Jay-Z cheers on Rihanna at Super Bowl 18 years after he 'locked her in office' to sign record deal

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Jay-Z was pictured attending Super Bowl LVII where his protégée Rihanna put on a spectacular performance, and announced she was pregnant with her second child, during the halftime show on Sunday.The rap superstar, 53 - who brought his 11-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter along - and the Umbrella hitmaker, 34, have a relationship that spans back to 2005, when she signed to Def Jam while Jay-Z was the president of the company.

Rihanna's halftime performance saw her take the stage after a nearly seven-year music hiatus and comes 18 years after she released her first single, Pon de Replay.And though she's known as an international superstar now, the Barbados-born star previously recalled 'shaking' as she waited to audition for Beyonce's husband 18-years-ago, and being 'locked' in the office until 3am.The pair also weathered accusations that Jay-Z was cheating on Beyonce with the then 17-year-old Rihanna, though her former publicist later apologized and debunked the claim, saying he made up the rumor in hopes of giving Rihanna's debut single a boost.

Cheering her on: Jay-Z was pictured attending Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, where his protégée Rihanna put on a spectacular performance during the halftime show and revealed she was pregnant They go way back: The rap superstar, 53, and the Umbrella hitmaker, 34, have a relationship that spans back to 2005, when she signed to Def Jam while Jay-Z was the president; Pictured 2005In 2020 she recalled the meeting on her Instagram stories, writing: 'Feels like just yesterday I was shaking in the hallways of Def Jam waiting to audition for Jay.'She previously discussed the audition, describing how she sang for Jay-Z and recalled being 'very shy' and 'cold the entire time' in an interview.