King Bey's black pride

09 February 2016 - 02:18 By Azizzar Mosupi

Transformation is the name of the game as US singer Beyoncé assumes a social and political stance with the release of her latest song, Formation. The song caused waves following its release on Saturday. It coincided with Black History Month, which is celebrated in the US in February.The 34-year-old makes a clear political statement, embracing causes such as the #BlackLivesMatter movement.Her lyrics include: "My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana,You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas bamma" and "I like my baby hair with baby hair and Afros . I like my negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils".The song and video came out the day before Beyoncé's performance at the Super Bowl.Dressed in black and wearing black berets, Beyoncé and her dancers paid homage to the 1960s Black Panthers.In pictures released from the event, the dancers are holding a sign saying: "Justice 4 Mario Woods" - a black man killed by white police officers last year.@OfficialKojo tweeted, "Every female artist thinks they're dope until #Beyoncé reminds them there's levels to this"; and Empire actress Gabourey Sidibe tweeted: "Like my day wasn't even set up for that video drop! Beyoncé! I can't be slayed for the rest of the week! I got responsibilities!"Meanwhile, That B.E.A.T documentary filmmakers, Abteen Bagheri and Chris Black claim parts of their New Orleans bounce music film were used in the video.According to CNN, Black called out Formation music video director Melina Matsoukas."Why Melina gotta use clips from our doc?!? . At least credit the filmmakers that followed their passions and did the actual work."Matsoukas responded saying: "Must give much love to the beautiful NOLA footage shot and directed by @abteen and @lkeber to make #FORMATION whole"...

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