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