May 212013
 
Photo Credit: Beyonce - Tumblr

Photo Credit: Beyonce – Tumblr

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Did Beyonce’s “Grown Woman” full song leak? Beyonce might have just about everyone questioning what’s really going on with her uterus these days, but she’s still expected to drop a new album this year. As a result of Beyonce releasing nothing but teaser clips of new music which includes the very controversial “Bow Down” and “I Been On,” her loyal fans, The Beyhive, have grown anxious for the singer to release an official first single off her upcoming studio album. However, Beyonce hasn’t yet given in to the desires of her fan base, and they continue to await some new music as she continues to take it to the stage for her Mrs. Carter World Tour. However, it appears one of Beyonce’s singles has leaked in full and has given the internet a full taste of what’s to come.

Late last night, Beyonce’s single “Grown Woman” leaked online. The song was used in Beyonce’s latest commercial for Pepsi. If you listen closely to the song, it’s pretty evident this version of the song was the one most likely used for her current tour.

The song was produced by super producer Timbaland and written by The Dream. In the song, Beyonce reaffirms she is indeed a grown woman and she really can do whatever it is that she wants. It’s a very sassy song that will most likely have women sashaying all over the place and feeling themselves in the club when it comes on. This will be another female anthem for Bey and it’s a song that should excite her fan base. While it still hasn’t been confirmed if “Grown Woman” will even appear on the album or be released as a single, both seem very likely.

Listen to the track below and tell us what you think in the comment section.

May 202013
 
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By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Beyonce is not pregnant? Okay y’all, we know we’re driving you all crazy with the Beyonce pregnant reports, but honestly, it’s just become some sort of media circus and we’re just trying to keep up. Last week, E! News “confirmed” the singer is pregnant with her second child with husband Jay-Z, and they said they received the confirmation from “insiders” close to the superstar singer. However, Beyonce’s spokesperson hasn’t said anything about the rumors, and has issued no official confirmation or denial regarding the report. And Beyonce even had more people thinking the report could be true (UBM included) when she had two of her dancers bring on two strollers on stage during her recent show the other night. Welp, it appears (at least for now) that Beyonce is not pregnant.

Earlier this morning, Peter Rosenberg of popular New York radio station Hot 97 tweeted that Ebro says he spoke to Jay-Z this morning via email and Jay-Z made it clear that he is not happy with all of the reports circulating about Beyonce being pregnant with their second child.

According to Rosenberg via Ebro, Jay-Z says Beyonce is not pregnant. The Huffington Post reports:

Hot 97 Program Director Ebro Darden, otherwise known as Old Man Ebro, found out from Jay-Z that Beyonce is not pregnant with their second child after he reached out to the “Suit & Tie” rapper to offer his congratulations.

Ebro emailed Jay on Friday to send some well-wishes regarding his wife’s pregnancy, but the rapper quashed the rumors in his response Saturday afternoon. “I emailed on some congratulations, send my love to the family, blah, blah, blah,” Ebro said. “He emailed me back and said it’s not true.”

Hova reportedly responded simply: “It’s not true. The news is worse than blogs.”

 

Rosenberg even tweeted this earlier today:

beyonce not pregnant

If Jay-Z did really say this, it’s safe to say Beyonce is not pregnant and it’s time for everyone to drop it for now.

May 202013
 
Photo Credit: @beyonce Instagram

Photo Credit: @beyonce Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Beyonce confirms pregnancy? While alleged sources close to Beyonce confirmed to E! News last week that the superstar singer is indeed pregnant with her second child with hubby Jay-Z, Beyonce herself has said nothing about the rumors. Well, at least up until now. While numerous sites claimed she ranted on Instagram, we never found any proof that the infamous “rant” was ever posted to her account. No one seems to have any screenshots that contain Beyonce’s Instagram handler with the posting, which seems pretty odd to us and just suggests that the photo was most likely posted to a fake account. Regardless, Beyonce may have found another way to perhaps poke fun at the report or confirm the news, as it was reported by concert goers last night that two of her dancers brought two strollers or “wheeling prams” on stage at her recent show. Entertainment Wise reports:

Beyonce is sure to set tongues wagging yet again over reports that she is pregnant with her second child. The star took to the stage in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday night and reportedly surprised fans by wheeling out two prams during her concert.

…During the star’s performance of Grown Woman, two dancers wheeled prams across the stage whilst confused fans couldn’t help but tweet their excitement about the stunt.

One concert goer tweeted: “Two prams on the stage!” He added, “Two dancers wheeled them on and wheeled them off.”

If Beyonce is confirming the rumours, it wouldn’t be the first time that the star has made a pregnancy announcement on stage. Back in 2011, she happily displayed her pregnant belly during her performance at the MTV VMA awards.

 

While it’s not clear just yet if this is a confirmation or not that Bey is pregnant with her second child, it surely does sound like one to us. Only time will tell though but for now, we believe E! News got it right.

May 192013
 
Photo Credit: @beyonce Instagram

Photo Credit: @beyonce Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Beyonce is without a doubt, one of the most successful names in music. But like her hubby Jay-Z, she didn’t just stop with a music career. Instead, she managed to create wealth in numerous ways and her name alone has become a brand worth close to billions of dollars. Now that Beyonce manages herself after deciding to sever ties with her father professionally, the superstar has learned how to handle her business and understands the importance of making decisions that are best for her empire. However, in a recent interview with ITV Daybreak in which she is currently promoting her upcoming film “Epic,” she explains why she feels it’s so important for all women to handle their business and dream big in the process. The singer offered a few words of encouragement to women who have huge goals they hope to achieve in their own lives. Despite being such a huge brand, Beyonce says she’s still a big “goofball” but knows how important it is for her to take her business seriously:

“People take me a lot more seriously than I do. I’m aware of that (laughs). So I have to be conscious of it but definitely, I’m a goofball.

“A lot of people look up to me and I do respect that. Especially women. We need to stick together and we need to know how powerful we are. Take care of your business. Have your goals and your dreams and know it is possible. Be the leader, be the president.”

 

Check out the clip below:

 

May 172013
 
Photo Credit: Instagram

Photo Credit: Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

After days of speculation and a cancelled concert, it has now been confirmed that Beyonce is pregnant with baby number two. Apparently Beyonce’s camp has just confirmed to E! News that the singer is indeed pregnant with baby number two. E! News reports:

Blue Ivy’s gonna be a big sis!

That’s right: Superstar supermom Beyoncé is expecting her second child with hubby Jay-Z, multiple sources exclusively confirm to E! News.

The news follows rampant speculation that the “Countdown” songbird was pregnant, even as the couple remained tight-lipped about their ever-growing family.

Rumors first began churning that the Grammy winner was with child when, earlier this month, she walked the red carpet at the Met Gala wearing a custom-made Givenchy gown that deftly concealed her stomach, its bodice cinched high above the waist just as its intricate pattern made it difficult to discern any change in her silhouette.

 

While we’re still waiting on more details, apparently this is the sole reason Beyonce had to cancel her first concert ever. It sounds like Beyonce is in her first months, but of course none of that has been confirmed yet. With a new album slated to drop soon, we do have to wonder what this means for the new music. We also have to wonder if she’s going to push through and get through the rest of the tour. But knowing Beyonce’s work ethic, we surely expect her to.

Beyonce has been quite vocal about wanting to have more kids, however, she hoped it would happen after she wrapped up her tour. But sometimes God has other plans.

Congrats to Beyonce and Jay-Z!

May 152013
 
The official cover to Kelly's new single "Dirty Laundry."

The official cover to Kelly’s new album, “Talk A Good Game.”

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Kelly Rowland and Beyonce have always had a close friendship that pretty much sums up why they refer to one another as sisters. But when it comes to their solo music careers, people have always questioned if things were all good between them. Beyonce has had plenty of success in her solo career, and now she still stands as one of the biggest stars in music. Kelly hasn’t had the same success, and in comparison, she has struggled to make a name for herself and her recent solo albums have struggled to gain any kind of steam. With a new album dropping soon, Kelly has promised to reveal a different side of herself and she has decided to open up more in her music. In her new single, “Dirty Laundry,” the R&B singer admits to the world that although she does love Beyonce as a sister, she was jealous at a time of all of her success. In the new single, she sings:

“When my sister was on stage killin’ it like a motherf*cker
I was enraged, feelin’ it like a motherf*cker
Bird in a cage
You would never know what I was dealin’ with
Went our separate ways but I was happy she was killin’ it
Bittersweet
She was up, I was down
No lie, I feel good for her but what do I do now?
Forget the records, off the record
I was goin’ through some bullsh*t
Post-Survivor, she on fire, who wanna hear my bullsh*t?”

 

She also sings about a past abusive relationship.

Wow. We have to say, we love that Kelly was honest and we’re loving this rawness she keeps giving us in her new music. But check out the new single for yourself below and let us know what you think in the comment section.

May 142013
 
Photo Credit: @beyonce Instagram

Photo Credit: @beyonce Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Beyonce is currently on her Mrs. Carter World Tour and even debuted new music while she hits the stage in numerous countries, however, she has found herself a target again to pregnancy rumors. Although Beyonce has made it clear that she does want to have more kids with her rapper and business mogul hubby Jay-Z, some reports are suggesting she is currently pregnant now with her second child. Beyonce’s camp hasn’t confirmed or denied the reports, but her spokesperson confirmed earlier today that the singer has cancelled one of her concerts due to “exhaustion” and “dehydration.” The Courier-Mail reports:

 

BEYONCE has cancelled a concert in Belgium because of dehydration and exhaustion.
The singer’s publicist says Beyonce has been advised by her doctors to rest. She was scheduled to perform at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp. The show will be rescheduled and tickets can be used at that show.

Her next tour date is on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) at the same arena. The statement says “she is awaiting word from her doctors before making a decision.”

 

Now we already told you we aren’t going to be so quick to hop on the “Beyonce is pregnant” train because this story runs at least two times a year. The one time Beyonce was pregnant, no one knew until she debuted her baby bump on the red carpet of MTV’s Video Music Awards. And the singer is known for keeping secrets from the media very well and we doubt anyone in her camp is leaking details about her uterus. Beyonce’s camp just doesn’t give too much information about her personal life unless she wants them to. So for now, we’re just going to wait until her camp officially speaks.

May 132013
 
Photo Credit: Instagram

Photo Credit: Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Beyonce says she owes a lot of her success as one of the world’s wealthiest entertainers to the hard work, business sense and resilience of her father Mathew Knowles. Although the former salesman quit his job to help Beyonce become a huge star, things between them have been rocky and eventually led to her dropping him as a manager. And things for Mathew have been hard ever since. Not only is he having baby mama drama thanks to an extramarital affair that led to him fathering a son outside of his marriage to Beyonce’s mom Tina Knowles, but he’s not making as much money as he was when he was managing one of the world’s biggest stars. And it’s being reported that he now has the IRS to worry about considering that he owes them millions in taxes. TMZ reports:

The Good News: Beyonce’s dad, Mathew Knowles, raked in BOATLOADS of cash during the years he managed B’s career … we’re talkin’ millions.

The Bad News: The IRS says he still owes all sorts of taxes on some of that income — over $1.2 MILLION.

Uncle Sam just filed a ridiculously large lien against Knowles, claiming he needs to cough up some cash from the years 2010 ($485,575.95) and 2011 ($728,004.89) … all totaled, $1,213,580.84.

 

Mathew Knowles may have tax problems to handle now and no Beyonce on his roster any longer, but he’s still taking a stab in the music industry by managing UK girl group From Above. He’s hoping the new girl group could be the next Destiny’s Child.

May 092013
 
Photo Credit: @beyonce Instagram

Photo Credit: @beyonce Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Beyonce is affectionately known as the “King Bey” by loyal members of “The Beyhive,” as fans consider her to be an inspiration to younger artists hoping to embark on super stardom and have successful careers that could last as long as Beyonce’s has since her successful days in Destiny’s Child. However, Beyonce has gone on to achieve even more as a solo artist, and it’s no doubt that she still remains one of the leading female artist in the music industry today. So it’s to be expected that she inspires many outside of music, even President Barack Obama told a crowd of people last year that he thinks she’s a great role model for his daughters Malia and Sasha. But now it turns out that she might be a role model in fashion. A new survey suggests that it is Beyonce that inspires the outfits most women put together for a night out on town. In the UK-based survey, Beyonce beat out Rihanna and Kim Kardashian effortlessly. Daily Mail reports:

Beyoncé is the celebrity most women want to look like when they hit the town for a big night out, according to a new survey which was conducted to unearth the habits of female party goers across the UK.

The ‘Crazy in Love’ singer emerged as a clear winner, topping the charts in almost every major city across the UK, including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol and Cardiff.

The results show that women are aspiring to look like celebrities such as Beyoncé , Cheryl Cole and Rihanna, who promote a curvier more natural look while still maintaining high glamour and sex appeal.

May 062013
 
Photo Credit: Instagram

Photo Credit: Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Beyonce is busy on her Mrs. Carter World Tour, but as the singer continues to travel the world and light the stage in multiple countries, it’s clear now more than ever that her life has changed since becoming a mother to daughter Blue Ivy. Although singing used to be her number one priority, Beyonce now feels a lot different about fame and considers motherhood and her family life as bigger priorities. Even though Beyonce is one of the biggest stars in music, she still feels superstardom is temporary no matter how much success you’ve accumulated in your music career. While promoting her upcoming film Epic at a press conference, she tells reporters:

“Definitely I would like to have more children. Motherhood has changed everything. You see things a bit differently after you give birth and my biggest job now is to protect my child.

“After giving birth there’s a moment of rediscovery when you are making sure you still have goals and take care of yourself as a woman.

“That was something I struggled with – making sure I was still this strong woman and also making time for my child and balancing the two.”

 

On superstardom:

“But I feel this is temporary and my public life when I’m performing on stage is just a few hours of the day. The rest of the day I’m with my family, I’m changing diapers and I’m with my mother who reminds me, ‘Girl, you’re not a Queen’. So it’s good to have the balance.

“Balancing is something I am struggling with, but I am trying to smell the roses and make sure I don’t work so hard that I don’t enjoy the blessings that are around me every day.”

 

In related news, Beyonce also made an appearance on Good Morning America today and stunned fans recently when she brought daughter Blue Ivy on stage during a rendition of her hit song “Irreplaceable.” Check out the videos below:

May 022013
 
Photo Credit: @beyonce Instagram

Photo Credit: @beyonce Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Beyonce is without a doubt one of today’s biggest artists in today’s music business but she’s still considered one of the most private stars Hollywood has ever seen. Despite opening up for the camera for her Life is But a Dream documentary, the singer still has many curious about her family life and her relationship with rapper hubby Jay-Z. In a recent interview with more! Magazine, Beyonce opens up about becoming a “lunatic” if anyone comes for Solange and why she feels her relationship with Jay-Z isn’t as glamorous as some may think it is.

On being protective of Solange, she says:

“I’m a crazy person if anyone says anything about my sister. I don’t even know what happens to me. I completely turn into a lunatic… I was taught the importance of being a sister and my sister looking up to me.”

 

She also talks more about how close she is to Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams:

“They were my family… We needed each other so much. And we were super tight. We could walk into a room and not give each other the key and sing in perfect harmony… it gives me chills… that unity, that sisterhood, it is how I grew up. We slept as little nine-year-olds in the same room.”

 

And when it comes to her marriage to Jay-Z, she says they have a natural chemistry but she wouldn’t call their romance glamorous:

“We have such a natural chemistry and a genuine relationship and it’s based on the things that relationships are supposed to be based on. People just think, ‘Oh how glamorous, two celebrities are together.’ No, first of all, a relationship takes a lot of work, but you have to work on yourself… you have to make yourself happy.”

Apr 282013
 
Photo Credit: @teyanataylor Instagram

Photo Credit: @teyanataylor Instagram

By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Beyonce may have caused some backlash with her recent song “Bow Down,” but the singer superstar is without a doubt still one of the biggest names in music. So as a result of her success in the business, many up and coming sisters look to her as an inspiration and a role model as to what they need to strive for with their own music careers. Beyonce has been known to encourage younger singers in the past, especially since she seems to understand how to deal with the pressures of the industry and constant criticism. Teyana Taylor (the young singer is now signed to Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music) recently attended one of Beyonce’s shows in Paris and went backstage and got some advice from the star that she says has changed her life forever.

When Teyana explained that she wasn’t believing in herself because of all the intense criticism she’s been receiving, Beyonce checked her and told her to pay no mind to her haters. Teyana shared the details of their conversation to her followers on Instagram. She writes:

Left the show in tears… Had a lil heart to heart wit The Queen Bey after her show. She told me how proud of me she was, & she knew i would be a star since the first time I taught her my Harlem moves lol i told her im not impressed with me YET but my season is coming soon she checked me and said “ya season is NOW & When u stop worrying about what haters got to say, you’ll start to notice that the RITE people are rooting for you. I am, I see you. I’m here for you whenever u need an ear”- Beyonce I love you Bey thanks for all of ur kinds words.

 

It’s rare that we get to see women uplifting each other in the music industry, so we have to admit this was pretty cool to see and figured we’d dedicate a post to it.

Check out Teyana’s photo with Beyonce:

 

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