Overview
- At Atlanta’s tour stop on Dec. 4, Monica playfully took Ray J’s phone onstage and called him her “brother,” with Brandy joining the lighthearted moment.
- Beyoncé attended multiple tour dates in Los Angeles, Brooklyn and Newark and posted backstage photos with Monica, Kelly Rowland, Solange and Patti LaBelle, but no photo with Brandy has been shared.
- A circulating backstage clip shows Beyoncé and Brandy not interacting as security directs people aside, which fueled online conjecture about their relationship.
- On The Breakfast Club, Loren LoRosa cited unnamed sources claiming Beyoncé and Brandy “do not fool with each other,” a characterization not corroborated by the artists.
- Ray J wrote that his comments were his own and not co‑signed by Brandy or their family, and neither Beyoncé nor Brandy has publicly responded as coverage continues to reference his recent arrest on a criminal‑threat charge.