Tia Mowry Recalls When Beyoncé Surprised Her with a Nostalgic ’90s Tribute at Renaissance Tour: ‘So Shocked’ (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Tia Mowry in March 2025; Beyoncé in February 2025.Photo:Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty;Kevin Mazur/Getty

Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty;Kevin Mazur/Getty

With her “feet planted firmly on the ground” atBeyoncé’sRenaissance Tour,Tia Mowrywas “so shocked” whenBey acknowledged herin the crowd.

Mowry, 46, told PEOPLE at theOverjoyed launch eventin Los Angeles on Feb. 20 about the surprising moment in 2023 when Beyoncé, 43, infused her ballad “1+1” with a sliver of Tia and twin sisterTamera Mowry’s 1992 song“Yeah, Yeah, Yeahafter noticing Tia standing in the audience.

“I was so shocked when that happened,” she says, referring toBeyoncé singing some of the lyricsfrom the twin sisters’girl group, Voices, during the concert at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., on Sept. 4, 2023.

“It was definitely a moment, and I’m grateful and overjoyed for that moment, and she’s wonderful. I’ve met her several times,” Tia adds.

Beyoncé during the Renaissance Tour in 2023.Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood

Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood

TheSister, Sisterstar admitted she didn’t realize the mini tribute had even happened until another person in the crowd nudged her about it.

“What’s so funny, I was off to the side of the stage, so … somebody behind me had to say, ‘Oh my gosh, this just happened,’ and I was like, ‘What?’ ” she recalls. “And then I had seen it online, and she’s amazing.”

“That is so cool. Yeah, I’m a huge fan,” she concludes about the nod.

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A day after that 2023 moment, Tia spotlighted it in anInstagram post.

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Tia and Tamera first met Beyoncé in the ’90s when their brotherTahj Mowrystarred on Disney Channel’sSmart Guy.

“The first time I met@beyoncewas during her Destiny’s Child days when she was on a production with my brother@tahj_mowry, and since then I have been lucky to cross paths with her throughout the years,” Tia noted in the Instagram post that included a photo Tia and Tamera posing with the Destiny’s Child members as teenagers.

source: people.com