Beyonce Knowles and hip-hop mogul Jay-Z married on Friday in New York! Congratulations! After years of speculation, Beyoncé Knowles warried her longtime boyfriend, rapper Jay-Z, on Friday, a friend of the couple’s tells People magazine.
Though there is no official confirmation, the friend says, “It happened earlier this evening. Jay wanted it to be a really private affair – close friends and family.”

photo provided by PR Photos

The ceremony was followed by a lavish party at the rapper’s Tribeca apartment that drew Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles, her father/manager Mathew Knowles, her sister Solange Knowles, her Destiny’s Child mates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and the couple’s friend Gwyneth Paltrow.

Congratulations again to the beautiful couple! May their marriage lasts a lifetime!