Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé has been a rebel her entire life and brought this fettle to her career and into the world of music. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is a massively influential singer and songwriter who gained influence through her singing career, her bold statements and what some would call an “attention seeking” attitude. However, those who say this are regularly met with ten fans that support her in everything she does, and this makes her into an idol that many can’t stand up against her. During her career, she

Kanye West’s most famous controversy first started in 2009 at the annual MTV Video Music Awards (the VMAs). Taylor Swift had just received the award for Best Female Video, and while she was accepting her award, West interrupted claiming that Beyonce Knowles deserved the award. This resulted in a lot of controversy and backlash towards West including slurs, threats of violence and even threats of lynching. Kanye West justified his actions in terms of the racial politics present in awards shows, the music

The Lottery 2 Mrs.Samantha walked down to the town square she was ready for the lottery. She was still grieving over the death of her best friend Tessie and was not ready for the lottery again. As she was walking down the street she ran into her friend, Mrs.Juliet and she said, “I think I might break out crying because the lottery was sacred and Old Man Warner if he was still here would not be happy that we have changed it. I can’t believe that he had died in the winter I guess it was just

how to improve the relationship with these officers in the black community and cease all racial tensions. Beyonce Knowles is as an American singer, song-writer and actress; who was born in Houston, Texas. Throughout past years Knowles remained silent in the wake of racial tensions, however she recently expressed her beliefs with the use of her music. Context On February 6, 2016 Knowles released a song and video known as “Formation”, endorsing the #BlackLivesMovement and embracing her own blackness

promote and encourage the movement as an individual however, having a platform would be more ideal. That being said, many celebrities do indeed use their platforms to speak on social injustices happening daily, one in particular being Beyonce Knowles. Beyonce Knowles is an artist who has been very active in the media for at least a decade now. She began her career as a vocalist in the R&B group Destiny’s Child and rocketed her career from there. Many of the songs Beyoncé [is clearly in support of] promote

The image I’ve chosen is a still from one of Kanye West’s recent music videos titled “Famous.” I found this video on YouTube a couple months back when it was released in July and found it quite interesting. The specific still I’m using from the video is shown towards the end of the video when the camera completely zooms out revealing all the sleeping bodies. One of the main reasons this image captured my attention and caught me off guard was because of the people featured in the video and the fact

and dancer wasn 't merely an entertainer but a progressive artist as well. Born in Houston in September 1981, Beyoncé+¬ Giselle Knowles began performing at age seven, winning over 30 local competitions for her dancing and vocal abilities. She joined her cousin Kelly Rowland and classmates LaTavia Roberson and LaToya Luckett in forming an adolescent vocal group. Mathew Knowles, Beyoncé+¬ 's father and Rowland 's legal guardian, signed on to be the girls ' manager, eventually quitting his full-time job