Jay Z attends 92nd Street Y Presents: "Breaking The Chains" of Social Injustice at 92nd Street Y on October 23, 2015 in New York City On Friday it excerpts from the book were published, claiming that Beyonce and Jay Z split following a nasty rumour about the hip hop mogul’s relationship with then 17-year-old Rihanna. But Jay Z didn’t show any signs that the latest batch of rumours were bothering him.
Jay Z (L) and Usher attend 92nd Street Y Presents: "Breaking The Chains" of Social Injustice at 92nd Street Y on October 23, 2015 in New York City
Jay Z attends 92nd Street Y Presents: "Breaking The Chains" of Social Injustice at 92nd Street Y on October 23, 2015 in New York City Following the claims that it was a PR stunt devised by Rihanna’s team to catapult her into stardom when she released her debut, Pon de Replay, her former publicist Jonathan Hay has now claimed he orchestrated it. “I apologised to [Beyonce],” he told the New York Daily News, “This whole thing is very awkward.