Beyoncé’s publicist, Yvette Schure, defended the singer after Erykah Badu questioned Beyoncé’s new 'Cowboy Carter' album cover.
Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared on Variety, The New York Post, and The Wrap.on Wednesday that featured a montage of Beyoncé rocking braided hairstyles throughout her career."She slays. She slays. Now. Then. Always. #criticswithoutcredentials," Schure captioned the post.In the recent album artwork posted on Wednesday, Beyoncé is naked with just a sash hanging across her chest and hips.
Her hair is styled in a braided look, with red and white beads at the ends of her bangs. The mother of three's pose resembled the stance of the Statue of Liberty as she held a lit marijuana cigarette. Badu, 53, reshared Beyoncé’s album art on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday afternoon and wrote, “Hmmm.” This post seemingly alluded to Badu's affinity for the braided hairstyle with beaded bangs.“To Jay Z . Say somethin Jay. You gone let this woman and these bees do this to me ?? 😆,” she wrote in the post.
The Wednesday album art follows the singer’s first peek at the upcoming album’s artwork, which she shared on“But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of country music and studied our rich musical archive,” she wrote. “The criticisms I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to propel past the limitations that were put on me.”Kevin Mazur/Getty
“My hope is that years from now, the mention of an artist’s race, as it relates to releasing genres of music, will be irrelevant,” continued the singer.to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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