The Unique Detail Reportedly Found In Beyonce And Jay-Z's Prenup

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are among the most powerful couples in recent music history, with Reader's Digest ranking them among the likes of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Tina and Ike Turner, and Johnny Cash and June Carter. And they're arguably the most influential duo in today's music scene. In fact, Insider named them the most iconic couple of 2011, and not just in music. Queen Bey and Jay-Z are also among the most long-lasting.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z became involved while working on the "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" music video, which appeared on the rapper's 2002 album "The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse," MTV noted in 2011. Beyoncé was then working on her solo career after taking a break from Destiny's Child in 2001, Billboard announced. With her 2003 first studio album, "Dangerously In Love," Beyoncé started paving the way that would take her to the top of industry. Jay-Z, on the other hand, was already a consolidated name in hip-hop by then, with "The Blueprint 2" debuting at No. 1 on Billboard that year, according to XXL.

When Beyoncé and Jay-Z got married in April 2008, they had a lot more to consider than just their feelings for each other. Through their music and other joint business ventures, the couple has amassed nearly $2 billion together, Cosmopolitan reported in 2022. With so much at stake, Beyoncé sought to establish clear rules in their prenuptial agreement covering all the roles she would play in the relationship.

Beyoncé apparently knew her marriage to Jay-Z went way beyond affection. Jay-Z is a powerful rapper and she, while equally if not more so, is still a woman in a highly sexist industry. At least that's what their prenup seems to suggest. The document states that if they were to divorce, Beyoncé would get $5 million per child they had together, according to The Blast. The couple shares three children — Blue Ivy (pictured), who was born in January 2012, and twins Sir and Rumi, born in June 2017, The Guardian reported.

Beyoncé would also receive $1 million for each year they were married. This stipulation, however, was capped at 15 years, meaning it ends now in 2023. But Beyoncé and Jay-Z were already on top of it, as they revised the document in 2016, according to RadarOnline. "They have a pre-nuptial agreement already in place, but so much has happened in terms of their empire that it's needed updating for some time," a source told the outlet.

In addition to going over how their assets would be split, the postnup pre-establishes rules regarding child custody. The date of postnup is no coincidence. That same year, Beyoncé revealed hardships in their relationship in her album "Lemonade," breaking their general preference for privacy, The Guardian highlighted. "When they went through their roughest period last year, they both agreed it was time to re-clarify certain aspects of their agreement," the insider told RadarOnline.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z work together. When she released "Lemonade," he didn't just happen to turn on the radio and listen aghast as his wife disclosed his infidelity to the world. In a 2017 interview with T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Jay-Z described how he and Beyoncé had been working on music together when she started writing what eventually became her acclaimed 2016 album. "We were using our art almost like a therapy session. And we started making music together ... There was never a point where it was like, 'I'm making this album.' I was right there the entire time," he explained.

In 2017, Jay-Z himself released the bombshell album "4:44" in which he directly addressed several lines in Beyonce's, The Guardian pointed out. "I'll f*** up a good thing if you let me / Let me alone Becky! / A man who don't take care of his family can't be rich," he rapped in the song "Family Feud" — which features Beyoncé — while referencing "Becky with the good hair" from her song "Sorry."

Details of the cheating incident were never revealed, but Beyoncé and Jay-Z proved they've worked through their issues. "Lemonade" admittedly made Jay-Z "uncomfortable," but the process that created it was important to heal their marriage. "The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone's face that you caused, and then have to deal with yourself," he told T. Instead of walking away, he chose to deal with himself.