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Even the Rich

Jay-Z and Beyoncé | Lemonade | 4

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.311.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and Solange walk into an elevator. After that? Well, you've seen the video. The black-and-white footage inspires the tabloids to fire off an endless stream of colorful rumors. And the thing is, some of those rumors might be true. The Carters' marriage is on shaky ground. So they turn to music. It brought them together in the first place. Maybe now it can save their relationship.

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

A quick note, this episode has some inappropriate language. Also, we're going to say, you've been warned!

0:18.0

It's May 2014, and Beyoncé Knowles Carter is mortified. A few days ago, she had the longest elevator ride of her life.

0:26.0

Three and a half minutes of her sister unleashing fury on Beyoncé's hubby Jay-Z the whole way.

0:32.0

Beyoncé values discretion, so her only consolation is that whatever went down at the standard hotel is between her, Salange and Jay.

0:40.0

And don't forget about the stunned security guard who is with them.

0:44.0

Yeah, she's got to be thinking, thank God no one else saw it. Thank God no one else knows. She's worked hard to maintain privacy in her personal life for years.

0:53.0

I mean, she keeps every photo that has ever been taken of her stored in a temperature controlled vault.

0:59.0

So imagine her surprise when she finds out that this video slips through the cracks.

1:03.0

Someone on her staff breaks the news to her. They're like, sorry, you're heinous, but the whole thing is unvideo.

1:09.0

Turns out some weasel from the hotel sold the video for $250,000 to... I'll give you a hint.

1:17.0

What are the three worst letters in the English language if you're a celebrity?

1:21.0

T-M-Z. You got it. Beyoncé, who's usually cucumber cool, supposedly has only one word to say.

1:31.0

Shit. She knows what's coming, and she's right.

1:35.0

One week after the event, and it's all over the news, and everyone has an opinion.

1:39.0

The New York Daily News looked at the elevator attack involving Beyoncé's younger sister and Jay-Z.

1:44.0

The biggest story around the world seems to be Jay-Z being attacked in the elevator by Beyoncé's sister, Salon.

1:51.0

I love it, love it, love it, because at least I know there's another family that's fighting.

1:56.0

I applaud and I thought she was fabulous.

1:59.0

Is that Sharon Osborne, wife of Ozzy Osborne, who has snorted ants and bit the heads off bats on stage?

2:06.0

It sure is. Wow. Yeah.

2:08.0

You know what's so crazy about elevator gate?

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