DESIGNATION X-6: COWBOY CONFESSIONS, PART 2

So, we left off with the 2014 Met Gala elevator drama, which revived the rumors of Jay-Z's cheating history and more specifically, Cathy White. 

Now, what does the Cowboy Carter album have to do with this? Well, the devil's in the details -- or rather, the lyrics. 

I started down this rabbit hole from another creator who referenced Cathy White, in relation to the album's song "Daughter". At first I was skeptical, but knowing all this information now, it shines a very grim and disturbing light on the lyrics of the song. Bey and Jay were already on thin ice being suspected of Cathy's murder, but this song reads like a blatant confession.

"Your body laid out on these filthy floors

Your bloodstains on my custom coutures

Bathroom attendant let me right in

She was a big fan

I really tried to stay cool

But your arrogance disturbed my solitude

Now I ripped your dress and you're all black and blue

Look what you made me do

If you cross me, I'm just like my father

I am colder than Titanic water

[Chorus]

Help me, Lord, from these fantasies in my head

They ain't ever been safe ones"

But even worse, this isn't the only song that seems to reference a murder -- the entire album is littered with vague threats and violence. Here's a lyric from the song "Bodyguard":

"I don't like the way she's lookin' at you

Someone better hold me back, oh-oh

Chargin' ten for a double and I'm talkin'

I'm 'bout to lose it, turn around and John Wayne that ass

[Pre-Chorus]

They couldn't catch you (Ah, with me)

And they never will (You see)"

And yet another lyric from "Riverdance":

"Staring down the barrel of my gun

Yes, I shot you down

He cried the day he realized

That lies were hidden in my kisses"

...And another from "Tyrant":

"Then tell the law we don't remember nothin' after that

Scot-free (Scot-free), whole city after me

Have you seen her? 5'9'', thick and fine, what a tragedy"

Now, interestingly enough, I can't find any information about Cathy White's height online, so I guess we'll have to leave that up to imagination. Here's another questionable lyric from song "Amen":

"This house was built with blood and bone

And it crumbled, yes, it crumbled

The statues they made were beautiful

But they were lies of stone, they werе lies of stone"

Repentance and asking for mercy seem to be common lyrics across the album, as well as other religious references. So what, I wonder, is Beyonce seeking mercy for? Perhaps something is weighing heavily on her conscience. 

Jay-Z appeared to have a lot on his mind in June of 2017 as well, when he dropped his album 4:44. A lyric from this album seems to confess his infidelity -- "I apologize, our love was one for the ages and I contained us, and if my children knew, I don't even know what I would do / If they ain't look at me the same / I would prolly die with all the shame."

Now, enter Kanye West. Kanye and Jay-Z were thick as thieves, with Jay-Z mentoring the up-and-coming rapper into his own stardom. He took Kanye on to his record label, and they even made multiple tracks together.

But it seems the friendship wasn't meant to last -- their separation started in 2009, after Kanye's infamous VMAs stage invasion, which interrupted Taylor Swift and upstaged Beyonce, Jay's wife. Jay and Bey then failed to attend Kanye and Kim Kardashian's wedding. Jay also failed to offer the couple support after Kim was robbed in Paris.

In November of 2016, Kanye launched into a 17-minute rant at his concert in Sacramento -- which shifted from praising Donald Trump, to asking Jay-Z not to assassinate him. He also insinuated that Beyonce was trying to extort a video of the year award:

"Beyonce, I was hurt. 'Cause I heard you'd only perform if you won video of the year! Jay-Z, I know you got killers! Please don't send 'em at my head, just call me! Talk to me like a man!" -- Kanye West

Apparently that seemed to do the trick, and obviously Jay didn't have Kanye assassinated -- in fact the two of them were seen and photographed together in 2019, hanging out at P. Diddy's 50th birthday party. Strange how it all somehow comes back to Diddy, doesn't it? I wonder if this on-again-off-again trio will be some of the people exposed -- Diddy is saying that he "won't go down alone", after all. Will he spill the beans, do you think?

Speaking of the Diddler, remember Liz Crokin? Yes, the journalist who was going to interview Cathy White before her untimely death -- we went over that in part 1. If you haven't read that first, here's the link: DESIGNATION X-5: COWBOY CONFESSIONS - Dana Scully's Blog | SpaceHey

Once Diddy was enveloped in his current legal debacle, Liz gained a newfound passion for sharing the truth about Cathy White, in hopes of gaining some kind of justice for the girl. Once things started getting heated, she tweeted this:

"Hey Jay-Z, I was the reporter who talked to your alleged mistress right before she died/was murdered.

I know everything.

I know what you did.

Go f**k yourself!

Your time is coming.

Maybe you and Diddy can share a prison cell together.

Justice is coming!"

Now, this is a topic for another day, but ironically, Diddy has also been accused of murdering his ex girlfriend Kim Porter, who also died under mysterious circumstances. So it seems rather fitting for him to be the company Jay keeps.

Another mutual acquaintance of theirs happens to be female rapper Blu Cantrell -- who developed a close relationship with Jay-Z shortly before he began dating Beyonce. Blu started her career working under other bigger artists -- including good old Diddy. In an interview with Wendy Williams after their breakup, Williams said she believed their relationship was bound to end: "You're 25, he needed someone younger... more naive."

In 2014, Cantrell was hospitalized after she was found wandering the streets of Santa Monica, screaming that someone had poisoned her with gas. She has remained reclusive since, and has not spoken at all about the incident. Fortunately, she seems to be alive and well; in 2020 she appeared at a throwback performance in London, with other artists.

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At the time of writing (4/26/2024), this is all the information I know of. I think there are many morals to this story, but perhaps the most important is that the biggest celebrities do not get to the top without trampling others, and we really shouldn't be putting these people on pedestals. Millions might call Beyonce a "queen", but I doubt Cathy White would agree.