Shyne Fires Back at Brandy, Reaffirms Their Relationship Story

Shyne has publicly responded to Brandy’s denial that they were ever romantically involved, telling TMZ that her version of events is inaccurate. The story resurfaced after Shyne and Ma$e discussed dating Brandy around the same period during an episode of the podcast It Is What It Is. Brandy swiftly issued a statement refuting the claims. She described their connection as strictly platonic.

Shyne defended his account. He emphasized that his recollections come from admiration. “I spoke from a place of admiration and a place of reminiscing on my experience with her, which I didn’t care to highlight the negatives, it was only positive,” he said. “I don’t know what is wrong with her.” He also noted a past incident in which Brandy apologized on Oprah after misrepresenting her marital status to protect her public image. “She lied to Oprah about being married and had to go on Oprah and apologize because she said she did that to protect her image… I can’t get in her mind. I’m just saying that she has lied to the public before to protect her image, and maybe the fact that she was seeing both Mase and I at the same time, she feels it’s not good for her image.”

Shyne and Ma$e Recall the Past, While Brandy Sets the Record Straight

Reflecting on their differing perspectives, Shyne contrasted his approach with Ma$e’s: “Mase has different opinions. He’s very hard-lined. He’s very extreme. I’m a bit more compassionate, a bit middle ground. So, Mase and I weren’t agreeing on everything. But we agreed on [both dating her]. So, if I was capping, he would have said, ‘Nah, Shyne. I don’t remember it like that.’ He and I remember it the same way. Clark Kent remembers it the same way. So, but you know what? Happy Women’s Month.”

The discussion began after fellow rapper Cam’ron prompted Shyne and Ma$e to clarify overlapping timelines with Brandy on the podcast. Brandy later took to Instagram to address the situation directly. She wrote: “In the late 90’s, I had a platonic friendship with rapper Shyne. In an unfortunate turn of events, that friendship is now being mischaracterized as ‘we dated.’ Unequivocally, we did not! I’m not sure why an untrue narrative about a scope of what was a friendship more than 20-years ago is being reshaped during his current media interviews.”