When Beyoncé tells the world to stop, typically it does. However, that wasn’t the case for Hairspray actress Sarah Francis Jones. In fact, the excitement from the Grammy Award record holder’s final Renaissance World Tour stop in Inglewood led the actress to give birth to the Beyhive’s youngest member.
While attending the recording artist’s September 4 birthday performance at SoFi Stadium, Jones recorded herself having a grand ol’ time dancing and singing along but by the end of the night, the audience around her was a medical team as she was set to deliver her baby girl. During an interview with KTLA, the star revealed that initially, she thought the sharp aches she was experiencing when at the concert were false labor pains (medically referred to as Braxton Hicks).
“I said, ‘Something’s happening.’ Usually, I like to dance at the concert, and I was like, ‘OK, I need to sit down for a second,” said Jones.
But as the discomfort increased, Jones and her partner, Marcel Spears, knew it was time. “The biggest contractions happened during ‘Virgo’s Groove.’ As the concert went on, we were like, ‘I don’t know about this.’ By the time we got to the car into the parking lot, it was full-on intense,” Spears added.
Jones vlogged the experience on her official Instagram page. In the video, as she participated in the ‘Eerbody On Mute’ challenge, you notice a shift in her bubbly personality.
Although Jones and Spears’ baby girl is indeed a Virgo, just like Beyoncé, their daughter missed the cut-off date to share the same birthday with the star as she was officially born on September 5. Friends and family of Jones, as well as fellow Beyhive members, took to the entertainer’s comment section to offer their well wishes.
Everyone is talking about Beyonce’s ongoing Renaissance Tour. Whether they’re discussing the celebrities who show up every single night, the various flashy outfits Bey has worked through all tour, or the explosive performance itself, there are always new reasons to discuss every single show she puts on. But in a new interview, Chris Brown reflected on opening for Queen B on a different tour almost 20 years ago and the lessons he learned from watching her work.
After his hilarious initial reaction to being taken all the way back to a tour in 2007, Chris Brown didn’t mince words in his praise for Beyonce. “She the goat, man. Like that’s one thing can’t nobody debate. She’s the goat,” he begins. “I was observing everything. I didn’t wanna look like I was being thirsty. None of that. I just was infatuated,” he continues. Subsequently all throughout the Renaissance tour celebs have proven just as capable of being wowed by Beyonce as all of her fans. Check out the full interview clip below.
Chris Brown is no stranger to Goat talk. Just a few days ago he got a pretty impressive shoutout from 50 Cent. The “In Da Club” rapper shared a painting of Brown being handed a crown by none other than Michael Jackson himself. Consequently in the caption 50 elaborated that Brown is one of the best artists we have around right now. While fans in the comments largely disagreed for a variety of reasons, the cosign alone is impressive.
Chris Brown will be releasing his 11th studio album later this year on 11/11. Fittingly the project is titled 11:11 but that isn’t even as deep as him embrace of the number goes. Unlike some of his previous albums which contain dozens of songs this album is expected to run just 11 tracks. What do you think of Chris Brown’s recollection of opening for Beyonce on tour? Let us know in the comment section below.
During a recent series of shows in LA, celebrities absolutely piled on top of each other for the chance to see Beyonce perform. That included rap duo City Girls who shared some clips from the show they attended. Yung Miami and JT seemed like they had an absolute blast at the show. Miami also took to social media afterward to share her concert fit with fans. While a lot of fans had nothing but praise for the glittery silver number, some took issue with the crooked red nails. Others even went as far as to make comparisons to Doja Cat and her recent spat of satanic imagery.
Clearly one fan on Twitter went too far for Yung Miami’s liking. “Caresha blew me with that costume for [Beyoncé’s] concert… Girl,” one user tweeted. That prompted a response from Miami herself who his back hard. “Hoe shut up it was a COSTUME!,” she replied in a quote tweet. Since making her reply the original post has been privated by the user who posted it. Check out the reply tweet below.
Late last month, Yung Miami posted some videos from a family get together that featured her own dads dance moves. Unsurprisingly, some of her fans ended up a little too thirsty in the comments underneath the post which also rubbed her the wrong way. She took to Instagram live to address the comments and tell fans to cool off, but it may have backfired.
Many ended up calling Miami a hypocrite because of her relationship with Diddy. They took shots at her for telling fans to stay in their age range while also dating a much older man herself. The interaction spawned one hilarious comment from a fan saying “Not the Puff calling the Diddy black.”What do you think of Yung Miami’s response to fan criticisms of her Renaissance tour outfit? Let us know in the comment section below.
Comedian Lil Rel Howery got engaged this week to long-time girlfriend Dannella Lane. The venue he chose for this very special moment was the Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour concert at SoFi Stadium on September 4. However, while speaking with TMZ, he revealed that things could have gone horribly wrong if not for the efforts of Beyoncé herself. Turns out that Lil Rel was waiting for “Love On Top”, as Tina Knowles has suggested it was the perfect song to propose to. In fact, Knowles made the arrangements to capture the proposal on the jumbotron.
However, the song was later in the setlist than Lil Rel was expecting and as misfortune would have it, “Love on Top” would begin playing as soon as Lil Rel reached the men’s bathroom. After doing what he needed to do, he attempted to make it back to his seat, only to realize he had gotten lost. After several minutes, with “Love on Top” (4:27 in length) still miraculously playing, Lil Rel made it back to his seat. He found his confused girlfriend waiting along with a cameraman and a slightly annoyed Beyoncé, who had been stalling for time during the song.
Plenty of famous faces as well as Lil Rel have been popping up on the Renaissance Tour as it travels the West Coast. Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson were a surprising celebrity spot, given that most people assumed that they had broken up after Jackson spectacularly fumbled the bag after shaming Palmer for a previous concert outfit. Guess that isn’t the case and Jackson remains perhaps the luckiest man alive.
Speaking of relationship drama, turns out that Travis Scott had some of his own. Scott recently recruited Beyoncé for “Delresto (Echoes)” on his new album UTOPIA. However, he was simply an audience member while attending one of Beyoncé’s LA shows. Turns out that Scott was in attendance at the same show as his ex, Kylie Jenner. Jenner was in attendance with her new beau, actor Timothée Chalamet. Despite this, Scott does not appear to have run into the couple. That may be for the best as UTOPIA also featured the track “Meltdown”, which explicitly contained disses against the new couple.
Kim Kardashian met up with Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, at Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour concert in Los Angeles on Monday night. After the show, Kardashian shared pictures from the event on Instagram. She was also joined by her sister, Khloé Kardashian, and mother, Kris Jenner. They brought along North West and Penelope Disick.
Kim used a crown and bee emoji to caption the post. Fans loved the matching silver outfits in the comments section. “Early 2000s vibes when Bs mom used to make all their outfits in same material but different vibes,” one remarked. Another wrote: “Absolutely love itttt kimmm!!! Y’all ate.”
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 04: (Editorial Use Only) (Exclusive Coverage) Khloé Kardashian, Penelope Disick, Kim Kardashian, North West, Kris Jenner, Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos attend the “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR” at SoFi Stadium on September 04, 2023 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood)
While not in the photo, Kim’s youngest sibling, Kylie Jenner, was also at the concert. She, however, was busy flirting with her rumored boyfriend, Timothée Chalamet, in the VIP section as caught by fans in attendance. As for the rest of Monday night’s concert, Beyonce put on a memorable performance for those in attendance. In addition to her usual set, she also brought out Diana Ross as well as Kendrick Lamar. Ross celebrated Beyonce’s birthday early in the night while Lamar performed his collaboration with Beyonce, “America Has a Problem.” Check out Kim’s post on Instagram below.
It’s not the first time that Kim Kardashian has been spotted out with Jeff Bezos. Back in 2022, her and her then-boyfriend, Pete Davidson, joined Bezos and Lauren Sanchez for a double date at West Hollywood’s A.O.C. Sánchez and Bezos became engaged, back in May, after dating for several years. Bezos was previously married to MacKenzie Scott, but they divorced in 2019.
The shimmering of SoFi Stadium was practically blinding.
It started with a seemingly simple request from someone who doesn’t usually ask for much. As Leo season concluded and Virgo season commenced, Beyoncé made a rare Instagram post asking that fans coming to her upcoming shows wear their “most fabulous silver fashions” to grant her a birthday wish. And suddenly, it didn’t matter that tickets were hard to get or that many fans had been waiting years for Beyoncé to roll back through town.
Folks by the tens of thousands took to Etsy, thrift stores, designer boutiques, and their parents’ closets to find something to fit the bill, to sparkle and shine in Beyoncé’s presence. Even the most casual of dude threw on some grey jeans or a charcoal shirt. At worst, as acclaimed writer Roxane Gay noted, it was a slight annoyance. But for the vast majority of eager participants, it was a chance to take an already special occasion and turn it into the kind of collective experience that is both exceedingly rare in contemporary life and increasingly successful when executed on a massive scale. From Barbenheimer to the Eras Tour, life in 2023 feels more vivid and vibrant when you are experiencing it en masse with others. And at the Renaissance Tour during Beyoncé’s birth season, that moment was bathed in chrome.
It made for fun people watching, as mirror ball-reflective cowboy hats and glittery body paint and retro suits and sequin dresses gathered in the state-of-the-art football stadium. It was enough for Beyoncé to beam with joy as she made her way through the set’s relatively relaxed opening numbers. She commented on how amazing those in the front looked with their distinct silver fits, smiling wide that so many had answered the call. And while the fans could feel content that they had granted Beyoncé’s “B-Day” request, the truth is that Beyoncé knew exactly what the fans needed to take an already monumental tour to the next level. It further cemented the sense of community, giving those in attendance a sort of uniform as Beyoncé supporters. And hell, it just looked really cool.
This is a defining trait of Beyoncé, an artist who displays pristine intentionality in everything she touches. While her evolution from standout girl-group member to generational musical force has developed over the decades, her choices keep finding the Venn diagram of what is right for Beyoncé and what her fans need looking more and more like a perfect circle. There was her 2013 Super Bowl triumph and adventurous return three years later; the surprise self-titled album release; the shift to more nuanced capital-A Art on Lemonade and its accompanying movie, a Coachella appearance that redefined what a festival set can be; and then, coming out of the pandemic, an album that pushed people out of their homes and into the shared spaces that felt like they might never return to. She’s a chessmaster thinking multiple moves ahead, giving fans exactly what they need and allowing them to feel like they are giving it right back.
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But as much as fans did give it back to Beyoncé, it still always feels like a candle compared to a sun when in her presence. For nearly three hours on Friday night, she danced, sang, and presented an engrossing spectacle centered around her latest album. There were moments that felt specifically centered around Blackness, others that focused on femininity, and still others that honored the queer dance culture that heavily influenced the sound of the record. She provided her fans an in-person glimpse at the status of her first foray into motherhood as daughter Blue Ivy showcased the performer’s DNA that runs through her blood by dancing during “MY POWER.” She gave a rare opening set from DJ Khaled, who in turn paraded out a steady stream of rap royalty, including Coi Leray, Offset, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Roddy Ricch, and an abbreviated Lil Wayne, who unfortunately had microphone delay issues. And with her actual birthday falling on the last of her SoFi stops, Los Angeles got a special treat with the return of “The Big 3” as Beyoncé returned “THIQUE,” “ALL UP IN YOUR MIND,” and “Drunk In Love” to the setlist for only the third time on tour, while the actual birthday show on Monday saw appearances from Diana Ross and Kendrick Lamar.
Los Angeles might not have nailed the on-mute-moment during “ENERGY,” but they certainly were up for the key changes of the “Love On Top” singalong. Still, an element of the concert felt like Beyoncé preparing fans for the future. Beyoncé turned 42 yesterday, and while her time as a dancing, stadium-selling artist is far from over, she also proved that if she ever went the Adele route, she’s more than equipped to let her vocals be the star. The whole first portion of her set is geared around this, as she simply stands and sings and basks in the glory of the moment. Later in the set, she appears inside a giant sea shell that feels directly ripped from the Vegas crooners of yesteryear. If she ever does fully pivot in this direction, it will be for an audience that is aging with her.
But for now, Beyoncé is still proving that she can do it all, enrapturing millions of fans across continents with a massive show. She knows she can elicit screams by interpolating a tiny bit of “Say My Name” within “VIRGO’S GROOVE” or can bring chills to tens of thousands by simply saying “Los Angeles” in her unmistakeble, husky speaking voice. She knows she has an ace in her back pocket if and when she decides to release the visuals fans have been clamoring for. She’s a master for walking that tightrope of knowing the right amount of music, merch, and content to keep fans both satisfied and wanting more. The trust that people put in Beyoncé is well-earned, and was never more tangible than in the sparkling reflective color scheme across SoFi Stadium. Beyoncé asked for a gift, only so she could give one right back.
Beyoncé held her birthday Renaissance Tour show in Los Angeles last night (September 4), and it truly was one for the books. Not only did Diana Ross and Kendrick Lamar join her on stage to celebrate, but the celebs in the audience were making headlines, too.
Their outing came as a shock, as last month, reports surfaced in Us Weekly that the couple were reportedly taking a break. According to a source, they hadn’t “been spending that much time together recently because they both have very busy schedules,” but remained friends. (Things have clearly changed since then, or it wasn’t the case.)
Fans, after the clips went viral, had a lot of thoughts. “BEAUTIFUL COUPLE not kylie and timmy,” one user wrote, instead dropping a video of Tom Holland and Zendaya, who were also at last night’s show.
everyone’s talking about this kylie and timmy dating confirmation, but i’m way more interested in the fact that they’re just letting him smoke a cig inside the stadium pic.twitter.com/86W55L40fi
Beyonce surprised fans in Los Angeles on Monday night by bringing out Kendrick Lamar for her Renaissance World Tour concert. In doing so, the two performed their latest collaboration, a remix of “America Has a Problem,” for the first time live. The show was the last of three concerts at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Unfortunately for fans in attendance, the moment didn’t come without its technical difficulties. According to fans on social media, Lamar’s mic was cutting out during the performance. The Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers rapper wasn’t the only guest to appear during the show. Diana Ross also serenaded Beyonce in celebration of her birthday earlier in the night.
LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 26: Recording artists Beyonce (L) and Kendrick Lamar perform onstage during the 2016 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/BET/Getty Images for BET)
Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar have collaborated numerous times over the years. They worked with one another on “Freedom” off of Beyonce’s Lemonade album in 2016, as well as “NILE” from The Lion King soundtrack in 2019. Speaking with Rolling Stone in 2017, Lamar reflected on collaborating with the legendary singer. “How particular to be about your music,” he said. “She’s a perfectionist. Think about the BET performance. She was very particular — the lighting, the camera blocking, the transition from the music to the dancing. It was confirmation of something I already knew.”
Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour recently became the highest-grossing tour by a female musician ever, earning over $450 million. The previous record-holder was Madonna with her Sticky & Sweet Tour in 2008. Beyonce will be performing in Vancouver, Seattle, Arlington, Houston, New Orleans, and more over the next month before wrapping up the tour in Kansas City on October 1. She kicked it off in Europe, back in May and has been on the road since. Be on the lookout for further updates on the Renaissance World Tour on HotNewHipHop.
Lamar and Ross weren’t the only big names at the show: Per Pop Base, also attending the concert were Adele, Zendaya, Tom Holland, the Kardashians, Justin Bieber, Lizzo, Katy Perry, Kate Hudson, Normani, Brandy, Chris Rock, Timothée Chalamet, Kylie Jenner, Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, Quinta Brunson, Ayo Edebiri, and Yung Miami.
The one and only Beyoncé is celebrating her 42nd birthday in style, and that calls for some new music from the musical icon. Moreover, the Parkwood Instagram page recently uploaded a new song “Nine Four Eight One” that honors Beyonce’s special day ahead of her L.A. show tonight to celebrate it. Specifically, the song is by Kevin Aviance, Kevin JZ Prodigy, and TS Madison, icons of the LGBTQIA2+ community that made a club-ready banger for the Texas native. Although it’s just an IG post and not an official release, it might as well be; it fits right in with RENAISSANCE‘s glitzy dance music aesthetics.
“Miss Tina, Miss Tina, what can we say,” the Beyonce tribute declares during its runtime. “You gave birth to her on this day / The magic that we all have seen / Made many of us happy, baby / Everything we see is pure.” “They say Yonce all on his mouth like liquor / She still all on his mouth like liquor,” Madison adlibs towards the track’s end. “You know why? / She’s Beyonce, b***h / Beyonce is not to be compared to any other b***h.”
However, that’s not the only exciting musical news to emerge ahead of tonight’s Los Angeles show. While this got spoiled thanks to news reports online, there’s no doubt it will still make for an electrifying moment if it ends up panning out. None other than Diana Ross will reportedly sing happy birthday to the Destiny’s Child alum tonight, making the grand occasion all the more so. It’s a legendary prospect, and if there’s any stage that warrants that magnitude and can hold it, it’s the RENAISSACE tour. Hopefully we get to see that, or a whole slew of other great moments, later tonight.
Will Diana Ross Perform Tonight?
Diana Ross will sing happy birthday to Beyoncé at her LA concert tonight, Extra reports. pic.twitter.com/JAelqjfxs3
Meanwhile, there are already so many stars attending tonight’s show (and the previous ones) that it feels like a blur to mention them all. KAYTRANADA opened up tonight with what looked like a great DJ set, and we’re sure that he won’t be the only musical surprise of the night. Even though it’s very sad to write or read on this and not be there to witness it, we have to take what we can get. On that note, stick around on HNHH for the latest news and updates on Beyonce.
