Much is being made of new photographs that surfaced Monday showing Jay-Z emerging from a private plane with his wife Beyonce, but without a wedding ring.

The longtime couple married Friday at Jay-Z's Tribeca apartment, but reps for either star have yet to confirm the nuptials with an official announcement.

During a concert in North Carolina the following day, Jay-Z's co-headliner Mary J. Blige all but confirmed the wedding by congratulating the couple before beginning her set. Also, Jay-Z thanked a TMZ.com cameraman who congratulated him on the marriage.

Meanwhile, the inevitable rumors of Beyonce being pregnant were written about Tuesday in the New York Daily News.        

"Buzz is building that this weekend's quickie nuptials were actually a shotgun wedding," the paper stated. "It would be the second for the Knowles' family: At just 17, Beyoncé's little sis, Solange, wed boyfriend Daniel Smith in the Bahamas after learning she was pregnant."