Jay Z and Beyoncé

An insider reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly that the rap icon, 46, is recording songs that will reveal his version of events surrounding the rough patch in his eight-year marriage to Beyoncé.

“Jay is working on an album telling his side of things,” explains a source close to the couple.

On April 23, Queen Bey, 34, shocked fans with the HBO video special and album Lemonade, addressing long-­standing rumors about her husband’s fidelity with lyrics like

“This is your final warning / You know I give you life / If you try this s‑‑t again / You gon’ lose your wife.” During the 60-­minute art film, the Houston native lays bare a deeply personal journey of betrayal and reconciliation, culminating with a final image of her and her husband.