ATLANTA – Atlanta police say they have identified a suspect in the reported theft of Beyoncé’s unreleased music from a rental car being used by her choreographer and a dancer. Police on Monday released an incident report saying members of Beyoncé’s touring entourage reported the vehicle was broken into July 8 while they ate a restaurant.
Among the items that were reported stolen were two suitcases, a pair of laptops and several thumb drives that included unreleased music. It happened just before Beyoncé kicked off four shows at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Police say they have an arrest warrant for a suspect, but they haven’t released the suspect’s name.
Here’s what we know about Beyoncé’s stolen music.
Beyoncé’s choreographer, Christopher Grant, and dancer Diandre Blue called police after dining at a restaurant at a retail complex a few miles (kilometers) east of the downtown Atlanta stadium.
They said their rented Jeep Wagoneer had been broken into while parked in a nearby garage. They had left it for about an hour after stopping to eat shortly after 8 p.m.
Among the things that were stolen were two suitcases, a pair of sunglasses, Apple headphones, two Apple laptops and five thumb drives, according to the police report.
“They have my computers and it’s really, really important information in there,” one of the men told a 911 operator in a recording released by police. “I work with, um, someone who’s, like, of a high status, and I really need my computer and everything.”
Grant told officers at the scene that he and Blue work for Beyoncé and that he had been “carrying some personal sensitive information for the musician.”
The police report said the thumb drives contained “watermarked music, unreleased music, footage plans for the show, and past and future set list(s).”
A representative for Beyonce’ did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
Police zero in on a suspect
Investigators have “secured an arrest warrant for a suspect,” police said in a news release Monday. They did not release the suspect’s name but said the person was at large.
The 911 caller, who isn’t identified on the released recording, noted that one of the stolen laptops had tracking software enabled. The police report says officers canvassed an area by following signals from the laptop and the stolen headphones.
Although it’s unclear what evidence following the tracking signals yielded, the police report lists a red 2025 Hyundai Elantra as a possible suspect vehicle. It also says an officer inspecting Grant and Blue’s rented Jeep was able to retrieve “two very light” fingerprints.
The police report also mentioned that cameras “captured the incident” at the garage.
