“When they turned the darker and more private aspects of their marriage into the subject of their music — a move they had steadfastly avoided for 15 years — Beyoncé and Jay-Z managed to kill the rumor that they were nothing but cold-hearted businesspeople in a marriage of convenience. And ironically, that turned out to be a fantastic business decision.”
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