Top Reads The Carters: Everything is Love and legacy The Carters have cemented their legacy. Beyoncé and Jay-Z are BEYONCĖ and JAY-Z, Queen and King of hip-hop, reigning rap royalty and culture provocateurs. Their pages in the music history books are already bookmarked. Even before Saturday, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles and Shawn Carter’s place among the By Kathleen • Jun 18, 2018 10:23 am
Jay Z Intro for June 14, 2018 Dear Gossips, Beyoncé and Jay-Z played Manchester last night which was also Rumi and Sir Carter’s birthday. Their first birthday! Birthdays? She shouted them out near the end of the show: A post shared by Beylite (@beylite2.0) on Jun 13, 2018 at 5:01pm PDT But also… By Lainey • Jun 14, 2018 09:23 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The Carters’ petty entrance Please. Don’t think of that as a criticism. Petty is my default setting. So nobody here is complaining about the way Beyoncé and Jay-Z made their entrance last night to kick off On the Run II – coming down an elevator because… well… you know. “Of course sometimes sh- By Lainey • Jun 07, 2018 09:11 am
Jay Z Intro for June 4, 2018 Dear Gossips, Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s On The Run II tour kicks off in Wales on Wednesday. They’ve been rehearsing for the last month just outside of Paris. On Saturday they were seen leaving Paris via private jet – B and the Blue Ivy Carter wore matching grey sweatsuits. By Lainey • Jun 04, 2018 09:18 am
Beyoncé Intro for May 29, 2018 Dear Gossips, It’s been exactly ten days since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married. And now that the wedding glow is starting to fade… have you noticed something? That void is back. What void? The Beyoncé void, obviously. Beyoncé’s been underground for weeks now. Because one week By Lainey • May 29, 2018 09:15 am
Music The Carters have a streaming problem This is a story with huge gossip potential. It could have major impact on the recording industry. It could have major impact on the relationship between artists. Could it have a major impact on the relationship between Beyoncé and Jay-Z? Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) has published the findings By Lainey • May 10, 2018 10:08 am
Music Bey and Jay's On The Run II rollout Beyoncé and Jay-Z are a little over a month away from the first tour date of their On The Run II tour. Billboard is already predicting that it will double the gross of the first On The Run tour in 2014. After Beychella, it's not like Beyoncé By Kathleen • Apr 30, 2018 11:21 am
Style Blue Ivy or…? My friend Tim and I used to play a game called “Suri or?” when the world was peak-obsessed with Suri Cruise, when she was covering magazines, wearing kitten heels and spawning a million conspiracy theories. The point of the game was to answer the question, “Would you be more By Kathleen • Apr 06, 2018 02:33 pm
Music Beyoncé: more dates, more photos The last time we saw Beyoncé was on the weekend, at the Wearable Art Gala to receive a reward but, really, to honour Miss Tina. There were a couple of low-quality fan videos updated to social media of Beyoncé that night. But no proper photos. And, please note, there By Lainey • Mar 21, 2018 03:47 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Blue & Beyoncé in gold Gloria Carter, Jay-Z’s ma, and Beyoncé were honoured on Saturday at the Wearable Art Gala presented by the WACO Theater Center and hosted by Richard Lawson, the founder, and Miss Tina, the creator of greatness. The theme of the night was From WACO to Wakanda. So you can By Lainey • Mar 19, 2018 09:56 am
Music Intro for March 13, 2018 Dear Gossips, I got the Official Beyhive email yesterday at 10:27am. And I was ready. I’ve BEEN ready. Last time there were five of us – Amy, Duana, Lara, Sasha, and me – coordinated with our laptops and our phones, multiple phones, ready to call and refresh as soon as By Lainey • Mar 13, 2018 09:13 am
Music Beyoncé & Jay-Z: the Oscar party and a new tour? Maria wrote in the previous post about Beyoncé’s recent avocado Instagrams and why they felt so … not Beyoncé, what with the exclamation points and the use of actual words. Over the years, I have given Beyoncé my money. A lot of money. I’ve bought albums, concert tickets, tour By Lainey • Mar 06, 2018 11:58 am
Music Beyoncé in two months Today is February 13. It’s Coachella in exactly two months. That would make it Friday, April 13. So we’re exactly two months plus a day before Beyoncé returns to the stage at Coachella. Which means be ready. Be ready for the alarm. She could drop something new before By Lainey • Feb 13, 2018 12:36 pm
Top Reads Beyoncé still knows Last year, like her husband this year, Beyoncé went into the Grammys as the most-nominated artist on the strength of Lemonade, widely considered to be a masterpiece. The Recording Academy let her win the “urban” category. Album of the Year, the crown category, went to Adele. Beyoncé has never By Lainey • Jan 29, 2018 11:50 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Blue Ivy Carter for President It happened again this year. Lainey and I went back and forth on whether Blue Ivy deserved her own post. We had the same conversation last year. Last year, James Corden had Blue to thank for saving his job and, quite frankly, his career when she swooped in and saved By Kathleen • Jan 29, 2018 11:16 am
Music “Jay for President!” That’s how Kendrick Lamar ended his acceptance speech for Best Rap Album and now, every outlet is seriously running headlines that say “Kendrick Lamar Endorses Jay-Z for President.” “___ for president!” is a slang term of endearment people have been saying for years. It’s only now that an By Kathleen • Jan 29, 2018 10:54 am
