Breaking Down the Brandy and Monica Beef

We break down the years of friction between the two singers

Brandy and Monica at ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on February 16, 2012. Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

For the last 22 years, instead of being celebrated for having the bestselling female duet of all time with “The Boy is Mine,” which earned them both their first Hot 100 number one and their first Grammy, Brandy and Monica have been synonymous with beef. The comparisons never really made sense, as…