Blue Ivy Carter Receives Her First Songwriting Award

Bella Breakdown When you’re the child of two of the most successful artists in the world, music is kind of in your blood, and talent is just about guaranteed. Jay-Z and Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy has already untapped her bountiful talent at just seven years old. After co-writing and singing on “Brown Skin Girl” with Queen Bey herself, Blue Ivy was awarded the Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award at the Soul Train Awards for the collaboration. The song is a celebration of dark and brown-skinned women and namedrops some pretty powerful ladies including Lupito Nyong’o, Naomi Campbell, and Kelly...

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7 Beyoncé Quotes You Need in Your Life

Bella Breakdown Start the New Year off with a Bey-ng and get inspired by some of our favorite quotes from the bootylicious goddess herself, Beyoncé! From The Mouth of Bey What an amazing and powerful woman Queen Bey is. Check out her best quotes of all time, and prepare to be inspired: “The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.” “A true diva is graceful, and talented, and strong, and fearless and brave and someone with humility.” “I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.”...

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