- Alicia Keys and Lil Mama have reunited for the first time in 14 years and seem to have put their infamous bad blood behind them once and for all.
- On Wednesday the two women shared a warm embrace at an event in New York City as Teyana Taylor looked on. While it’s unclear what the event was for, the video of the “Girl on Fire” singer and the “Lip Gloss” rapper-turned-actor sent social media into a tizzy.
- “God is Moving all up and through this MF!” wrote one commenter. “Hope she apologized again cause man…” wrote another. Back in 2009, Alicia Keys teamed up with JAY-Z to perform their hit song “Empire State of Mind” at the MTV VMAs.
- Lil Mama was, apparently, so moved by the performance that she hopped onstage to serve as the unofficial hypeman. Despite Lil Mama becoming the punchline of many jokes afterward, Keys told The Morning Hustle in October 2021 that she wasn’t even aware of the rapper’s presence.