Beyonce and Jay Z Relationship Details
Beyoncé and Jay Z: A Detailed Timeline of Their Private Yet Prominent Romance
![1999: Beyoncé and Jay Z met. In a 2008 interview with Seventeen magazine, Beyoncé revealed that she was 18 when she and Jay Z first met.
2000: Beyoncé and Jay Z's friendship turned romantic. The couple began dating when Beyoncé was 19. "We were friends first for a year and a half before we went on any dates," Beyoncé told Oprah in 2013. "We were on the phone for a year and a half, and that foundation is so important for a relationship. Just to have someone who you just like is so important, and someone [who] is honest."
2001: The couple appeared together on the cover of Vanity Fair's November 2001 music issue. While Jay Z and Beyoncé kept mum about the status of their relationship, Jay Z told the magazine in 2013 that they "were just beginning to try to date each other" during that time.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/T1w42cWIMrnX4bqdopaWeuS1MrM/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2017/06/19/806/n/1922398/32f7a023ee9befe6_GettyImages-106715454/i/1999-Beyoncé-Jay-Z-met.jpg "1999: Beyoncé and Jay Z met. In a 2008 interview with Seventeen magazine, Beyoncé revealed that she was 18 when she and Jay Z first met.
2000: Beyoncé and Jay Z's friendship turned romantic. The couple began dating when Beyoncé was 19. \"We were friends first for a year and a half before we went on any dates,\" Beyoncé told Oprah in 2013. \"We were on the phone for a year and a half, and that foundation is so important for a relationship. Just to have someone who you just like is so important, and someone [who] is honest.\"
2001: The couple appeared together on the cover of Vanity Fair's November 2001 music issue. While Jay Z and Beyoncé kept mum about the status of their relationship, Jay Z told the magazine in 2013 that they \"were just beginning to try to date each other\" during that time.")
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