Written by Lindsay Britney on Jun 22, 2009.
If UK Now magazine’s claim is true, Jay Z, rapper and singer Beyonce Knowles’ husband, has a 7-year-old lovechild with Trinidadian model Shenelle Scott (pic). The unnamed kid, a boy, was said to have a DNA match with Jay Z and bear a striking resemblance to him. Beyonce was reported to have accepted her stepson and had spent sometime together with the kid when holidaying in France.
Now can reveal that the fiercely private rapper – who’s worth an estimated $400 million – reportedly has a secret 7-year-old son who he’s amazingly managed to hide from the limelight all this time. The boy apparently bears a striking resemblance to his father and is the result of Jay-Z’s romance with Trinidadian model Shenelle Scott which ended in 2001, before he met Beyoncé.
Jay-Z has gone to great lengths to distance himself from the claims, despite reports that he’s privately admitted paternity. Beyoncé, whom he married in April 2008, is now apparently accepting of the boy and is even said to have gone on holiday with her stepson in the South of France. Although Jay-Z’s spokesman denied that there was any truth in ‘these ridiculous rumours’, the rebuttal falls short of a denial that the rap star is the boy’s father. Despite approaching Jay-Z’s representatives repeatedly last week, they refused to comment.
Sources say that Shenelle and her son live a quiet life in Trinidad at a $2.5 million home that Jay-Z bought for them after paternity tests revealed a positive match. It’s also thought that Shenelle, 28, brings her son to see Jay-Z in New York, where he’s based, whenever she flies there for modelling assignments.
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Update: The story of “Jay Z secret son” is an old story. The concerned boy’s name is called Isa Jael. An article on Ballerstatus.com in April, 2007 said Jay Z allegedly paid Shenelle Scott one million to keep his name off the birth certificate of Isa Jael.
