Beyoncé had performed one of her country flavored songs off of Lemonade called “Daddy Lessons.” She performed on the CMA’s which stands for Country Music Awards, she performed the song as a duet with The Dixie Chicks. Although Beyoncé is most famously known as a pop star, she made a guest appearance at the country show. A huge amount of people were highly upset that Beyoncé would be performing at a Country Award show because she’s not country. Many people forget that country music originated from Black people and white people took it and made it popular. So, it baffles that people who were majority white were upset that ,a black pop icon who has been a completely success all by herself performed at their show. Yes, granted she is. more Pop-star, but regardless, her family is from Texas and Alabama. Both of those states are in the south, where many years ago, and still till this day, are a huge country music/rap music region because both of those genres do originate in the south. Rhthym and Blues, Country, and Rock was first created by black slaves on plantations that were created and used to pass time while they were in the fields doing work. So many people categorize artists based on the genres that the mainly perform and can never break outside of those socially constructed barriers without “loosing their roots.” I think it’s hypocritical to box people in to certain stereotypes based on what makes them happy, but if they even resemble some other artist that so happen to be in the same genre, they copying that artist and being “completely unoriginal.” How do you expect someone to be original but shame them and completely disregard their talent as an artist when they try to explore new avenues in their music and share their talents with different people in the world? Regardless of who you are, Beyoncé is here to stay and reign her rightful spot at Queen B.
Nov 202016