Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter

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2.4. Beyoncé and #BlackLivesMatter Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, known simply as Beyoncé is one of the most popular R&B singers of the last decade. She started her career in the group Destiny’s Child in the 1990s and then went solo in 2003. She is also known for her support of Barack and Michelle Obama, her backlash agains Donald Trump and her support for activist groups. Her albums focused mostly on the topics of love and relationships until the debut in 2016 of her album Lemonade, where she explores the topics of feminism, sorority and racism without forgetting the topic of relationships either. Beyoncé had been involved in political issues before, performing in the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2008, singing the song “At Last”, …show more content…

This definition of beauty can be considered dangerous because it reinforces the idea that it is “her proximity to whiteness” (Griffin 139) what makes her beautiful and “her black blood” (Griffin 139) what makes her a sexual individual. Moreover, “the veneration of mixed race identity may challenge white supremacist hierarchies, but it can also accommodate a continued degradation of blackness” …show more content…

As it was mentioned beforehand, her musical discourse took a turn in 2016 with the release of her album Lemonade. In 2013, Beyoncé, the album, is released. With songs like “Pretty Hurts”, Beyoncé challenges beauty standards and empowers women to live their true selves and find their own beauty. However, it is not an album targeting specifically black population and it does not tackle any political issues. She did, however, honored Trayvon Martin in her concert in Nashville in July 2013 by offering a minute of silence after the verdict of George Zimmerman’s trial was

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