JAY-Z clearly wasn’t expecting to see Kelly Rowland at the private screening of The Harder They Fall in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (October 13) — but there she was, in all her Destiny’s Child glory.
A clip of their impromptu reunion became a trending Twitter topic on Thursday (October 14) after Netflix — which will host the film beginning November 3 — tweeted a video of their interaction.
Rocking his signature Basquiat-esque haircut and casual black-and-white suit, Hov turns around, sees Rowland and with an exasperated look on his face, says, “I didn’t know you were coming” as they embrace.
“Obsessed with this super cute moment from last night’s special screening of The Harder They Fall,” the caption reads. “Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter (who is a producer) is headed inside but pulls a 180 as soon as he sees Kelly Rowland! That’s family right there.”
Of course, JAY-Z is married to Beyoncé, one-third of Destiny’s Child. The group dates back to the 1990s when Rowland, Beyoncé Knowles, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett were just wide-eyed kids with a drive to succeed.
Although Roberson and Luckett eventually left the group, Rowland and Beyoncé carried on with Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams, who both joined Destiny’s Child in the early 2000s. Franklin quit after just five months, leaving the group as a trio. They ultimately became one of the most successful musical trios of all time.
JAY-Z and Beyoncé tied the knot in 2008, six years after first collaborating on the song “03 Bonnie & Clyde” and five years after “Crazy In Love.”
“There was no rush — no one expected me to run off and get married,” Beyoncé told Seventeen in November 2008. “I really don’t believe that you will love the same thing when you’re 20 as you do at 30.”
After overcoming JAY-Z’s infidelity, which was addressed on Beyoncé’s 2016 Lemonade album and Hov’s 2017 solo project 4:44, the billionaire couple forged ahead and are now focused on raising their three children and honoring their vows.
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As for Kelly Rowland and Beyoncé, they’ve been friends since 1999 and remain close along with Michelle Williams. In a recent interview with Us Weekly, Williams explained how they’ve preserved their friendships.
“I would just say respect and keeping our friendship kind of between us,” she said. “We don’t share. This is what I do with my best friend [who] is a dentist in Miami. So I don’t share her secrets. I don’t treat any of my friends any differently than Beyoncé and Kelly. We just honor each other’s hearts, really.”
Meanwhile, JAY-Z and Rowland’s reunion is getting the meme treatment. Check some of them out below.
Who cares. This is some artifically manufactured “cutesy. It’s time for jayz and his particular brand of toxic greed music to go away.
What!?? You sound like a tru dumbass hater . Toxic greed music ? Have u actually listened to a Jayz album or do you just listen to the singles ? There is a reason he has been relevant and respected for so long .
Disagree completely. His music (singles and otherwise) are full of brand names and flaunting cash. His catalogue is almost entirely soulless. And you can see that soulless in the man, from the way he betrayed his family and his race.
Lol….so you just hate hip hop as a whole then….this is what hip hop began as, bragging rights, whose set is better, who’s the better M.C, etc….but that aside, have you ever listened to “The story of O.J”?…hers a man trying to give his brothers a million dollars of game for $9.99…don’t direct your feelings of a life wasted onto this man, he has picked himself up out of the gutters to playing with the big boy billionaires….I digress….money aside, he seemingly has a fabulous family dynamic, he and his wife seem to genuinely be in love, as well as be each other’s best friend, his children are gorgeous, polite and worldly…..honestly, show me any married couple who hasn’t had some sort of difficulty….what truly matters is what happens after the storm…It seems to me they’ve worked through their problems(which BTW are theirs, not ours) and have landed in a great place. Think how far this man has moved his race,, no,, the human race ahead. How many CEOs (BEFORE HOV) would talk to a young black man who came out of Marcy Housing Projects about a business venture? The line wouldn’t have been long before….look at that same line today….you couldn’t see the end with a telescope. Honestly, I’m a white guy from West Virginia, and I can see and recognize his accomplishments
(real recognize real..)
Please……find someone more deserving to cast hate and discontent on….this man doesn’t deserve it…before people climb up on these soap boxes and humiliate themselves, they may want to actually educate themselves, at least a little…
This should have been a reply to Peace
Peace….See my reply to your post that got misdirected to Negus
See my reply to Negus that was misdirected, this should have been a reply to you
See reply to Negus that was misdirected, this should have been a reply to you
This comment section is buggy af…I apologize for them….rofl
wasup with jay nasty ass hair tho?