Beyonce is talking about her family upbringing and why the Knowles are NOT the Jacksons in the new OK! magazine:

“I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar,” she recalls. “We’re African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we’re like the Jacksons. But I didn’t have parents using me to get out of a bad situation



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Well Damn !!!!!

Ouch.....

See this is what happens when mofo's start believing their own hype... How dare she speak about the Jackson's situation

banks said:

Tell us something we don't know?

This explains why her songwriting has no depth. She was brought up with a privileged life and continues to have one. I would love to see Beyonce do like Rick James did with Street Songs. Go live in the streets, have some real-life experiences and write some truly meaningful songs.

daPrettyman said:

That will NEVER happen.

Graycap23 said:

Never say NEVER.

I would challenge her to hang out with her family members (outside of her parents and sister....people like distant cousins and grandparents) and talk to them about real life experiences.

banks said:

What the fuck did she say? How about that bitch ass Matthew Knowles come say that to mah face! I didn't have to shove my kids down ERRBODY's throats for them to be successful


I wish a muthafucka would!

daPrettyman said:

Artist rarely change from bubble gum 2 real issues. Especially ones that depend so heavily on image.

Graycap23 said:

I wouldn't consider her to be "bubble gum". I consider her to be musically immature. Though, I think she has grown, she still sounds immature. Maybe by the time she hits 30, she'll grow up even more. Being married tends to help with that.

Maybe she's just looking for priveleged fans?

bboy87 said:

Do you mean payola?

daPrettyman said:

I certainly hope that u are correct. Time will tell.

mmm, I believe they're not the Jacksons, but a jaguar doesn't mean they're not a fucked up family!

NDRU said:

Amen 2 that.

banks said:

That's right. Her parents just pimp her T&A to improve on a good situation.

daPrettyman said:

Being born middle-class doesn't explain the lack of intelligence, depth or perception in her song-writing any more than being born poor gives another songwriter those qualities.

Being born middle-class merely helps her to package her vacuousness in a more commercially attractive manner.

Not the Jacksons, huh?

You don't need to tell me, I've heard the music.

Damn. She actually said that? Just ignorant. Yall can have Bey, her wack glove, and the entire House of Dereon.

CJBabyDaddy said:

That's true. Her words might become more meaningful through tough living, and it might cause her to struggle harder to communicate more successfully with music, but I'd still argue that it'll never turn her into a great songwriter.

Although perhaps she'd be better at finding and collaborating with people who are.

I can understand she wants to make the distinction between herself and the Jacksons clear. I can also understand the love and gratitude she has for her parents.

BUT, come on....

If she doesn't think her father quit his 6 figure job because he saw a bigger paycheck in her, she's fooling herself.

He worked that girl like a slave in preparation for this career he was just "helping" her have.

My child talks about music and being in a band from time to time, but I'll be darned if I'll make it my goal to see it happen. He'll finish school, go to college, and then rock out on his own dime--cause I'm NOT the one to guide or push him in that direction.

My child also attends private school, gets chauffered in a luxury car, travels the world, and lives in a big house..BUT...

HE'D BET NOT NEVA say anything bad about the Jacksons!

And I mean that!

By the way, Ms. B doesn't know the difference between upper and middle class.

Having a mama own a "HURR SALON" (that is soooo NOT upperclass) and Daddy working for "da man" does not make her upper class. The fact that they needed those TWO INCOMES to make that private school and Jaq happen also says a lot.

I wonder how much he was paying each month on that car.Black people will buy stuff they can't afford in a heartbeat--just to say they got it.

My child's smart enough to realize he's lucky to be in the MIDDLE CLASS. Then, again, he's seen "upper", so he knows what it looks like.

And that private school she attended needs to be shut down if her intellect is the best they can produce. It's a good thing she's pretty and can sing.

every single one of ya'll need to stop.
ESPECIALLY Beyonce.
And since the world apparently revolves around her, why doesn't she change her name to "Meyonce"?
[Edited 12/9/08 13:36pm]

ScarletScandal said:

lol.....Meyonce.....

beyonce really think she all that damn she could learn alot from joe jackson kids cuz she will never sell as much as joe kids so let the hating stop miss beyonce

uh oh. joe jackson is coming for her to give her the beating she should have received from her own parents.

Damn...that didn't need to be said.

But she leaves out the fact that her father "eliminated" everything around her with money, for her to make it. Plain and simple. I really wish AMERIE would spill the truth that everyone knows, but she is too damn classy to get to that level and becuase if she did it, the media would spin it against her. But Beyonce left alot of FACTS out of this interview, about how she got HERE!

lastdecember said:

Shhhhh