Beyoncé’s fans are in shock after her sudden name change amid allegations that her husband, Jay-Z, assaulted a child.
Jay-Z, 55, was accused in a lawsuit of r*ping a 13-year-old girl with Sean Combs, 55, at a house party after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City. The rapper vehemently denied the accusations in an emotional statement on Sunday.
Sharp-eyed fans noted that Forbes dropped Jay-Z’s last name from her name in a recent article.
Forbes named Beyoncé, 43, as one of the year’s most powerful women, and listed her as “Beyonce Knowles” instead of her official name “Beyonce Knowles-Carter”. The sudden name change prompted fans to say the move was a “soft launch name change.”
In September Forbes called the pop singer “Beyonce Knowles-Carter” in a story about the launch of her new Whiskey brand, SirDavis.
Beyoncé always listed her name as “Beyonce Knowles-Carter” after they were married in 2008. She called herself “Mrs Carter” for over a decade and toured under her married name.
Her most recent album was named Cowboy Carter.
Insiders say Beyoncé fears losing the reputation and respect she worked so hard for.
On Sunday, her mother Tina Knowles ‘liked’ an Instagram post about Jay-Z’s legal troubles.
She later claimed she was “hacked” and that the hacker liked the post.
One fan wrote, “What’s coming next, I’m intrigued !!!”
Another fan wrote, “everyone say heeeyyyy ms knowles.”
A third person wrote: “The soft launch name change is a clever way to tease something new!”
