Tyrese is calling out comedian Katt Williams, and rappers Kanye West and 50 Cent—but it’s not because of any beef between him and the trio.
In fact, the reason why Tyrese named the aforementioned group of people has nothing at all to do with them personally—it’s just his latest marketing tactic to promote his new, arguably long-awaited album “Beautiful Pain” and give us an update on his relationship drama (once again). Yup, that’s right. If you thought Tyrese and the drama surrounding his previous marriage to ex-wife Samantha Lee and current relationship with girlfriend Zelie Timothy was going to be left in 2023—think again!
In a video posted to Instagram on Super Bowl Sunday, the “Lately” singer took to Instagram to express his frustration over an unexpected neighborhood power outage that threw a wrench in his viewing plans. He also decided to share a special announcement with his followers and fans: his long awaited album “Beautiful Pain” was finally out and that his relationship with Zelie is now allegedly over.
“My lawyers, my managers, everybody’s pissed. I just released by double album today. But its only available for 10 hours. 50 Cent, Katt Williams, Kanye, forgive me. I used you for clickbait,” Tyrese said.
He further added in the caption: “Me and Zelie just broke up over some dumb shit. Remember this..She demanded that I cancel my ALBUM because there’s too many songs about my ex on there.. fuck does that even mean?”
What followed was a nearly six-minute long trailer of the “Sweet Lady” singer showing his process of making the album and the creative input and cosigns he received from folks like Lenny Kravitz, Snoop Dogg, Kim Burrell, Grammy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and more.
In a voiceover clip, Tyrese expounded on the crux of the inspiration of his album: “Unlike most, I actually got married to do it for the rest if my life. I believe that God will unleash some of his biggest challenges on his real foot soldiers because He knows were gonna give him all the glory. I look at who I am and what I’ve become and the strength that I’ve discovered in myself. One day i woke up and just like that, my whole world just went up in smoke.”
He went on to say that he still believes in love and tried to “create a world within a world,” with this new project. He also said that one of his biggest lessons he’s learned throughout the process of making it was to be careful with the things he says because his words carry vibrations in the world—positive or negative. (Let’s see how long this lesson sticks, we’re just in the second month of the year.)
Additionally, his sentiments about “Beautiful Pain” only being available for a limited time was correct seeing as how the project isn’t available to find anywhere anymore.