Beyoncé has said that she was 18 years old when she first met Jay-Z.

Quick Scoop: When Beyoncé Met Jay-Z

Most major outlets and Beyoncé’s own past interviews line up on this:

  • She recalled, in a 2008 interview, “I was 18 when we first met, 19 when we first started dating.”
  • That first meeting is generally placed around 1999–2000 , when she was still a teenager and Jay-Z was about 30.

So, in fan and forum discussions about “how old was Beyoncé when she met Jay-Z” , the widely cited answer is that she was 18.

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