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Jay-Z: Three's a Crowd

With rumors swirling on blogs that the hip-hop mogul Jay-Z has been acting a little too cozy with newcomer Rihanna, it definitely comes as a surprise to see the duo eating dinner along with Jay's leading lady, Beyoncé Knowles. The women appear to have settled any riff between them as they were photographed leaving Bar Pitti in New York separately last night. But take a look at Jay-Z's face ... he looks a lot less enthusiastic about the evening.



Gossip about the impresario and the Barbados babe has been making the rounds since he signed the unknown to his record label, Def Jam. With hits like "S.O.S." and the aptly titled "Unfaithful," Rihanna is on the rise -- but our money's on Beyoncé if these two ever throw down.

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16. Beyonce is so over. she lost whatever she had. Rihanna is alot better.

Posted at 2:17AM on Jul 12th 2006 by tony

17. I have to believe there is some truth to these rumors because Rhianna CANNOT sing for sh*t, is NOOOOOOT cute. She HAD to get a record deal by some other way - and hooking up with Jay-Z seems like the only reasonable option.

Posted at 9:19AM on Jul 12th 2006 by Xtina

18. Beyonce' needs to learn to eat properly. Her weight is up and down all the time. This(these) relationships show just how twisted our society is: Ain't no damned way that Jay-z would a ghost of a chance at these women, if he didn't have money.
At the end of the day, he's got to know the truth. He needs to get him a little country girl, assist her with some culture, and have a happy life. For a guy who looks like him, it's all about the money.

Posted at 11:09AM on Jul 12th 2006 by Shag

19. I think that TMZ is recieving too much criticism. Its 2006 people, and with the advancement in media technology and coverage, havent you noticed that to every rumor there is SOME truth to it? People need to realize that celebrities are human and that they just have strong people behind them to create a image (Publicist). They have affairs, have babies outside their marriages, babies without marriages, lie, steal, cheat all the same. An IMAGE is being projected when you see them or hear them talk most of the time. Now back to the Beyonce, Jay-z and Rihanna feud. Who's for sure what is really going on. but never doubt it. Too much comparison is taking place with the two beau's. Yes, its true that Beyonce is one of the most talented and beautiful singers of the time and yes its true that Rihanna has some of the same likings. Beyonce, is young 25, beautiful, extremely talented, humble and well endowed in her career. Rihanna is young, 18, beautiful and with a career rapidly on the rise at the age of 25 she may have the same accomplishments or maybe even more than B. Even though Beyonce is almost incomparible to any other performer at the time now, some arguments have been made that Jay-Z could have reason to take interest in Rihanna. Rihanna is a Caribbean beau with an exotic figure and a captivating voice. Foreign ladies with talent have been hot in the entertainment industry for a a decade or more now. She's only 18 and with such talent, she's already been exposed to alot; International tours, promotions, award nomimations, performances, guest appearances, articles, features and more. Its not hard to say that she is HOTT. And not just Caribbean black HOTT. She is HOTT all over with a mulitcultural audience possibly due to her poppish style. Great marketing skills Jay, Rihanna has a voice that can be taken all over the place. Her CD has sounds from the world of R&B, Pop, Raggae, Hip Hop, and more. Beyonce may be linked to R&B soley most of the time, but her money is also not just linked to that factor. She is world wide accepted too. But yet it has taken time, not too much time, but when she first started off a part of a girl group from Houston, and BET knew about her PEOPLE did not care to write stories of her. Some crticics have said though that Beyonce's new single Deja Vu may be a lashback to a couple theories ;One, to prove that her and Jay-Z are still doing their thing. Two, to assist in the furtherment of her pop career. Deja Vu IS undeniably pop and Jay-Z's part is nothing that you would hear in any Sean Carters, Blueprint, or Black albums. Another strong factor that may insist that Jay-z may have an involvement with not just Rihanna but anyone other one is that he has not made B the Mrs. Carter yet. So technically they are still dating even though their relationship is in the public and has been for a few years now. But when has that stopped anyone. Take a look at Mr. Pitt with Angelina Jolie when he was with Jennifer Anniston. Whatever the deal is WE the common folk need to realize that celebrities have the same issues, problems and that they deal with the same things. They are proffesional people who usually know what to do to make their career endure. Easier to say it, they are actors in the public life. They have personaliies, bad habits, stretch marks, bad breath, just the means to hide or get rid of it. People need to be smarter and stop placing people on such high pedastals where they arent exempt from the regularites of human life.

Posted at 11:14AM on Jul 12th 2006 by DamnShesADiva

20. Beyonce is 1000 times more beautiful than that little skanko!!

Posted at 12:20PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Jac

21. Im pretty sure him getting cozy with someone under the age of 18 is unlikely. Beyonce is hotter then Rhianna and she can got her when it comes to vocals. I'm so tired of people coming up with bull stories.

Posted at 1:32PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Me

22. Damn, I don't know about anything, but I do know that t-shirt Jay-Z is wearing is so illll!! That that new Crooks & Castles line.

Posted at 9:12PM on Jul 12th 2006 by Thomas Crown

23. What I can't believe is how everyone here can be so certain that Jay-Z ISN'T cheating on Beyonce. I'm not saying that he is, but none of us are in their relationship so we don't know WHAT he's doing. Yes, she's pretty and her figure is nice, but *gasp* looks aren't everything. Halle Berry is considered by many to be one of, if not the, most beautiful woman in the world and her husband cheated on her. A lot of rappers cheat simply because they constantly have women throwing themselves at them. Why would Jay-Z be any different? Maybe he's cheating, maybe he's not, but this is a website about celebrity gossip. Gossip can be true or false, so lighten up, people.

Posted at 2:44PM on Jul 13th 2006 by NickiDrea

24. Rihanna's prettier.

Posted at 5:50PM on Jul 13th 2006 by It's about time

25. Oh please! This my first time coming to this site and when I read that and saw the pic I still say OH PLEASE! The way these damn papparazzi mutha's being snapping shots...they probably caught him in the middle of holding in a burp for all we know!!! JayZ know what he has and he ain't tryna let that go for no bahama mama!!! I like Rih but I love Beyonce!

Posted at 12:37AM on Jul 14th 2006 by Nikki

26. I'm not sure where everybody got all the money to travel the world and see all the different woman to make Halle or Beyonce or anybody the "most beautiful woman in the world..." There are women everywhere in the world, from Africa to Asia, who make these women look like made-up mannequins...These people are so "beautiful" because they have lots of money and perqs to do so...catch any of them without make-up, and you'll probably find that Sally Sue next door is actually as pretty, if not more than, many of them. And don't forget, beauty is in the eye of the beholder...there were African children who had never seen a white woman before and screamed with fear when they saw Angelina Joile (And I think she is gorgeous, especially with those big, beautiful black-woman style lips...

Posted at 10:42AM on Jul 14th 2006 by cjones

27. cjones: I don't think Halle is the most beautiful woman in the world- she's actually average to me- but a lot of people seem to. To be honest, I don't think that most celebrities are attractive as the media makes them out to be- that includes Beyonce (although she's very pretty, she's not the prettiest woman in the game, IMO.) I live in Philly and I see prettier girls walking down the street than Halle or Beyonce every day. My point is that people can be cheated on no matter how beautiful, intelligent, wealthy, or nice they are. People making comments seem to believe that beauty and fame will protect you from your signficant other being unfaithful, but that's simply untrue- ask Jennfier Aniston, Halle Berry, and Christina Milian.

Posted at 12:23PM on Jul 14th 2006 by NickiDrea

28. Beyonce is not as hot as people make her out to be. Take away her excessive amount of weave and her make-up and you have an ordinary girl. Rihanna is a beautiful young lady and I don't believe that she is trying to duplicate Beyonce's style, and Beyonce has to remember that her very own style is a combination of dances, etc. of her idols. I honestly think that Beyonce thinks she is J-Lo, and she's not, and will never be J-Lo. Rihanna is from the caribbean and has her own style and wouldn't need anything from Beyonce. By the way if Jay is attracted to her he has reasons because Rihanna is very pretty!

Posted at 5:22PM on Jul 20th 2006 by Tara

29. Rihanna sweetie get ya own man ok if you cant find ya own dont take away someone elses man ok you bitch no one like a "unfaithful whore".

Posted at 2:15AM on Jul 21st 2006 by Rachel

30. I think that beyonce need to go sit down because she always thinks that the sun rise and sets on her a$$! Oh now she wants to fully claim him as her man now that their might be a chance for somone else to fill the position... I love Rihanna!!

Posted at 3:11PM on Jul 23rd 2006 by yanagyrl

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