We just got to a place where in order for this to work, this can’t be fake. Not one ounce. I’m not saying it wasn’t uncomfortable because obviously it was,” he concludes.