Pop singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a>’s mother Tina Knowles had some strong words for fans who criticized her daughter’s appearance.
The 42-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">performer</a> debuted white-silver hair and a shiny silver Versace gown while promoting her Renaissance World Tour concert film at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Saturday night. Some followers accused Beyoncé of “lightening her skin” over the years, which they claim was apparent at the event.
Tina said these accusations were baseless and shared her thoughts in a lengthy Instagram post.
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“Came across this today and decided to post it after seeing all of the stupid ignorant self, hating racist statements about her, lightening her skin, and wearing platinum hair wanting to be white,” Knowles wrote of the video montage she shared, which was accompanied by the Beyoncé song, “Brown Skin Girl.” 
She accused detractors of criticizing Beyoncé due to “hate and jealousy.” 
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Tina continued, “She does a film, called the renaissance, where the whole theme is silver with silver hair, a silver carpet, and suggested silver attire and you bozos decide that she&#8217;s trying to be a white woman and is bleaching her skin?”
“Duh, she wore silver hair to match her silver dress as a fashion statement clown… ALIEN Superstar duh!” she added, referencing one of her daughter’s newest songs.
Tina chastised the critics questioning Beyoncé’s look. “I am sick and tired of people attacking her. Every time she does something that she works her ass off for and is a statement of her work ethic, talent and resilience. Here you sad little haters come out the woodwork. Jealousy and racism, sexism, double standards, you perpetuate those things,” she said. “Instead of celebrating a sister or just ignoring if you don&#8217;t like her. I am sick of you losers.”
Beyoncé’s mom also expressed her outrage that a reporter from TMZ had the “audacity” to ask the singer’s hairdresser for a statement about the skin lightening controversy overall. “That made…my blood boil that this white woman felt so entitled to discuss her blackness,” her mom wrote in the Instagram post.

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‘Sick Of You Losers’ Beyonce’s Mom Goes Off On Her Daughter’s ‘Racist’ Critics

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> appeared to have some difficulty differentiating between pop stars when he made a few off-the-cuff comments during Monday&#8217;s ceremonial turkey pardon at the White House.
Biden was explaining just how difficult the selection process was to find the turkeys for the pardon, and attempted to compare that to how challenging it could be to secure tickets for popular concerts — such as Taylor Swift&#8217;s The Eras Tour, which was so popular that it was released in theaters. His comparison went sideways, however, when he appeared to confuse Swift with Britney Spears and Beyonce.
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Joe Biden makes a joke about how hard it is to get tickets to Beyonce&#39;s Renaissance Tour except he says that her name is &quot;Brittany.
He then says she is currently performing in Brazil, which is where Taylor Swift just did shows on her Eras Tour.
Beyonce&#39;s tour ended in October. <a href="https://t.co/LUZb9UMeUS">pic.twitter.com/LUZb9UMeUS</a>
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&#8220;Liberty and Bell had to beat some tough odds, competition,&#8221; Biden said of the turkeys. &#8220;Harder than getting a ticket to The Renaissance Tour — or, or to Britney&#8217;s tour, she&#8217;s down in – it&#8217;s kind of warm in Brazil right now.&#8221;
But unfortunately for Biden, the joke was more confusing than it was funny. The Renaissance Tour — which was Beyonce&#8217;s recent outing, ended on October 1 in Kansas City. Britney Spears is not touring at all, and hasn&#8217;t since her tenth outing in 2018, her Piece of Me Tour.
Swift is the only one of the three who is currently on tour — and she is in Brazil — but a joke about the heat in Rio de Janeiro was likely to rub some fans the wrong way after <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/world/americas/taylor-swift-fan-dies-brazil.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one young woman died</a> at Swift&#8217;s concert there.
Ana Clara Benevides, 23, reportedly died of cardiac arrest in the extreme heat — and a number of other fans fainted at the first of three sold-out shows at the open-air venue. Fans took to social media to complain about the lack of water available, and at one point during the show, Swift called on security to help get water to concert-goers.
Swift offered her condolences via Instagram after learning that Benevides had died, saying in part, &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m writing these words, but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show &#8230; I feel this loss deeply, and by broken heart goes out other family and friends.&#8221;
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Rapper <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jay-z" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jay-Z</a> and his wife, recording artist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beyoncé</a>, just purchased a $200 million mansion in Malibu.
The sale set the record as the most expensive home ever sold in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> and the second most expensive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/real-estate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">real estate</a> deal in the country, according to a TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/05/22/jay-z-beyonce-200-million-malibu-cash-purchase/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>. The property was initially listed at $295 million. The publication noted that the couple is believed to have paid in cash.
Their new place is a 40,000-square-foot estate on eight acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It’s located in the exclusive Paradise Cove area and was designed by famed Japanese architect Tadao Ando, per <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/beyonce-jay-z-malibu-home-history-162315145.html">Yahoo</a>. 
The concrete and glass Malibu estate took almost 15 years to build.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beyoncé and Jay-Z</a> purchased the home, which doubles as an art museum, from renowned art collectors William and Maria Bell. The outlet noted that the Bells are recognized as some of the most significant art collectors in the world.
According to TMZ, Jay-Z is worth an estimated $2.5 billion, while Beyoncé’s net worth is close to $500 million. Beyoncé just began her Renaissance tour in May with a show in Stockholm. This tour alone is expected to bring in a reported $1 billion. 
The singer faced backlash for performing in Dubai in January because of the country’s strict anti-LGBTQ laws. She reportedly accepted $24 million for the concert, which was put on to celebrate the opening of a new hotel called The Atlantis Royal, per <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-questioned-for-accepting-24m-to-perform-in-dubai-despite-its-anti-lgbtq-laws" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>.
“Beyoncé is a huge icon for many gay people,” LGB Alliance co-founder Bev Jackson <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/01/22/beyonce-falls-foul-lgbt-fans-exclusive-dubai-concert/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Telegraph Sunday at the time. “LGB Alliance is deeply therefore disappointed that Beyoncé has agreed to give a lucrative concert in Dubai, where same-sex sex acts are a criminal offense, potentially punishable by death.”
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Fans called the singer’s actions hypocritical because she spoke about her gay uncle during an acceptance speech at the 2019 GLAAD Media Awards.
“Witnessing his battle with HIV was one of the most painful experiences I’ve ever lived,” Beyoncé said of her relative. “I’m hopeful that his struggles serve to open pathways for other young people to live more freely. LGBTQI rights are human rights.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> fans in the United States are combating astronomical ticket prices by choosing to attend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">concerts</a> in Europe instead.
Music fans have been using this tactic for a while, arguing that a trip abroad can cost the same or less than seeing a show stateside, especially when they use airline points or other rewards to book flights and hotels. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/europe">European</a> concert tickets are often much cheaper than tickets for the same tour in American cities.
Dallas-based Beyoncé fan Mercedes Arielle posted on Instagram about her decision to book a flight for the Renaissance tour to see a show in Sweden even though the performer was coming to her city. She <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/beyonce-fans-european-shows-ticketmaster-rcna74364">told</a> NBC News that VIP tickets to the Stockholm show cost $366, but her friends in Dallas spent $900 on tickets.
The social media user noted that she even got better seats for the money. “Beyoncé is gonna sweat on me,” Arielle said. “That’s how close I am.”
Kentucky-based fan Kylyn Schnelle had the same experience. She told the publication, “When I looked in London, it was 167 pounds [about $200], and the flight was, like, $660. I was like, this is genuinely the same cost.”
She contacted a friend in London and convinced her to attend the show, too. “If you&#8217;re going to spend $800, why would you not milk it as much as possible?” she said of making the trip.
&#8220;With the flight, it was still cheaper than me buying them in Kentucky,&#8221; Schnelle <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kylynschnelle/video/7199404846452067630?q=kylynschnelle&amp;t=1678479641252">said</a> in a TikTok video.
Lower ticket prices in Europe aren’t just for the Renaissance tour. The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11888371/Tickets-Beyonc-concerts-expensive-American-fans-flying-Europe.html">reported</a> that admission to Pink’s show in Chicago costs $618, while similar seats at her Warsaw show cost just $126. To see Bruce Springsteen in New Jersey, his home state, costs $537, while seeing him sing in Denmark costs the equivalent of $96. 
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Ticketmaster has come under fire recently for several reasons, including its dynamic pricing strategy, which increases prices based on user demand. They’ve also been called out for excessive service fees and other miscellaneous costs, which some frustrated fans noticed can cost more than the ticket prices themselves.
The Cure guitarist Robert Smith <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-cure-fans-furious-that-ticketmaster-fees-cost-more-than-tickets-robert-smith-responds-sickened">said</a> he was “sickened” by the practice, arguing that the band intentionally tried to keep ticket prices low so more fans could attend. 
“I am as sickened as you all are by today’s Ticketmaster ‘fees’ debacle,” the 63-year-old musician shared with fans last week. “To be very clear: the artist has no way to limit them,” he continued. “I have been asking how they are justified. If I get anything coherent by way of an answer I will let you all know.”

94th Annual Academy Awards – Show

Beyoncé Fans Opt To Purchase Concert Tickets In Europe As U.S. Prices Soar: ‘It Was Still Cheaper’

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Oddly enough, there’s something less sinister about the over-the-top evil vibes of the 65th Annual Grammy Awards than if Sam Smith and Kim Petras had chosen a bit more subtlety.
By now, most people have seen snippets of the “Unholy” performance. Smith donned a red suit and devil horns to sing about a man abandoning his family for sexual perversion as scantily clad dancers gyrated around in a circle.
The costume was reminiscent of something a trick-or-treater might find at Party City.
Many conservative viewers reacted strongly to this “satanic” performance, which only made the Left more gleeful in their derision. &#8216;How could anyone fall for such a blatant caricature of the devil,&#8217; they wondered. &#8216;How pathetic.&#8217;
Smith, “Unholy,” the transgender artist Kim Petras, and indeed the whole Grammys broadcast weren’t really about the fallen angel who wanted to become more powerful than God, however. As many pundits rightly pointed out, modern-day Satanism isn’t usually about worshiping the devil; it’s about worshiping the self. 
And no one is better at that than Hollywood celebrities, including all the musical artists clapping along in the audience.
The whole spectacle was engineered to elicit a big reaction. Before the performance, Smith <a href="https://twitter.com/samsmith/status/1622338593808158720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> black and white snapshots from the show rehearsal and wrote in the caption, “This is going to be SPECIAL.”
That prompted the official CBS to reply in a now-deleted tweet, &#8220;….you can say that again. We are ready to worship!&#8221;
Smith and Petras’ performance delivered the publicity it promised. Reactions were strong from everyone from politicians and business leaders to regular Twitter users who couldn’t believe how blatant the whole thing was.
“End of days vibes,” Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/end-of-days-vibes-elon-musk-other-public-figures-slam-demonic-performance-at-the-grammys" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to a clip from the performance.
Country music singer John Rich tweeted, “The Grammys looked like hell last night. If God doesn’t bring judgement on America he’ll have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.”
Even the song choice fits the theme of radical self-worship. “Unholy” is about a man who chooses sexual fulfillment over his familial obligations. Does it get much more satanic than that?
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At the body shop, doing something unholy
He’s sat back while she’s dropping it, she be popping it
Yeah, she put it down slowly
Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, he left his kids at
Ho-ee-oh-ee-ome, so he can get that
Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot
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It’s worth pointing out that many artists choose to thank God during their acceptance speeches. It’s unclear whether that’s out of habit or because they truly believe, but it does make for an interesting juxtaposition between the “Unholy” drama and the gushing speech portion of the evening.
“I’m trying not to be too emotional. I’m trying to just receive this night. I want to thank God for protecting me. Thank you, God,” Beyonce began her speech when she made Grammy history by breaking the record for the most wins ever as she won the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album trophy.
Petras, meanwhile, thanked Madonna and the transgender community.
The German-born singer specifically thanked, “all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open for me so I could be here tonight,” including the late electronic artist/producer SOPHIE. Petras also said, “This is a huge moment for me, Sam. Thank you. You are a true angel and hero in my life, and I love you.”
Petras, who is a male who identifies as transgender and medically transitioned at 16, also mentioned the controversy following the show.
“I think a lot of people, honestly, have kind of labeled what I stand for and what Sam stands for as religiously not cool,” the singer said.
“And I personally grew up wondering about religion and wanting to be a part of it, but then slowly realizing it doesn’t want me to be a part of it,” Petras continued. “So it’s a take on not being able to choose religion and not being able to live the way that people might want you to live, because, you know, as a trans person, I’m kind of already not wanted in religion.”
Daily Wire co-founder and host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1662-getting-satanic-at-the-grammys-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> summed it up well, pointing out how the satanic performance was both intentional trolling and unintentionally accurate.
“The Grammys annual trolling of traditionally moral people continued apace this year with a full-on Satanic performance from two white men, Sam Smith and Kim Petras,” Shapiro <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1622610253442342915" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> after the show. 
“To even note that this happened is to draw fire: “Hey, why are you even noticing? Why do you even care?” This is the Face Tattoo Syndrome™ in action: do something highly provocative, then act shocked and appalled when people are provoked.”
“But there’s something deeper happening here, too. The elite in our society are fully in line with the ideology of Satanic fealty expressed by Smith and Petras,” he went on. “So what’s the story with Satan and the transgressive ideology? For most of religious history, Satan was the great villain, an emblem of rebellion against the Good and the True, a symbol of resistance to the Holy.”
He next described how John Milton made Satan the villain in “Paradise Lost” but the poet Percy Shelley made the opposite interpretation.
“Why did [Shelley] believe this? Because he believed that the essence of ‘love’ is ‘liberty,’ that the goal of life is subjective ‘happiness,’ and that ‘religion and morality, as they now stand, compose a practical code of misery and servitude,’” Shapiro went on.
“This is the message of our modern-day Satanists as well,” he concluded. “Religion and morality are evils. Worship of ‘authenticity,’ particularly in the sexual realm, is the highest possible good. Worship Satan by worshiping yourself.”
Yes, the red cape and devil horns are overkill. They’re meant to inspire big reactions just so mainstream media can laugh at religious zealots for being ridiculous. But ultimately, the type of religion that Hollywood celebrates is Satanism, which worships the self even as they claim to be thanking God.

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Thanking God While Heiling Satan: How The Grammy Awards Worshiped On The Altar Of Self-Expression

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Singer Harry Styles ended up beating out Beyonce for the Album of the Year honor at the 2023 Grammy Awards, and people are not happy about it.
In what many are <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/harry-styles-album-of-the-year_n_63e03400e4b01e9288720150" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling an upset</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harry-styles">Styles</a> &#8220;Harry&#8217;s House&#8221; album scored the Grammy Sunday night over Beyonce&#8217;s &#8220;Renaissance.&#8221;
Still, Beyonce had a record-breaking night, walking away as the most-awarded artist in Grammys history with a record 32 wins, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/entertainment/beyonce-grammys-most-awarded-artist-cec/index.html">CNN</a> noted.
&#8220;They called Harry Styles the new King of Pop and gave him AOTY over the best body of work released in recent memory,&#8221; one person tweeted. &#8220;And hyped the entire show on Beyonce&#8217;s back to drive ratings. I wish I could say I&#8217;m shocked. #GRAMMYs.&#8221;
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They called Harry Styles the new King of Pop and gave him AOTY over the best body of work released in recent memory. And hyped the entire show on Beyonce’s back to drive ratings. I wish I could say I’m shocked. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GRAMMYs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GRAMMYs</a>
&mdash; Geneva S. Thomas (@GenevaSThomas) <a href="https://twitter.com/GenevaSThomas/status/1622461471052496900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Beyoncé losing Album of The Year at the #GRAMMYs?&#8221; another tweeted. &#8220;They continue to prove their bias towards Latino &amp; Black people. Wasn&#8217;t it enough for Beyoncé to lose in 2016 with Lemonade? Beyoncé continues to be boycotted, without AOTY &amp; used as a token to disguise the Academy&#8217;s racism.&#8221;
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Beyoncé losing Album of The Year at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GRAMMYs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GRAMMYs</a>?
They continue to prove their bias towards Latino &amp; Black people. 
Wasn&#39;t it enough for Beyoncé to lose in 2016 with Lemonade?
Beyoncé continues to be boycotted, without AOTY &amp; used as a token to disguise the Academy’s racism. <a href="https://t.co/PC6RYIOe8K">pic.twitter.com/PC6RYIOe8K</a>
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While another wrote, &#8220;Not Beyoncé and Kendrick losing Album of the Year to Harry Styles during black history month???&#8221;
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not beyoncé and kendrick losing album of the year to harry styles during black history month???
&mdash; yee yee (@yEeyEe006) <a href="https://twitter.com/yEeyEe006/status/1622460067407855617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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It wasn&#8217;t only the award that upset some people. As <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/harry-styles-grammy-acceptance-speech-sets-fan-fueled-firestorm-rcna69327">NBC News</a> noted, Styles seemed to anger Beyonce fans during his acceptance speech.
&#8220;I think on nights like tonight it&#8217;s important for us to remember there is no such thing as &#8216;best&#8217; in music,&#8221; Styles explained. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think any of us sit in the studio making decisions on what is going to get us one of these. This doesn&#8217;t happen to people like me very often and this is so, so nice. Thank you very much.&#8221;
And apparently, it was the last sentence that drew ire from fans.
&#8220;&#8216;This doesn’t happen to people like me'&#8221; is the most white privilege-iest thing to ever be uttered at an awards show ever for all time,&#8221; one person tweeted.
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“This doesn’t happen to people like me” is the most white privilege-iest thing to ever be uttered at an awards show ever for all time
&mdash; Sam Sanders (@samsanders) <a href="https://twitter.com/samsanders/status/1622460954733875201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Harry Styles saying people like him don&#8217;t win very often,&#8221; another person wrote. &#8220;Meanwhile, there are watch parties in Puerto Rico rooting for Benito to win the first-ever Puerto Rican Album of the Year at the Grammys. El chiste se cuenta solo.&#8221;
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Harry Styles saying people like him don’t win very often. Meanwhile, there are watch parties in Puerto Rico rooting for Benito to win the first-ever Puerto Rican Album of the Year at the Grammys. El chiste se cuenta solo.
&mdash; Frances Solá-Santiago (@frances_sola) <a href="https://twitter.com/frances_sola/status/1622456881997381632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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While another wrote, &#8220;&#8216;This doesn’t happen to people like me often&#8217;- a white man winning AOTY for the umpteenth time in history.&#8221;
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“This doesn’t happen to people like me often”
&#8211; a white man winning aoty for the umpteenth time in history
&mdash; ✨Glendale 3/17 &amp; 3/18✨🌙 (@DaynerysSwift_) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaynerysSwift_/status/1622456539532386304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Denying Beyoncé AOTY… during black history month… the Grammy’s never seeing heaven.
&mdash; maybe: diane (@dianelyssa) <a href="https://twitter.com/dianelyssa/status/1622455676877344770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Harry Styles can’t act and can’t sing, yet was in two movies this year and won AOTY. Never give up on your dreams, white dudes.
&mdash; Danez (@Danez_Smif) <a href="https://twitter.com/Danez_Smif/status/1622460501815877632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Fans were also quick to note it was the fourth time Beyonce had been nominated for &#8220;AOTY&#8221; and lost, the outlet noted.

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Harry Styles Beat Beyonce For Album Of The Year And People Are Upset

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Beyoncè tied a Grammys record with her first win of the night at the Sunday evening awards show — and she wasn&#8217;t even there to see it happen.
According to Grammys host — and former host of Comedy Central&#8217;s &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; — Trevor Noah, the &#8220;Break My Soul&#8221; hitmaker was <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/02/05/beyonce-gets-stuck-in-traffic-misses-award-win-at-grammys-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on her way</a> to the venue still stuck in a Los Angeles traffic jam when she officially won the Grammy for Best R&amp;B Song.
While celebrities and fans alike scanned the crowd for Beyoncè once her name had been announced, Terius Nash — a.k.a. The Dream — and Nile Rodgers came to the stage to accept the award on her behalf. After that, Noah stepped in with an explanation.
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Host Trevor Noah just announced that Beyoncé has tied the record for the most Grammys of any artist in history with her win in the category Best R&amp;B Song, for &#39;Cuff It&#39; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GRAMMYs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GRAMMYs</a> <a href="https://t.co/oRwHoZ0hug">pic.twitter.com/oRwHoZ0hug</a>
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&#8220;So for real, Beyoncè is on her way. The upside of hosting the Grammys in LA is that everyone can be here, the downside of hosting the Grammys in LA is the traffic,&#8221; Noah explained. &#8220;Beyoncè is on her way, and just for reference &#8230; Just for reference, Beyoncè has now equalled the record for most Grammys of any individual of all time. This is it, this is it.&#8221;
Noah later interrupted the show once Beyoncè arrived, announcing to everyone else that &#8220;the queen is officially in the building&#8221; and delivering her award to her table. &#8220;I was shocked to find out that traffic could stop you,&#8221; Noah quipped, adding, &#8220;I thought you traveled through space and time, but I&#8217;m glad you could be with us.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/Beyonce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Beyonce</a> is officially in the building &#8211; <a href="https://twitter.com/Trevornoah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TrevorNoah</a> presents her with her <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Grammys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Grammys</a> award <a href="https://t.co/o2lKws9p0D">pic.twitter.com/o2lKws9p0D</a>
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In addition to nabbing two awards in the pre-show ceremony — Best Dance/Electronic recording for &#8220;Break My Soul&#8221; and Best Traditional R&amp;B Performance for &#8220;Plastic Off the Sofa&#8221; — Beyoncè <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/arts/music/beyonce-grammys-win-record.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took home</a> her first award of the night for the song &#8220;Cuff It.&#8221; Her second, a win in the Best Dance Album category for &#8220;Renaissance,&#8221; made history in two ways: it marked her 32nd Grammy, breaking the tie and making her the most decorated artist in history; and she became the first black woman to win in the Best Dance Album category.
During her <a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/awards/beyonce-makes-grammys-history-most-wins-all-time-rcna69236" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emotional acceptance speech</a>, Beyoncè offered her thanks &#8220;to the queer community,&#8221; for their support of her music and for &#8220;inventing this genre.&#8221;
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&#8220;I would like to thank the queer community for your love, for inventing this genre,&#8221; she told the crowd. &#8220;God bless you. Thank you so much to the Grammys,&#8221; she said.
The previous record for most total Grammy wins was held by the late Hungarian conductor Georg Solti.

Beyonce Ties Grammys Record, Misses Her Own Award, Shows Up In Time To Break The Record

The Senate Judiciary Committee warned Ticketmaster that they’ll be watching what happens with ticket sales for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beyoncé</a>’s recently announced Renaissance tour.
The committee&#8217;s Twitter account said, “We’re watching, [Ticketmaster],” in response to a headline announcing the tour. The warning comes on the heels of a highly-publicized disaster with ticket sales for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a>&#8216;s Eras Tour last November.
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We’re watching, <a href="https://twitter.com/Ticketmaster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ticketmaster</a>. <a href="https://t.co/LuWjoXrWX4">https://t.co/LuWjoXrWX4</a>
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Multiple senators blasted Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, during a hearing about the ticket sales fiasco. This was all spurred by allegations that Ticketmaster has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ticketmasters-botched-sale-of-taylor-swift-tickets-converted-gen-zers-into-anti-monopolists-ftc-chairman-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">monopolized</a> the industry after merging with Live Nation in 2010.
When fans tried to purchase <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music-industry">tickets</a> for the Eras tour after pre-registering, the entire site crashed, leaving some people waiting in line for hours only to never secure their tickets. Eventually, the general sale was called off because demand was too high to match availability.
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino said they were simply not equipped to handle the demand for Swift concert tickets. 
“We invited a million and a half on that day to come and buy those tickets, but it’s kind of like having a party,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-finally-breaks-silence-after-eras-tour-ticket-fiasco">explained</a>. “Everybody crashed that door at the same time with 3.5 billion requests.”
“We sold 2 million tickets, the most we’ve ever sold in one day in history, and another million tickets of other artists on the same day,” Rapino continued. “So although we regret it was a slowdown in some queues and some error codes for a short period for some fans, we did manage to recover.”
“This whole concert ticket system is a mess — it’s a monopolistic mess,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said during the hearing.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) agreed. “I believe in capitalism, and to have a strong capitalist system, you have to have competition,” she said. “You can’t have too much consolidation – something that unfortunately for this country, as an ode to Taylor Swift, I will say we know ‘All Too Well.’”
Live Nation anticipates that ticket demand for the Renaissance tour will be high, but they’ve put some new systems in place to help avoid what happened before. 
The company wrote in an email to fans this week that the number of pre-sale registrations “already exceed the number of available tickets by more than 800%” in some locations, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/03/senate-warns-ticketmaster-were-watching-beyonce-tour-sales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per</a> The New York Post. 
“It is expected that many interested fans may not be able to get tickets because demand drastically exceeds supply,” the email said. 
Some measures used to facilitate the buying process include staggered sales and Verified Fan technology, which was also used for Swift’s concert tickets. This is done to avoid tickets being resold by third-party sites for inflated prices.

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Senate Warns Ticketmaster ‘We’re Watching’ Beyoncé Tour Ticket Sales Following Taylor Swift Debacle

Senate Warns Ticketmaster ‘We’re Watching’ Beyoncé Ticket Sales Following Taylor Swift Debacle

Performing artist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> is getting called out by some fans for choosing to hold her first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">concert</a> in four years in Dubai, a city known for strict anti-<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq">LGBTQ</a> laws.
The 41-year-old singer reportedly accepted a $24 million payment for the show, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11664837/Beyonce-faces-criticism-24M-private-performance-Dubai-amid-anti-LGBTQ-policies-UAE.html">per</a> The Daily Mail.
“Beyoncé is a huge icon for many gay people,” LGB Alliance co-founder Bev Jackson <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/01/22/beyonce-falls-foul-lgbt-fans-exclusive-dubai-concert/">told</a> The Telegraph Sunday. “LGB Alliance is deeply therefore disappointed that Beyoncé has agreed to give a lucrative concert in Dubai, where same-sex sex acts are a criminal offense, potentially punishable by death.”
Many fans pointed out that Beyoncé had previously mentioned her uncle, &#8220;the most fabulous gay man” she knows, during her 2019 GLAAD Media Awards acceptance speech. 
“He was brave and unapologetic during a time when this country wasn&#8217;t as accepting,&#8221; the Grammy Award winner said, in part, during her speech.
“Witnessing his battle with HIV was one of the most painful experiences I&#8217;ve ever lived. I&#8217;m hopeful that his struggles serve to open pathways for other young people to live more freely. LGBTQI rights are human rights.”
Many social media critics were especially upset that Beyoncé would perform in Dubai because, in their estimation, she doesn’t need the money. 
“RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race” star Kitty Scott-Claus posted to Twitter, “Hi I have a question &#8230; can someone explain why everyone was canceling David Beckham the other month but now celebrating Beyoncé for performing in Dubai? One rule for one and one for another?”
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Hi I have a question.. can someone explain why everyone was cancelling David Beckham the other month but now celebrating Beyoncé for performing in Dubai? One rule for one and one for another?
&mdash; Kitty Scott-Claus (@kittyscottclaus) <a href="https://twitter.com/kittyscottclaus/status/1617181623878918145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Plenty of others agreed with that sentiment.
“When you&#8217;re that rich &#8230; largely, if not entirely, through the fierce loyalty of LGBTQ+ fans – what amount of money is simply too much to turn down to perform in a homophobic country?” one Twitter user wrote.
“Beyoncé isn’t [an] LGBTQ+ ally when she’s performing for money in Dubai and she literally doesn’t need a penny of it,” another agreed.
Though the singer banned phones and other recording devices from the venue, footage from her Dubai show leaked on social media following the performance. Beyoncé’s 11-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, took to the stage to perform the song “Brown Skin Girl,” which won a Grammy Award in 2021.
“Where are all my brown skin girls? Give it up for my baby, my brown skin girl, Miss Blue Ivy Carter,” Beyoncé can be heard saying in one of the recordings. 
She staged the concert to help launch a new hotel in Dubai, The Atlantis Royal. She last performed live in December 2018.

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Beyoncé Questioned For Accepting $24M To Perform In Dubai Despite Its Anti-LGBTQ Laws

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Sports commentator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-a-smith">Stephen A. Smith</a> is apologizing to the public for comments he made insinuating that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> is a superior performer to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rihanna">Rihanna</a>.
The controversy began when Smith was asked for his opinion about Rihanna’s upcoming Super Bowl Halftime performance on February 12.
“I don’t want to say I’m not excited. She’s fantastic,” he <a href="https://youtu.be/iy2P2oU27Qc">said</a> during an appearance on “Sherri.” “That’s not where I’m going with this. She’s a lot of things,” Smith continued. “She’s spectacular. And congratulations on new mamahood. There’s one thing she’s not: She ain’t Beyoncé.”
His comments inspired a loud chorus of “boos” from the audience.
“The only reason I brought up Beyoncé is because Beyoncé recently performed at the Super Bowl. And without Bruno Mars and Coldplay.”
Sherri Shepherd argued that Beyoncé “had her time” to shine, but the ESPN host wouldn’t budge.
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After receiving a ton of backlash from Rihanna fans, Smith decided to embark on an apology tour. 
He posted a <a href="https://twitter.com/stephenasmith/status/1615808582833868831">video</a> in his own defense, saying he’d compare any artist to what he considered to be an unbeatable performance from Beyoncé, Coldplay, and Bruno Mars in 2016 at the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show.
“I’m gonna own it,” he said in the video, which was posted to Twitter and Instagram. “I know what y’all trying to do, but I’m gonna own it because I get paid to speak for a living, so I need to be more careful.”
“I want Rihanna to know, you’re a superstar, you’re sensational, you’re spectacular, you’re no joke and you are a worthy person to be doing the Super Bowl halftime show,” he continued.
“Michael Jackson could still be alive and I would say, ‘He’s gotta measure up to that,’” Smith asserted in the video. “I’ve always said that. I meant it as no disrespect to Rihanna. I know she’s phenomenal, and she’s my sister. Nothing but love for her. But Beyoncé is my sister too. I got love for both of them. I just think that Beyoncé is the greatest performer out there today.”
“Rihanna, go do your thing,” Smith said. “I apologize for creating whatever brouhaha comes of this. I gotta be more careful, where people twist it and turn it into something it ain’t. My bad on that.”

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Stephen A. Smith Apologizes For Saying Rihanna ‘Ain’t No Beyoncé’ Ahead Of Super Bowl Performance

Stephen A. Smith Apologizes For Saying Rihanna 'Ain't No Beyoncé' Ahead Of Super Bowl Performance

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Sen.-elect John Fetterman (D-PA), who often wears a hoodie and occasionally dons a suit, has been included in a list of America&#8217;s &#8220;most stylish&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/11/style/most-stylish-people.html">compiled</a> by The New York Times.
Really.
The entry for Fetterman, which included a picture of him wearing a baggy hoodie, knee-length shorts, and shoes with no socks, says simply: &#8220;The senator-elect from Pennsylvania is going to bring Carhartt to the Capitol.&#8221;
Yes, we had to look up what that meant. Turns out Carhartt, Inc. is an American clothing company founded in 1889 that makes heavy-duty work clothes like jackets, overalls, vests, jeans, and hunting apparel.
The Times explained its list, saying, &#8220;Love them or hate them, all have at least one thing in common. At some point over the past 12 months, they made us talk: about how we dress, how we live and how we choose to express ourselves. We welcome dissent. But we are, without a doubt, correct.&#8221;
The list of 93 people — and fictional characters, along with the James Webb deep-space telescope — includes all the typical entries, from Rihanna to Harry Styles to Kourtney Kardashian to Beyoncé.
Not surprisingly, there was some pushback on Fetterman&#8217;s inclusion on the list.
“How does @nytimes justify putting John Fetterman on the same list as the late Queen Elizabeth?” Sheridan Nolen, a staffer for Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, <a href="https://twitter.com/sheridannolen/status/1602320936107114502?s=20&amp;t=3CdiWrOeairTiL-j2091fQ">wrote</a> on Twitter.
“Total liberal bias, @nytimes⁩!” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) <a href="https://twitter.com/timburchett/status/1602330893955338242?s=20&amp;t=3CdiWrOeairTiL-j2091fQ">wrote</a> on Twitter tongue in cheek. “I not only have the best hair in Congress, but I brought [Carhartt⁩] to Capitol Hill four years ago.”
“What is ⁦@nytimes smoking?” <a href="https://twitter.com/nachamasol/status/1602352997006204928?s=20&amp;t=lEVn7PXakto4yk_FBDgG6w">asked</a> Nachama Soloveichik, a D.C. political consultant.
Author John Hawkins got in a good <a href="https://twitter.com/johnhawkinsrwn/status/1602370449823993873?s=20&amp;t=3CdiWrOeairTiL-j2091fQ">zinger</a>. “No one can possibly believe Fetterman is actually stylish. He dresses like someone who hangs out around a vape shop or convenience store all day.&#8221;
And social media influencer Ian Miles Cheong was able to <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1602352382830030849?s=20&amp;t=YCEZy_9YPU8bFuq7bQu3lQ">work in</a> the Word of the Year, as deemed by Oxford. “2022 is the year of the Goblin Mode. Dress up like a slob and make the NYT’s list of most stylish people,” he wrote.
There were a couple of other political people on the list, including &#8220;Squad&#8221; member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).
&#8220;The Massachusetts congresswoman, who has alopecia and has worn her bare scalp with aplomb, this year co-sponsored the CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair), legislation that seeks to reframe the politics around everyone’s &#8216;crowning glory,'&#8221; the paper wrote.
Yes, this is what U.S. lawmakers spend their time doing as Americans struggle with sky-high inflation and soaring crime. So cute!
The list also included Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to the bench by President Joe Biden. &#8220;The newest Supreme Court justice has brought statement necklaces to the Marble Palace,&#8221; whatever that means.
Democrats and liberals (duh) dominated the list, which also included New York Mayor Eric Adams, who the paper called the &#8220;Party Mayor&#8221; and said he was picked for his “impeccably tailored suits.&#8221;
Yup, that&#8217;s the most important thing. That&#8217;ll fix New York City.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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End Of Days: Fetterman Among NY Times ‘Most Stylish’ People Of 2022

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The question on my mind today is: Who is your queen? Who is your king?
It’s been especially on my mind as I watched Queen Elizabeth’s funeral and black America’s subsequent reaction, which has painted Elizabeth as a murdering, complicit colonist who doesn’t deserve praise or respect.
I’ve responded to the colonialist critique many times on previous programs and interviews. And I could easily respond to it now.
I think the more fruitful discussion lies in highlighting the stark contrast of how figures, such as Queen Elizabeth, are painted by woke scolds — and therefore many members of the black community — versus who they hold up and revere as heroes for the black community.
What you’ll notice immediately is that the black heroes are often criminals or, as I’ve repeatedly pointed out, characters who can easily be painted by the media as victims of an “oppressive” system. And black enemies are often figures with outstanding character, e.g. Queen Elizabeth.
The most recent example of this dichotomy comes from Uju Ana, a Nigerian professor from Carnegie Mellon. In response to the queen’s death, she tweeted something truly disgusting, vicious, and repulsive. “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving, raping, genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating,” she said.
I want to focus in on the word “raping.” You would assume that — because Uju so vehemently condemned it in the case of England — she would be against it in other cases.
Do you remember Jacob Blake? He was a black man who was fatally shot after his girlfriend called law enforcement on him over a “domestic dispute.” She had previously alleged she had been — I apologize if this is too graphic — digitally raped by him.
Uju Ana had something very different to say about rape then: “Jacob Blake is a family man. His sister Letetra Widman reminds us all that he has people and he is somebody’s people. No image you paint of him erases that.”
In other words, Uju Ana — and the media with her — doesn’t care that a black woman called law enforcement because she was obviously scared for her life. Nor did she care that Blake had been accused of digital rape.
This happens over and over again.
So again, who are the people we are told we should celebrate? Who are our kings and queens?
Consider Karen Attiya, a columnist for the ultra-woke Washington Post, who had a similar response to Queen Elizabeth’s death. She tweeted, “Black and brown people around the world who were subject to horrendous cruelties and economic deprivation under British colonialism are allowed to have feelings about Queen Elizabeth. After all, they were her subjects, too.”
But what did Karen — that’s a perfect name for her — say about George Floyd? Her words for Floyd were glowing. After his death, she suggested he win “Time’s Person of the Year.”
Floyd, who’s criminal record included multiple accounts of drug use, physical assault, and theft. Floyd, who’s alleged “victimhood” did nothing but damage to the inner-city communities destroyed by subsequent riots. Floyd, who’s name was used to legislate policies that have worsened crime in those same struggling communities. I explore Floyd’s troubled history extensively in my documentary “The Greatest Lie Ever Told,” which will drop very soon.
For Karen — and therefore the media and the Left — these hurting communities and their deeply rooted problems are never the focus. It’s always boogeymen like the white queen in Britain. Or it’s “uncle tom” Candace Owens, who has the audacity to criticize the heroes they crown.
This cancer destroying black Americans extends beyond the political sphere. It’s cultural as well.
So who’s our queen in black America today?
Beyoncé, who will often sexualize herself to sell <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljceAs9WMqY">products,</a> is our new queen. And we have other idols. Rappers, who live and sing about degenerate lifestyles. What food products do we allow corporate America to sell us? Popeyes, sponsored by a wonderful role model in Megan Thee Stallion, or McDonald’s, sponsored by Travis Scott.
It’s time for black America to return to the thriving culture it had before the Left began the great welfare experiment. Believe it or not, black Americans, before the 1960s, were well married and outpacing white Americans in terms of economic growth — all while enduring Jim Crow laws.
But this fell apart when president Lyndon Baines Johnson, an avowed racist, extended a government hand and offered incentives for mothers to not marry fathers; the government became the new surrogate father.
Yes — it’s time black Americans reject the degenerate culture and crooked heroes that the Left will continue to push.
It’s time we find new kings and queens which display repute and character. Or else we will continue to be destroyed.

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