Beyoncé’s love story could’ve had a totally different soundtrack -- she was actually torn between Jay-Z and another guy back in the day, and had to bring in her mama for some decision-making.
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00:01Before there was Bey and Jay, there was a mystery man trying to win Beyoncé's heart at the same time.
00:09So who will she choose?
00:12Oh yeah, I guess we already know who she picked, but still, what's the story with this dude?
00:16So according to Tina Knowles' new memoir, Matriarch, she says that back when Jay-Z and Beyoncé were courting each other,
00:25Beyoncé was juggling another man on the side as well.
00:28Ooh, who was it?
00:29She doesn't say.
00:30And who could possibly even guess?
00:32I mean, if I had to guess, it'd be Mos Def.
00:35Okay, looks like he can.
00:37Mos Def?
00:38They did that Carmen movie and they were last linked before she got with Jay-Z.
00:43Right, because Beyoncé started a friendship with Jay-Z in 2001 when she was just 18.
00:48And according to Tina, a year later while she was shooting Austin Powers,
00:52both Jay-Z and this other mystery man Bey was seeing showed up on set to visit her.
00:57That's when she picked Jay-Z and the rest is history.
01:00Has she only ever been with Jay-Z?
01:02Publicly.
01:03But also explains-
01:04So much.
01:05Explains a lot now.
01:06What does that mean?
01:07Well, she stayed with him after all the cheating.
01:10We wouldn't have got lemonade or Becky with the good hair.
01:12It would have been so powerful if she left him.
01:16No, but I think it showed her being more powerful because Jay-Z has been very contrite ever since.
01:20She redefined their relationship and kind of put him in his place.
01:23You think that was the first time, Eric?
01:25Please.
01:27That was rhetorical, Eric.
01:28She answered it.
01:30So thanks, mystery man.
01:32Love triangle.
01:33Goodbye!