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Is Beyoncé taller than Jay-Z?

No. Jay-Z is taller than Beyoncé by 7 in (17.8 cm).

Beyoncé: taller than about 89 in 100 US women. Jay-Z: taller than 95 in 100 US men.

Jay-Z is taller than Beyoncé by 7 in (17.8 cm).Beyoncé: 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm). Jay-Z: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z married in 2008.

These rounded published listings give an approximate gap. They do not account for shoes or posture in a photograph.

Where these heights come from

Beyoncé is commonly listed at 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm). See all of Beyoncé’s listed heights.

Jay-Z is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). See all of Jay-Z’s listed heights.

Photos: Beyoncé by Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0; Jay-Z by NYS Senate Media Services, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Beyoncé, 5 ft 7 in (170 cm), and Jay-Z, 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline