Following the conclusion of the video, the words "ALBUM OUT NOW" appeared on the screen. On June 16, 2018, during a concert in London as part of their On the Run II Tour, the Carters premiered the music video for " Apeshit". In 20, The Carters embarked on two world tours with On the Run Tour and On the Run Tour II. The two later released two collaborations with DJ Khaled and worked on The Lion King: The Gift, which Beyoncé had curated.įormation and Everything is Love The following year, the couple launched their first collaborative tour with On the Run Tour (2014), named after one of the collaborations from the record. Beyoncé then appeared on two songs on Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013). This was followed by two collaborations on her follow-up, B'Day (2006), which spawned their single " Déjà Vu", which peaked at number 4 in the US and number one in the UK.įollowing several of Beyoncé's appearances on Jay-Z's records Kingdom Come and Watch the Throne, the duo released the number two US hit, " Drunk in Love". The duo co-wrote five tracks on Beyoncé's debut album, Dangerously in Love, including its lead single "Crazy in Love", which topped the charts in the US. History The Carters performing in 2009 Early collaborations Īfter working together on the music video for Amil's song " I Got That" in 2000, the couple went on to make their first recording collaboration with "'03 Bonnie & Clyde", which peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The couple had their first Billboard Hot 100 number one single the following year with " Crazy in Love" from Beyoncé's debut solo album Dangerously in Love. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).īefore formally naming their collaboration, the duo performed together on two world tours, On the Run Tour (2014) and OTR II (2018), and released a number of collaborations, beginning with the 2002 single " '03 Bonnie & Clyde" from Jay-Z's The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse. Their first album under the moniker, Everything Is Love, was released on June 16, 2018. But some things, you know.The Carters (stylized in all caps) are an American musical superduo consisting of singer and songwriter Beyoncé and rapper Jay-Z, who have been married since 2008. Obviously it’s subjective because, you know, it’s music and it’s opinion-based. We love y’all, we love y’all, we want y’all to get it right. I’m just saying: We want to get it right. He started with his nomination in the Best Rap Album category at the 1998 awards, explaining DMX had released two albums that year "and he wasn’t nominated at all, so I boycotted. The rapper then went on to thank his colleagues and contemporaries, before addressing members of the Grammy board directly. During his speech, the 54-year-old joked he could use the Grammy as a "sippy cup for Blue" despite the fact she's "grown up now, she doesn’t take sippy cups, and she has her own Grammys"-alluding to his 2014 acceptance speech, when he joked he had won a "gold sippy cup" for his then two-year-old daughter. Dre Global Impact Award, taking to the stage with daughter Blue Ivy, 12, to accept.
The rapper was the recipient of the second ever Dr. Jay-Z just scooped up the gong for the most protective husband, after using his acceptance speech to call out the Grammys for continually snubbing Beyoncé in the Best Album category. Jay-Z also made the point that "even by own metrics, that doesn’t work.".He said that it made no sense that his wife Beyoncé "has more Grammys than everyone and never won Album of the Year.".Jay-Z called out the Grammys during his acceptance speech for the Dr.