The rapper Jay-Z sat down with Dean Banquet to reveal that he was unfaithful to his wife, singer and songwriter Beyonce Knowles.

The Brooklyn-born star said ‘the hardest thing is seeing pain on someone’s face that you caused and then having to deal with it yourself”.

The rapper, who is currently on his 4:44 tour across North America, exclusively revealed how he and his wife of 8 years came very close to a divorce. He claimed that working on their music was their ‘therapy”.

During the lengthy interview the Grammy award winner confirmed that he and the Queen B are now working on a long awaited joint album.