Beyoncé fans were left shocked after Forbes dropped husband Jay-Z’s last name from her moniker days after he was accused of rap!ng a teenager.
Jay-Z, 55, real name Shawn Carter, was accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl with Diddy at a party after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The rapper vehemently denied the accusations in a bizarre statement posted shortly afterward.
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Forbes named Beyonce, 43, as one of the year’s most powerful women days after the allegations emerged, and listed her as ‘Beyonce Knowles’ instead of her official name ‘Beyonce Knowles-Carter’ – leading fans to claim the move was a ‘soft launch name change.’
Others wrote: ‘lemme hear y’all say UH OH’, ‘this going viral – good luck babe’, ‘Nah don’t forget the Carter!!!’ and ‘This is blowing up—good luck, love!’
‘What’s coming next, I’m intrigued !!!’ and ‘everyone say heeeyyyy ms knowles.’
‘The soft launch name change is a clever way to tease something new!’
Others defended the star saying: ‘Forbes has ALWAYS gone by just Beyoncé-Knowles. This is NOT new. Why are you trying to come up with a false narrative?’
However this is not the case as in September Forbes published a story calling the singer ‘Beyonce Knowles-Carter’ as she launched her new Whisky brand, SirDavis.
The couple are worth an estimated $3billion combined.
Beyonce has notably called herself ‘Mrs Carter’ for over a decade and toured under her married name.
Her most recent album was also named Cowboy Carter in a nod to her married name.
The unidentified victim who filed the suit against Beyonce’s husband, claims the alleged attack took place at a VMA’s afterparty in September 2000, while an unidentified female celebrity watched.
