In this explosive video, Beyoncé’s mother speaks out about the shocking truth about Jay Z and her daughter’s relationship.

For the first time ever, she reveals how Jay Z manipulated Beyoncé’s age and what he did behind the scenes. This is a must-see for all fans of the iconic singer and her legendary husband.

Get ready for an in-depth look at one of the most powerful couples in music, and find out why Beyoncé’s mother had to speak out.

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Hardly the rarest claim in showbusiness, but a conspiracy theory nonetheless. Beyoncé’s birth date is officially listed as September 4, 1981, making her 37 years old. But there’s a belief that she was actually born on September 4, 1974 – making her, at the time of writing, 44. Why? In 2006 someone who claimed to work for the Texas Department of Heath allegedly found her birth record. Plus there’s the fact few photos exist of an adolescent awkward phase, and the fact that her father once said in an interview that Pink, born in 1979 and Usher, born in 1978, was “the exact same as Beyonce”. But as conspiracy theories go, this one doesn’t really stand up.

The theory gets more twisty for those who believe the older Beyoncé gave birth to her sister, Solange. (Presumably these theorists are not the same ones who also believe her incapable of spawing Blue Ivy). According to the conspiracy, Beyoncé was 15 when Solange was born, but that doesn’t quite add up in this photograph of them as children: