The INSIDER Summary:
- Jay-Z's new album, "4:44," was released Friday on Tidal.
- Jay-Z apologizes for a long-rumored infidelity to Beyoncé on the album.
- On title track "4:44," Jay-Z also alludes that the couple had several pregnancy complications.
- He raps, "I apologize for all the stillborns."
- Beyoncé previously opened up about one miscarriage in her 2013 HBO documentary.
Jay-Z’s new album "4:44" has fans buzzing about his rumored infidelity with Beyoncé, but the singer opens up about more than just possibly cheating on Queen Bey.
In "4:44," the emotional title track off the new album available exclusively on Tidal, Jay-Z appears to apologize to his wife, Beyoncé, before mentioning the birth of his twins briefly.
It's one of two mentions in the lyrics that may have caught fans off guard.
Around the 1:04 mark in the song, Jay-Z notes his twins with Beyoncé were "natural":
I apologize. Often womanize.
Took for my child to be born to see through a woman's eyes.
Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles.
Took me too long for this song.
I don't deserve you.
About 30 seconds later, Jay-Z alludes that he and Beyoncé possibly suffered several losses before Blue Ivy and the twins:
So I apologize.
I've seen the innocence leave your eyes. I still mourn this death.
I apologize for all the stillborns.
'Cause I wasn't present, your body wouldn't accept it.
This is the first time either Jay-Z or Beyoncé have suggested the couple has gone through multiple losses. In her 2013 HBO documentary "Life is But a Dream," Beyoncé opened up about a miscarriage before the birth of her daughter Blue Ivy in January 2012.
June 17 it was confirmed the two welcomed twins, a boy and a girl, whose names are still unknown.
