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Beyonce and Jay-Z get married
Hip-hop mogul
Jay-Z and singer-actress Beyonce Knowles have married in New
York.
"It happened earlier this evening," an unidentified friend of
the couple was quoted as saying on People magazine's website.
"Jay wanted it to be a really private affair - close friends and
family."
Representatives for the couple were not immediately available to
confirm the report, which added that the Friday evening ceremony
was followed by a party at the rapper's TriBeCa apartment.
Guests included Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles, her father and
manager Mathew, her sister Solange, Destiny's Child members
Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and friend Gwyneth Paltrow,
it said.
The report
followed widespread speculation that drew swarms of media to the
street outside Jay-Z's penthouse.
A parade of sport utility vehicles with tinted windows was seen
coming and going from the garage late in the afternoon, one of
them carrying two people dressed in chef's uniforms carrying
large, square, white boxes on their laps.
And men dressed in tuxedos were spotted on the roof of the
building, where a white tent was erected.
People magazine touched off the celebrity wedding watch during
the week when it reported the couple, who have been dating for
several years, had taken out a wedding licence in Scarsdale
Village, New York, valid for 60 days.
Gossip blogger Perez Hilton fanned the flames when he reported
the wedding would take place on Friday, then followed up by
posting the address of Jay-Z's apartment as the location.
Matrimonial union between Jay-Z, 37, whose real name is Shawn
Carter, and Beyonce, 26, also known by her full name Beyonce
Knowles, would mark one of the highest-profile celebrity unions
in recent years.
The two have been romantically linked since September 2002, and
they performed together in music videos for two of her hit
singles, Crazy in Love and Deja Vu.
Beyonce rose to
fame as a member of the glittery R&B act Destiny's Child but
emerged as a superstar in her own right with her big-screen turn
as Foxxy Cleopatra in the 2002 film comedy Austin Powers in
Goldmember.
The following year Beyonce scored a hit with her debut solo
album, Dangerously in Love, collecting five Grammys along the
way.
The Houston native earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2006 for
her role as a Diana Ross-like character in Dreamgirls, a
big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Her marriage to Jay-Z comes as the hip-hop artist and record
executive is in talks with concert promoter Live Nation for a
deal reported to be worth about $US150 million ($165 million),
rivalling the biggest music contracts ever.
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