Jay-Z gets friendly with billionaire

Rapper Jay-Z has befriended a billionaire. According to New York Post gossip column Page Six, the 99 Problems hitmaker has been getting close to investor Ron Burkle.

Sources say Ron  is interested in producing “massive music festivals” similar to Coachella, but internationally, and has been courting the star, whose wife Beyonce is pregnant with the couple’s first child.

“I can’t deny we’re looking into that type of business. It isn’t necessarily producing [festivals] but you’re close. We’re making an investment that hasn’t really closed yet. He hasn’t talked to Jay about it. He’s just friends with these guys,” said Burkle’s rep.

Meanwhile, it’s been claimed that Jay-Z any Beyonce are maintaining a “partially vegan diet.”

“Jay’s trying to be disciplined, and he needs the energy to support her,” a source said.