Beyoncé and Jay-Z first met around the year 2000 when Beyoncé was 18 years old and Jay-Z was about 30. They likely met at the MTV Spring Break Festival in Cancún, Mexico, where both were performing. Although they met around that time, they were friends first and only started dating about a year and a half later when Beyoncé was 19. Jay-Z has mentioned meeting Beyoncé earlier, around 1997, but the more consistent timeline is their meeting in 2000 with dating beginning later.
