Jay-Z featured on Beyoncé's debut solo single “Crazy in Love.”
Released in 2003, “Crazy in Love” was the lead single from Beyoncé's debut solo album, Dangerously in Love. The song was produced by Rich Harrison and Beyoncé, and it prominently samples the horn melody from the Chi-Lites' 1970 song “Are You My Woman (Tell Me So).”
Jay-Z contributes a rap verse, while Beyoncé delivers the main vocal. The collaboration became especially notable because the two artists later married and became one of music's most prominent couples.
“Crazy in Love” topped charts in several countries and won the Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2004. The song's brass hook, energetic video, and choreography helped define Beyoncé's early solo image.