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...
Missy Elliott Makes History For Women In Rap
Bella Breakdown We all know that there is a shortage of women in the hip hop genre of music. And even when there is a strong female presence, recognition and honors tend to go to males anyway. Well, Missy Elliott is breaking that streak, becoming the first female rapper to be inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. Elliott has six studio albums, four Grammys, and 30 million record sales. Needless to say, this honor has been a long time coming. She is also applauded for her work as a producer and collaborator, working with some of our favorite...
Beyoncé And Jay-Z Surprise Fans (Again)
Bella Breakdown Beyoncé is the queen in many ways. We admire her vocal power, her dance moves, her ability to be a celebrity working mom. But she’s also the queen of dropping surprise albums. Her and Jay-Z released Everything is Love under the artist name “The Carters” as a surprise joint project. This follows the tour that they hold together, On The Run 2, which started on June 6th and will run through October 8th. Fans were surprised the power couple would do a second joint tour with no new content, but of course, the album dropped on June...
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.”...
