Beyonce hasn’t been seen since shortly after releasing her latest album Cowboy Carter, which was met with success.
The music industry is growing increasingly concerned about Beyoncé’s whereabouts.
After releasing her latest country album, Cowboy Carter, the singer is nowhere to be found.
Now, insiders are claiming it might be because she and husband Jay-Z are nervous to show their faces amid their long-time friend Diddy’s on-going federal sex-trafficking investigation.
“This was supposed to be Beyoncé’s time, with her much-anticipated country album out [just] two months ago. And yet, she is nowhere to be seen. The album is slipping and Jay and B aren’t reveling in the spotlight,” a source told Page Six.
“About a month before the [March 29] release, Jay-Z got up at the Grammys and whined that Beyoncé had never won Album of the Year. But now what? Does he think she will win . . . for ‘Cowboy Carter’ with no promotion . . . no appearances and no wooing of the academy?”
Beyoncé has vanished after the release of her new album. (Image: Getty)
The source added that while the record is far from a flop, “it’s definitely not the juggernaut everyone thought it would be.”
They added: “Something is going on. It came out with a bang. No. 1 everywhere. [Now] it and she have disappeared.”
In March, federal agents raided Diddy’s properties in Miami and Los Angeles, reportedly in connection to a federal sex-trafficking investigation, and on top of that, he faces numerous other allegations related to sexual abuse.
The 54-year-old disgraced music mogul then faced fresh backlash once hotel footage came out that showed him violently abusing Cassie Ventura in 2016.
Days after the footage surfaced, Diddy sent out a groveling apology video, which he shared with his 19.9 million Instagram followers.
In his video, Diddy claims that he was “disgusted” by his behavior before claiming that he has been seeking “rehab” and “therapy.”
“My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video,” he said Saturday on Instagram.
“I was disgusted then when I did it. I’m disgusted now,” he added. “I went and I sought out professional help. I got into going to therapy, going to rehab. I had to ask God for his mercy and grace.
“I’m so sorry. But I’m committed to be a better man each and every day. I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m truly sorry.”
Meanwhile, one of Beyoncé’s last major public appearances was at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, months ago.
On stage while accepting the Innovator Award from legend Stevie Wonder, she slammed “all the record labels, every radio station, every awards show” after her entrance into country music was met with resistance from some country music fans and country music radio stations.
Some country music radio DJs ignored fan requests to play the singer’s Cowboy Carter songs on air.
Beyoncé went on to claim that the music industry needs to become “more open to the joy and liberation that comes from enjoying art with no preconceived notions.”
Some think Beyoncé’s disappearance is due to Diddy. (Image: Getty)
She dedicated her award to those who have “dedicated their lives and their art to creating shifts,” mentioning Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Tracy Chapman, Linda Martell, Prince, André 3000, Tina Turner and Michael Jackson.
“[They] defied any label placed upon them, thank you for executing your dream so we could all follow,” she said.
Beyoncé also thanked her husband, Jay-Z, calling him as “my rock, my best friend, I love you” and her “three beautiful children who continue to be my inspiration, my biggest blessing.”
Still, all the backlash hasn’t exactly detered Cowboy Carter’s success.
Last month, Beyoncé became the first Black woman to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country chart with her track Texas Hold ‘Em.
