The Wildest Rumors About Jay Z

Are The Carters buying the Confederate flag? Nope.

Wishing On A Star - When you're Jay Z—one half of a $1 billion marriage—you can expect the rumor mill to churn. People just love to make small talk about folks with big money. The latest myth centered around Hov is that he and his wife Beyoncé are planning to purchase the rights to the Confederate flag.You read that right. Outlets have been running with the story from Newswatch33 that Jay and Bey want to own the Ol' Dixie emblem. The story even came with a fake quote from a fictional attorney that read:"My clients are adamant about purchasing the rights to the rebel Confederate flag. They have expressed deep concern regarding the flag and how it is tearing apart our nation... My clients have expressed that they are not looking to profit from the use of the flag, but rather prevent any further use of the flag on merchandise."Yeah, so this whole story i...

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Wishing On A Star - When you're Jay Z—one half of a $1 billion marriage—you can expect the rumor mill to churn. People just love to make small talk about folks with big money. The latest myth centered around Hov is that he and his wife Beyoncé are planning to purchase the rights to the Confederate flag.You read that right. Outlets have been running with the story from Newswatch33 that Jay and Bey want to own the Ol' Dixie emblem. The story even came with a fake quote from a fictional attorney that read:"My clients are adamant about purchasing the rights to the rebel Confederate flag. They have expressed deep concern regarding the flag and how it is tearing apart our nation... My clients have expressed that they are not looking to profit from the use of the flag, but rather prevent any further use of the flag on merchandise."Yeah, so this whole story i...

Hov 97 - When Hot 97 DJ Funkmaster Flex went on a tirade declaring that he doesn't need Jay Z, stories almost immediately began circulating that Hov, along with a few investment partners like Carmelo Anthony, were buying the station. Emmis Communications put that word to bed, but the idea was the kind of takeover we'd almost expect from Jay [Hov laugh].(Photos from Left: Rich Schultz/Getty Images for Roc Nation Sports, Hot 97)

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Hov 97 - When Hot 97 DJ Funkmaster Flex went on a tirade declaring that he doesn't need Jay Z, stories almost immediately began circulating that Hov, along with a few investment partners like Carmelo Anthony, were buying the station. Emmis Communications put that word to bed, but the idea was the kind of takeover we'd almost expect from Jay [Hov laugh].(Photos from Left: Rich Schultz/Getty Images for Roc Nation Sports, Hot 97)

Splitsville - It's apparent that misery loves company because the Internet stays with stories that The Carters are calling it quits. However, according to their official online pages, Bonnie & Clyde are still riding off into the sunset. (Photo: Doug Peters/PA Photos/Landov)

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Splitsville - It's apparent that misery loves company because the Internet stays with stories that The Carters are calling it quits. However, according to their official online pages, Bonnie & Clyde are still riding off into the sunset. (Photo: Doug Peters/PA Photos/Landov)

The Carters Are Expecting - Before there was Blue, the world couldn't wait for Jay and Beyoncé to announce that they were expecting. And after, the world can't wait for Carter baby, the sequel. Despite all those "Possible Baby Bump" headlines, Bey continues to prove that it's not happening [yet]. Carry on.(Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images)

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The Carters Are Expecting - Before there was Blue, the world couldn't wait for Jay and Beyoncé to announce that they were expecting. And after, the world can't wait for Carter baby, the sequel. Despite all those "Possible Baby Bump" headlines, Bey continues to prove that it's not happening [yet]. Carry on.(Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images)

Heir To The Throne? - It's been widely reported that Jigga fathered a child with model Shanelle Scott prior to hooking up with Beyoncé and that the lil' man resides in Trinidad with his mother. More good "news," he's not a dead beat dad; it's also been rumored that Jay takes care of the kid (and paid for Scott's silence on the matter). We're going with too wild to be true.(Photo: Hip Hop Weekly)

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Heir To The Throne? - It's been widely reported that Jigga fathered a child with model Shanelle Scott prior to hooking up with Beyoncé and that the lil' man resides in Trinidad with his mother. More good "news," he's not a dead beat dad; it's also been rumored that Jay takes care of the kid (and paid for Scott's silence on the matter). We're going with too wild to be true.(Photo: Hip Hop Weekly)

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Bottle Rocking - According to urban legend, Big Pun rocked Jay Z with a bottle during an altercation at a night club. But former Terror Squad member Cuban Link says Jay wasn't even there that night. Cuban kept the rumor mill running, however, when he told Forbez DVD that Pun and Fat Joe had a closed-door meeting with Jay that somehow ended with Hova turning into a "track star."(Photos from Left: Julian Wasser/Getty Images, Frank Micelotta/ABC/ImageDirect)

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Bottle Rocking - According to urban legend, Big Pun rocked Jay Z with a bottle during an altercation at a night club. But former Terror Squad member Cuban Link says Jay wasn't even there that night. Cuban kept the rumor mill running, however, when he told Forbez DVD that Pun and Fat Joe had a closed-door meeting with Jay that somehow ended with Hova turning into a "track star."(Photos from Left: Julian Wasser/Getty Images, Frank Micelotta/ABC/ImageDirect)

Crazy In Love...The Album - After Beyoncé and Jay finished their highly successful On The Run tour last year, talk began surfacing that the two love birds were in the lab cooking up a joint recipe. No release date has been spotted but we all know The Carters drop albums when they want, so don't be too surprised if this happens.(Photo: Frederic Dugit/Maxppp /Landov)

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Crazy In Love...The Album - After Beyoncé and Jay finished their highly successful On The Run tour last year, talk began surfacing that the two love birds were in the lab cooking up a joint recipe. No release date has been spotted but we all know The Carters drop albums when they want, so don't be too surprised if this happens.(Photo: Frederic Dugit/Maxppp /Landov)

Off The Wall - Jay and Bey took a visit to Michael Jackson’s Neverland estate back in 2012 and word got around that The Carters were looking to add the King Of Pop’s dwellings to their real estate portfolio. As it turned out, they were just visiting history. Hov told The Post, “I’ve got no interest in Neverland.”(Photos from Left: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images,  Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)

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Off The Wall - Jay and Bey took a visit to Michael Jackson’s Neverland estate back in 2012 and word got around that The Carters were looking to add the King Of Pop’s dwellings to their real estate portfolio. As it turned out, they were just visiting history. Hov told The Post, “I’ve got no interest in Neverland.”(Photos from Left: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images,  Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)

Kane & Abel - Rumor has it that Kanye West and Jay came to blows while recording Watch The Throne but it was probably more of an intense argument between brothers.(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET)

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Kane & Abel - Rumor has it that Kanye West and Jay came to blows while recording Watch The Throne but it was probably more of an intense argument between brothers.(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET)

"Ain't No..." - Ever since Jay and Foxy Brown exploded with "Ain't No N**" back in 1996, the two Brooklynites have been romantically linked together. The only two people who could validate this allegation have both denied it throughout the years. Jigga even addressed the topic on "Picasso Baby."(Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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"Ain't No..." - Ever since Jay and Foxy Brown exploded with "Ain't No N**" back in 1996, the two Brooklynites have been romantically linked together. The only two people who could validate this allegation have both denied it throughout the years. Jigga even addressed the topic on "Picasso Baby."(Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

Jay Z Enters the Music Streaming Game  - Hov just made another stride in becoming “The Billion Dollar Man.” It’s been announced that he is buying a Scandinavian music streaming company for $56 million. Project Panther Bidco Ltd, a company controlled by Jay Z, revealed the deal with Aspiro, which includes their services WiMP and TIDAL.Read on for more of power plays made by some of music's top stars.— BET Staff and Dominique Zonyéé (@DominiqueZonyéé)(Photos from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images, WIMP)

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Illuminati - We all know that Jay Z didn't achieve his success through skill and hard work, riiight? Jay poked fun at the most rampant of Hova rumors on "Heaven" when he spit, "Conspiracy theorist screaming Illuminati/ They can't believe this much skill is in the human body."(Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)