The feud is over. The voices are back.
Brandy and Monica, two pillars of late-’90s R&B and one-time rivals, are joining forces for a co-headlining tour nearly three decades after “The Boy Is Mine” shot to No. 1 and stayed there for thirteen weeks. The tour, aptly named after their 1998 smash, was announced Tuesday. It marks the first time the two will share a full tour stage.
It’s not just nostalgia—it’s a reckoning.
“This really is a full-circle moment,” Brandy told Variety. “It’s bigger than a reunion—it’s about honoring where we came from and the people who carried us here.” Monica echoed the sentiment in her own understated way, posting a teaser with the caption: Timing is everything.
The lineup includes Kelly Rowland, Muni Long, and American Idol winner Jamal Roberts as special guests.
The tour kicks off with a date at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on November 9. Presale opens June 26; general tickets drop a day later.
This collaboration has been a long time coming. After the release of “The Boy Is Mine” in 1998, the public loved the duet, but the women behind it weren’t exactly best friends. Reports swirled of tension backstage, culminating in an infamous moment before their MTV VMA performance that year—when Monica allegedly punched Brandy in the face. They performed anyway.
Despite the scuffle, the single became iconic, a defining cut in the canon of modern R&B.
Both artists took different paths in the years that followed. Brandy expanded into television—earning the nickname “The Vocal Bible,” becoming the first Black actress to play Cinderella on-screen, and later starring in ABC’s Queens. Monica stayed more behind the scenes but kept a steady output. Her 1995 debut Miss Thang went platinum when she was just 14. In 2022, she teased a country album Open Roads, produced by Brandi Carlile, which remains unreleased.
They reunited briefly in 2012 with the single “It All Belongs to Me,” then again in 2020 for Ariana Grande’s remix of “The Boy Is Mine.” Their Verzuz battle in 2021 served less as a clash and more like couples therapy. There was still tension—Monica joked about her “So Gone” era of “kicking in doors,” and Brandy reminded her, “I was one of the ones.” But by the end of the livestream, the two shared a laugh and moved on.
Now, it seems the real truce is sealed—with a tour that fans have waited nearly three decades to witness.
No drama, just music. Finally.
Last modified: July 3, 2025
