Matthew Knowles Comments On Beyonce Aretha Franklin “The Queen” Feud
Beyonce daddy has some fightin’ words for The Queen of Soul. Legendary songstress Aretha Franklin issued an egotistical press release on Tuesday blasting Beyonce and Grammy Awards writers after Bey referred to another singing legend, Tina Turner, as “The Queen” during Sunday night’s 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Matthew Knowles wants to know what all the fuss is about, he says:
“As a manager I am not taking something this ridiculous to Beyonce. Beyonce referred to Tina Turner as a ‘queen. Not queen of gospel, queen of soul, queen of blues, Queen of England. I consider my wife a queen and sometimes call her that. Does Aretha have a problem with that?”
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On February 14th 2008, anon wrote:
BEYONCE LOOKS UP TO TINA BECAUSE SHE SEES HERSELF SURPASSING TINA…SHE CAN’T SURPASS ARETHA…BEYONCE IS SO RUDE OUT DANCING A 70 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND ALMOST KNOCKING HER DOWN…RIHANNA DIDN’T UPSTAGE THE TIME…SHE DANCED WITH THEM…
ALSO, IF THE TRIBUTE WAS TO TINA, WHY DID BEYONCE HAVE TO SING SNIPPETS OF HER SONG…TINA IS KNOW FOR SHOWING HER LEGS – BEYONCE HAD TO STEAL THAT AND THE WILD HAIR!
BEYONCE IS SELFISH AND HAS NO RESPECT FOR ANYONE, NOT EVEN MICHELLE OR KELLY.
SHE IS TO SELFISH TO EVEN LET THEM MODEL HER MOTHER’S GOWNS IN AN AD I SAW IN ESSENCE.
BEYONCE CAN YOU SPELL SHARE. YOU DIDN’T MAKE IT BIG BY YOURSELF – DON’T FORGET OTHERS.
On February 14th 2008, PETA Aretha Franklin Letter: PETA Aretha Franklin Open Letter wrote:
[...] Matthew Knowles has gained an ally in his feud with The Queen of Soul. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have written a scathing letter to Aretha Franklin, blasting the music legend for her penchant for fur-filled ensembles-and they threw in a few lard ass wisecracks for good measure. [...]
On February 15th 2008, PETA Aretha Franklin Letter: PETA Aretha Franklin Open Letter wrote:
[...] Matthew Knowles has gained an ally in his feud with The Queen of Soul. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have written a scathing letter to Aretha Franklin, blasting the music legend for her penchant for fur-filled ensembles-and they threw in a few lard ass wisecracks for good measure. …on the edge of your seat? Keep reading! [...]
On February 15th 2008, pjones wrote:
ok ok, it’s time for daddy to sit down and take a back seat in the corner and let beyonce be that woman she claims to be, she dances on stage like a grown woman, so let her stand on own ground,
it was not daddy’s place to speak up to the” QUEEN OF SOUL ARETHA FRANLIN” it should have been beyonce aka sasha places to stand up to the QUEEN of soul ARETHA.
beyonce is not little girl anymore father Matthew, she is a grown woman so un-tie the apron strings and let her go, this is not the first time she’s going to have a run in with a celeb. and it won’t be the last. so let her stand her own ground. Matthew U were out of place to reply. and sorry THE QUEEN OF SOUL IS ARETHA and no one can take that title away from the QUEEN….I do love tina, but she’s no queen of soul.
Ms. Aretha U are the QUEEN of SOUL and U will forever be the QUEEN of SOUL all over the world…. we love U because U earned that title, it’s written on every mazagine, book, etc. that we pick up and read.
Matthew take a sit down and stop treating beyonce like a lil girl, it’s so so silly of U to blah blah blah.
it’s bad enough U show up at almost every event to hold her hand, I know JAY-Z must be sick and tired of U actting as beyonce’s baby sitter….smmfh!…end of story
On February 16th 2008, Timbo wrote:
Matthew Knowles, swinging on the coat tail of his daughter’s success, should shut-up and learn to respect his elders. Everybody knows Aretha is the queen of soul.
On March 1st 2008, MC wrote:
Matthew missed his chance to school these young artists. We need to honor those who came before us. Aretha is truly the queen of soul. Sure, it was a diva moment for Aretha, but she has earned it with 20 grammys and has represented our community well.
On November 12th 2008, Lucy wrote:
lol whoever said Beyonce could surpass Tina but couldn’t surpass Aretha?!
Well maybe when she starts selling out more stadiums than any other female artist she might surpass Tina but she will nevr have the voice. At the gammy’s Beyonce was lovely & beautiful but looked like Tina’s back up dancer. Beyonce could surpass Aretha but never Tina.
On November 12th 2008, DAVID wrote:
TIMBO:
whoever said Tina was the queen of ’soul’? No one. She was hailed as a queen & I know it may pain u to hear this but Aretha is not the only queen out there & certainly doesn’t own the word lol I’m sure Aretha is the queen of soul, don’t worry no one will take that from her. But I also know that Madonna is the queen of pop & I know Tina has long been hailed the queen of rock & so forth. Why does that upset u & Aretha so much? It’s an X-FILE…very strange! It spells out insecurity. Aretha is just making herself look like a green-eyed monster. She needs to get over her self & get upset over worthwhile things. Not petty things like this. She needs to grow up.
On December 19th 2008, Alvin wrote:
To all those hatin’ on Matthew Knowles’ defence of his daughter Beyoncè, I have one question: Does Ms. Franklin’s rectum stink or not? Ur heads are so far up her behind, I thought I’d ask. IMHO, Mr. Knowles responded the same way any caring, nurturing father would. And I couldn’t agree more with the last poster who in essence said Beyoncè never dissed Ms. Franklin by referring to Ms. Turner as “a” queen. If Mahalia Jackson (who, in my book, still reigns as “Queen of Gospel”) were alive & in the house that nite, I hardly believe she’d have taken offence. When you’re really secure within your own skin and know who you are, little things like this tend not to bother you–an attribute of which the Queen of Soul is apparently lacking.
On March 20th 2009, te wrote:
nobody is hating on her father.when she said that tina was the queen of soul the whole audience looked puzzled.everyone knows that aretha was given an award for the title of queen of soul.and for her to say that in front of her was not right.aretha has been singing solo since the60`s.tina just started singing solo in the 80`s. i love her too.and aretha came out in the 80`s again right along with her.it was rude and selfish of her to bump and out dance tina her queen of soul.instead of just going to these shows and trying to out do everybody learn some of your music history. and for the record there are 3 divas.madonna, whitney,janet.they have songs that have been on the charts since the 80`s.they are beautiful intelligent black women and they are still making hits for all ages. beyoncee mostly young people.it`s not tina fault.beyoncee is young to know legendary music.everybody understands aretha feelings is a little hurt . i have`nt smelled her body like you have.everybody has a queen in there house. but there is always going to be 1 queen of soul of r&b and gospel aretha .and somebody needs to stop solange from singing!!!! .everybody talks about that. she can`t sing .her music is in the store discount box.you`re not the jackson`s. too late they are the black music family going down in history.beyoncee still have years to go.