For the September issue of Vibe magazine, interviewer Elliot Wilson asked 15 questions of Jay-Z. Towards the end of the interview and after hearing Jay-Z refer to Beyoncé as a “friend” the last question was:

“You said your ‘friend,’ but this is your wife. Are you still not willing to confirm?”

“That’s ridiculous for me to confirm,” replies Jay-Z. “I don’t have … I’m gonna say, I think that was a ridiculous question. I just think it’s really a part of your life that you gotta keep to yourself.”

He did share his reason for trying to guard his privacy and why there has been no public confirmation of their union. He said:

“You have to, or you’ll go insane in this type of business. You have to have something that’s sacred to you and the people around you.

“I shared so much of my life, my childhood, and my family, the death of my nephew with the world. I should have something to hold on to. You need something for your sanity … to say, Okay, I could chill out, and this is it.

He did admit to being in an exclusive relationship saying it’s :

“part of maturing, right? You have the right people around you, and if that person around you is your friend, then you just wanna carry it like that. You get to a point when you could let people into your circle, and that’s it.”