Jay Z and Beyoncé reportedly broke up for about a year. The author of an unauthorized biography about Beyoncé told Entertainment Tonight that the couple broke up because of rumors that Hov was fooling around with Rihanna. J. Randy Taraborrelli, the author of the unauthorized biography titled Becoming Beyoncè, said the rumor was false and started around the time when Rihanna was 17 years old. "[The rumor] was total fiction," the author said. "Beyoncé didn't know what to make of this, and it actually ended up breaking them up for a time. They spent maybe a year apart from each other because Beyoncé just wasn't sure what to make of the situation with Rihanna." Taraborrelli continued on to say that the rumors was most likely started by a publicist who was trying to boost Rihanna's career at the time. The author also adds, "It's safe to say that Rihanna and Beyonce are friends."

Taraborrelli also discussed the infamous elevator incident between Jay Z and Bey's sister Solange at the MET Gala in 2014. Becoming Beyoncé explains that Rihanna was also the reason for the fight. “People told me that there was a whispered argument that night having to do with Jay wanting to go to a party [for] Rihanna,” Taraborrelli said. “Beyoncé did what Beyoncé does. She laid down the law... it was a whispered married couple’s argument that would’ve gone by completely unnoticed had not Solange overheard it.” The unauthorized biography Becoming Beyoncé drops Oct. 27.

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