--- title: Tourist Asks Jay Z, Beyonce Who Are You At Louvre in Paris: Video description: Beyoncé, meanwhile, does not pay attention to any of this canonical: https://time.com/3481505/jayz-beyonce-louvre-paris-tourist/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-08T14:26:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:40.409Z og:title: Tourist Asks Jay Z, Beyonce Who Are You At Louvre in Paris: Video og:description: Beyoncé, meanwhile, does not pay attention to any of this og:url: https://time.com/3481505/jayz-beyonce-louvre-paris-tourist/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1979258b05e4941/69875f34428a9e7820cc45ec/jay-z-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4138 og:image:height: 2328 og:image:alt: Yahoo! 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Samir Hussein—WireImage by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 8, 2014 2:26 PM UTC Jay Z and Beyoncé are in Paris this week, which meant they had to stop by the Louvre to give Blue Ivy a private tour. As they were heading toward the entrance of the iconic art museum, a tourist, apparently unclear about the identity of these strange Americans, attempted to ask a member of their security team who Jay Z was. The rapper, walking by with his daughter in tow, heard him and offered the best response. He stared the unknown tourist down and quipped, “Who are _you?_” Looks like he’s [much more forgiving](http://gawker.com/5965706/jay-z-rides-the-subway-adorably-explains-who-he-is-to-an-adorable-old-lady) when old ladies don’t know who he is. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3481505/jayz-beyonce-louvre-paris-tourist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3481505/jayz-beyonce-louvre-paris-tourist/"},"headline":"Watch Jay Z's Hilariously Sassy Response to a Tourist Who Doesn't Know Who He Is","datePublished":"2014-10-08T14:26:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:40.409Z","description":"Beyoncé, meanwhile, does not pay attention to any of this","url":"https://time.com/3481505/jayz-beyonce-louvre-paris-tourist/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Beyonce","Jay-z","celebrity","paris"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1979258b05e4941/69875f34428a9e7820cc45ec/jay-z-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1979258b05e4941/69875f34428a9e7820cc45ec/jay-z-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Yahoo! 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