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Producer extraordinaire, Dallas Austin, spoke about that beef during an interview with VladTv. In addition to Rodney Jerkins, he co-produced Brandy and Monica’s chart-topping, Grammy winning song, “The Boy Is Mine.” So he had a front row seat to the drama that existed between the two women. And he told more than enough, confirming some long-standing rumors about the nature of the drama between these two singers.
See what he had to say in the video and transcript below.
Vlad: There was some sort of lightweight beef between the two of them.
Dallas: Laughs Heavyweight beef. They got in a fight. They went to do the AMAs or the MTV… one of ‘em. Monica never liked Brandy and Monica was very ghetto when it came down to it. She was like, ‘She’s too proper and she’s too this.’ And I think Brandy might have looked at her a certain way a couple of times and looked at her like the little—makes a dismissive hand wave.
So from that point, even to have them do “The Boy is Mine,” Monica was like, ‘Nope. I’m not doing no song with her.’ I was like, ‘C’mon. You got it. It just makes the most sense. Clive [Davis] wants it. Let’s just do it.’ So we did the song. I did Monica’s stuff out here and they did Brandy’s out there. And the first time they actually saw each other to do it, I think it was the American Music Awards or something and before they could even get to the stage, Monica decked her in the face, popped her in the face backstage. Slams his fist into his palm.
And I went ‘Oh my God!’ So everybody was like ‘How are we going to have a performance that looks they’re not at war with each other?’ But it worked out because the song is they’re supposed to be at war with each other so nobody could tell that she punched her in the face before the performance.
And Monica was at the epitome of finding her real self. She had went through a lot of stuff. And her real self, if you didn’t have gold teeth, she didn’t like you. So she was really hood in Atlanta and she wasn’t wit it. I still don’t think she’s all the way wit it.
She said ‘I knew she was going to say something flip. Before she even do it…’”
Now, if you’re like me you want to see this performance where Brandy sang with a throbbing face. It actually was the 1998 MTV Awards. And Brandy does seem to be more agitated than Monica .In fact, she avoids eye contact with Monica until she couldn’t any more.
Check it out on the next page.
