Beyoncé's unreleased music stolen just before Atlanta shows

Some of Beyoncé’s unreleased music and private show files were stolen from a car in Atlanta just days before she kicked off her Cowboy Carter tour in the city. According to a police report, hard drives with unreleased songs, past and future setlists, and show plans were inside a rental car being used by Beyoncé’s choreographer Christopher Grant and dancer Diandre Blue. The theft happened on July 8, two days before her first Atlanta performance.

Grant and Blue told police they had parked the black Jeep Wagoneer parked their rented Jeep Wagoneer near Krog Street Market, a local food hall. When they came back, the car’s rear window had been smashed, and two suitcases were missing.

They said the suitcases had “personal, sensitive information for the musician Beyoncé,” including five jump drives containing watermarked music, unreleased tracks, behind-the-scenes footage from the Cowboy Carter tour, tour setlist, choreography plan, and production notes.

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Other things like MacBook laptops, designer clothes, and accessories, including Tom Ford glasses, and Apple AirPods, were also stolen. Police used tracking data from the laptop and AirPods to try to trace their location. They also found two faint fingerprints on the car.

Atlanta police have issued an arrest warrant but haven’t revealed the suspect’s name yet. It’s still not clear if any of the stolen items have been recovered. This isn’t the first time Beyoncé has faced theft. In 2021, more than 1 million worth of designer items were stolen from her storage unit in Los Angeles.

While things are going South behind, Beyoncé has been effortlessly pulling off her shows in Atlanta. Beyoncé even gave her fans a big surprise during her third show in Atlanta as part of the Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour, where she pulled out her husband, Jay-Z. This was Jay-Z’s first appearance on the U.S. leg of the tour, after a short cameo in Paris last month. Together, the couple performed their 2003 classic 'Crazy in Love', sending the stadium into a frenzy.

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