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Ray J set the Internet ablaze when he called out Beyoncé and Jay-Z earlier this week (Dec. 2), and Monica knew just how to kill the noise.
“Before we leave here, I am going to take Ray J’s phone,” Monica joked onstage at the Atlanta stop of her and Brandy’s co-headlining The Boy Is Mine Tour on Thursday (Dec. 4). “Ray J, give me the phone… give me the phone, Ray.”
After finally prying his phone from his hands, Monica thanked him and cracked a smile, confirming that she was simply poking fun. “We love you, Ray J,” she said. “Y’all make some noise for Ray J. He’s not just Brandy’s brother, but he’s my brother, too.” Brandy then quipped: “I hope you know I’m [gonna] have to hear this all night, ‘Monica is my sister now!’”
The hilarious on-stage bit comes just two days after the “One Wish” singer lambasted The Carters for allegedly refusing to take pictures with Brandy backstage at the tour, despite attending multiple shows.
“N—as need to pull up when they come to the show. Come say what’s up to Brandy too, Jay-Z and Beyoncé,” he said. “We big fans, we got our family there, and we know y’all there, and we love y’all, and we look up to y’all… For y’all to come to every one of Brandy and Monica’s shows and never say what’s up… and take all the pictures, I don’t like it.”
Beyoncé, who attended The Boy Is Mine tour in Los Angeles, Brooklyn and Newark, posted photos of her appearances to both her official website and Instagram page. Some of those pictures were taken backstage, including a group flick with Monica, Solange, Patti LaBelle, and tour special guest Kelly Rowland. Neither she nor Jay-Z has responded to Ray J’s comments.
On Thanksgiving (Nov. 27), Ray J was taken into custody by Los Angeles police and charged with making a criminal threat after allegedly pointing a gun at his ex-wife, Princess Love, during a livestreamed argument. He was released on $50,000 bond later that night.
Brandy and Monica’s co-headlining The Boy Is Mine Tour continues on Friday (Dec. 5) at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center, before heading to Houston, Tampa and Miami.
Watch Monica jokingly snatch Ray J’s phone below.
