Another day, another pop music feud.
On Thursday, Kanye West re-inserted both his feet into his mouth by offering a belated apology to Beck, in a heartfelt Twitter message of 61 characters.
Now comes Kid Rock, who stirs things up in a new Rolling Stone interview by insulting Beyoncé's music and her appearance. Moreover, Rock is so heavy-handed in his racially and sexually charged criticism, he almost makes West seem subtle by comparison.
Rock (real name: Robert Ritchie) tells Rolling Stone he is "flabbergasted" by Beyoncé's popularity, which puzzles him. To his mind, she has yet to create a classic song that can measure up to Prince, Lynyrd Skynyrd or Bob Seger (who performed Wednesday at SDSU's Viejas Arena).
"Beyoncé, to me, doesn't have a (expletive) 'Purple Rain,' but she's the biggest thing on Earth," Rock said. "How can you be that big without at least one 'Sweet Home Alabama' or 'Old Time Rock & Roll'? People are like, 'Beyoncé's hot. Got a nice (expletive) (derriere).' I'm like, 'Cool, I like skinny white chicks with big (breasts)'..."
It's unclear what prompted Rock's attack on Beyoncé, or if he's heard such Beyoncé songs as "Crazy in Love" or "Me, Myself And I." Regardless, it should surprise no one that Beyoncé's fans have taken to social protest to express their understandable displeasure with the outspoken Rock and to defend the woman they fondly call Queen Bey.
Using the Twitter handle #QueenBeyTeam, one fan wrote:
"It never fails. every Time these hasbeens are out here flopping they take cheap shots at the throne."
Another wrote: "Bey would NEVER look your broke ugly pasty skeleton way," then strongly implied Rock was suffering from a sexually transmitted disease.
The comments are much stronger on Rock's Instagram page, where some Beyoncé fans have threatened violence against Rock.
"He's just mad that he can't even sell out a cheap (expletive) $20/ticket show....while on the other hand Beyonce sells out....well u know....everything," writes one Beyoncé supporter.
Another post on Rock's Instagram page suggests cultural appropriation is at play. It pointedly notes how Rock drew as heavily from rap as he did from rock to achieve stardom, before his more recent turn to country-music.
"He uses us to build his career, and when things get good he runs to country and conservatism. Now in a fight for relevance he bashes Beyoncé. We see you Robert. BOW DOWN #BEYHIVE"
To add another layer to the controversy, it might be worth noting that Rock has long used a large Confederate flag as stage backdrop for his concerts (a fact that somehow did not deter the Detroit chapter of the NAACP from giving Rock an award).
Rock is, of course, entitled to his opinions, just as Beyoncé's fans are entitled to theirs. It's unfortunate that he worded his criticisms of her in such an offensive manner, and that some of Beyoncé's fans have responded in kind.
Unfortunate, but not surprising. The Internet, in general, and social media, specifically, seem tailor-made for people to hurl insults, often under the cover of anonymity.
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Song Of The Day--
[Intro - Danyèl Waro:]
Kinm in kalot oté Mandela
Twé la pa mèt dan la gèl banna
Twé la pèt amwin
[Intro - Beyonce:]
We be all night
[Verse 1 - Kanye West:]
Woo! You will never need another lover
Woo! Cause you a milf and I'm a motherfucker
Told you give the drummer some, now the drummer cummin'
I'm pa rum pa pum pumin' all on your stomach
Yeah, tonight I see some super freaky hoes
That could go from bein' stripper to a super C.E.O
I don't know the way you do it, but you do it to me though
And you always told your girlfriends you need you a TV show
Now you got your own money, you don't need nobody else
But far as handlin' all that ass, I think you gon' need some help
Let me remind you, you got a, you got a great future behind you
You gotta tell me what we tryna do
I ain't no pastor, don't do missionary
I know good pussy when I see it, I'm a visionary
I know them haters talkin', always had us very wary
Yup! On the 35th of Nevuary
Yup! You love the way I'm turnt
After all the money you earned, still show daddy what you learned
That cowgirl, you reverse that cowgirl
You reverse, you reverse, and I impregnated your mouth, girl, ooooh
That's when I knew you could be my spouse, girl
We fuckin' all over the house, girl, we just messed up a brand new couch, girl
You ain't on site then you on Skype
I put you on that bike, you bound, girl
We too wild, won't turn down
We drunk in love, fuck them
[Verse 2 - Beyonce:]
I've been drinking, I've been drinking
I get filthy when that liquor get into me
I've been thinking, I've been thinking
Why can't I keep my fingers off it, baby? I want you, na-na
Why can't I keep my fingers off you, baby? I want you, na-na
Cigars on ice, cigars on ice
Feeling like an animal with these cameras all in my grill
Flashing lights, flashing lights
You got me faded, faded-faded, baby, I want you, na-na
Can't keep your eyes off my fatty, daddy, I want you, na-na
Drunk in love, I want you
[Bridge:]
We woke up in the kitchen saying
"How the hell did this shit happen?" Oh baby, drunk in love
We be all night, last thing I remember is our
Beautiful bodies grinding up in that club, drunk in love
[Hook:]
We be all night, love, love
We be all night, love, love
[Verse 3 - Beyonce:]
We be all night, and everything all right
No complaints from my body, so fluorescent under these lights
Boy, I'm drinking, park it in my lot, 7-11
I'm rubbing on it, rub-rubbing, if you scared, call that reverend
Boy, I'm drinking, get my brain right, Armand de Brignac, gangster wife
Louis sheets, he sweat it out like washrags, he wear it up
Boy, I'm drinking, I'm singing on the mic til my voice hoarse
Then I fill the tub up halfway then ride it with my surfboard
Surfboard, surfboard
Graining on that wood, graining, graining on that wood
I'm swerving on that, swerving, swerving on that
Big body Benz serving all this, swerve, surfing all in this good-good
[Bridge]
[Hook]
[Verse 4 - Jay-Z:]
Hold up, that D'ussé is the shit if I do say so myself
If I do say so myself, if I do say so myself
Hold up, stumble all in the house, time to back up all that mouth
That you had all in the car, talking 'bout you the baddest bitch thus far
Talking 'bout you be repping that Third, I wanna see all that shit that I heard
Know I sling Clint Eastwood, hope you can handle this curve, uh
Foreplay in a foyer, fucked up my Warhol
Slid the panties right to the side, ain't got the time to take drawers off
On sight, catch a charge I might
Beat the box up like Mike in '97 I bite
I'm Ike Turner, turn up, baby, no, I don't play
Now eat the cake, Anna Mae said, "Eat the cake, Anna Mae!"
I'm nice, for y'all to reach these heights
You gon' need G3, 4, 5, 6 flights
Sleep tight, we sex again in the morning
Your breasteses is my breakfast, we going in, we be all night
[Hook]
[Bridge:]
I'm never tired, never tired
I been sippin', that's the only thing
That's keeping me on fire, we on fire
Didn't mean to spill that liquor all on my attire
I've been drinking, watermelon
I want your body right here, daddy, I want you, right now
Can't keep your eyes off my fatty, daddy, I want you
[Hook]
YOU ARE READING
BEYONCE'S WORLD
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