The Beyhive zones in on Rita Ora being the new ‘Becky’
The latest target in the Beyhive’s crosshairs is none other than Rita Ora. She has most recently become the subject behind “Becky with the good hair" —a provocative lyric from Beyoncé’s new Lemonade album‚ which was rapidly dissected for its suggestions of infidelity by husband Jay Z. On the same night of Beyoncé’s Lemonade release‚ Rita took to Snapchat to share a photo of herself wearing a lemon embroidered bra along with a gold "J" pendant necklace. The Beyhive immediately spread the selfie on social media‚ quickly making her a target in the "Becky" witch-hunt.The British singer has been previously linked to Jay Z‚ who signed her to Roc Nation in 2008. However‚ Rita poured cold water over the rumours when she filed for a lawsuit against Roc Nation in December last year‚ claiming that the record label had not been supporting her budding career and it hasn’t fully backed producing a second album.Rita joins Rachel Ray (by virtue of her name sounding like Roy’s) and Rachel Roy‚ who caused a social media stir by seemingly responding to Beyoncé’s “Sorry” song lyrics.“Good hair don't care‚ but we will take good lighting‚ for selfies‚ or self truths‚ always‚” Rachel Roy wrote in a since-deleted post.As a result‚ the Beyhive attacked the fashion designer‚ before falling into formation against Rita...
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