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A few days ago Brandy posted a throwback picture of herself and Queen of shade, Mariah Carey with the caption, "SheKnowsMe" and social media users felt Brandy was throwing shade(at J-Lo). If you know the history between Mariah and J-Lo, Mariah was famously quoted for saying "I don't know her" when asked about J-Lo in an interview overseas. Brandy perhaps meant no harm but I caught the shade. But what would Brandy have against J-Lo? The only thing I can recall is J-Lo and Brandy recording the same song and both songs leaking online. I'm not sure if it were a song that Brandy was going to use but J-Lo certainly didn't use it either. But that was so long ago. Brandy did respond saying she was not throwing shade further saying if she was we'd know. I guess the whole "SheKnowsMe" caption was a play more so to Mariah who has claimed to not "know" certain singers a la J-Lo. I'm not sure what's been going on with Brandy personal...

Jay-Z's much anticipated album, "4:44" was released last night via streaming service TIDAL(which Jay-Z co-owns). Cellular phone service Sprint offered its current customers and future customers 6 free months if they signed up for TIDAL. Jay-Z famously scored a deal with Sprint which helped house the album. The response to the Jay-Z's new album has been overwhelming to say the least. Here's what I know(and read considering I haven't heard the album yet). No I.D. produced the album. Jay-Z name checks(and disses) Kanye West, Solange, Eric Benet(actress Halle Berry's ex-husbad), OJ Simpson(song: "The Story of OJ" and I'm assuming it references the football athlete), Future, Diddy, etc. Jay shockingly opens up about his marriage with Beyoncé(involving infidelity, stillborns, egos, children etc.). The album is currently being celebrated via social media and beyond. It is a welcome return for the New York emcee! In other music news...Socialite and...

When news outlets started reporting that Beyoncé had secretly given birth to her twin babies, everyone in the Beyhive(and beyond) were ecstatic. But when the twins' grandfather, (the infamous)Mathew Knowles posted a congratulations to his daughter, fans were upset. Fans felt that Mathew should of respected Beyoncé enough to let her make her own formal announcement or even dad, Jay-Z. Personally I don't think anything was wrong with him doing this. He's excited about the birth of his grandchildren and we all knew that Beyoncé had had her babies. Also being the private person, Beyoncé is, she likely wasn't going to make an announcement(anytime soon) about the birth of her babies but I bet you she has footage of their birth and will share during her next album project(Beyoncé usually reveals video footage of her private life during her tours or during her new album projects). I do think some people acted out of order with this and that's okay if you disagree with me....