Top 15 Reasons Why People Hate Beyoncé
Published on 3/23/2009
Before you all start out trying to ring my neck, I better first state the fact that this letter should strictly be filed in a drawer set aside for anything fiction. This letter isn’t true to my situation, but I guarantee you it’s a feeling that’s continually echoed throughout the minds of many women and men out there. We’re no stranger to the fact that people across the board got love for Beyoncé, but lets keep it real since we’ve already entered the sharing circle, and dish a bit on the reasons why people got hate for Beyoncé too.
These are all just possible ideas, and not something I personally hold as doctrine. I believe you have to personally know a person to truly have a reason to hate on ‘em, and since I have yet to be invited for tea at Beyoncé’s, none of these bulletins personally reflect my opinion. Instead of focusing so much on B, you should consider a quote by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays,
“Whatever you do, do it so well that no man living, no man dead or no man yet to be born can do it any better.”
That’s the philosophy we see in Beyoncé. She does it to the best of her abilities and her talents have led her to the top of the industry. So I’ll leave you with this — don’t hate, just step up to the plate.
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Alaina, I won’t say that some comments aren’t a little mean spirited. I will admit to that but what I fail to understand is as black people we can’t say we don’t like someone else who’s black because then we are hating or we are not supporting one of our own. Critiquing someone’s music, style and persona should be off limits because she’s black or because she’s successful. I just don’t understand that. I don’t know Beyonce personally to say I don’t like her but I can say I don’t like that performer that gets on stage and is grinding and popping all over the place. What about her lyrics? It’s ok to have mindless music sometimes but most of her music is mindless. How can you defend someone that mostly relies on her sexuality? Isn’t it bad enough that men in the industry exploits women then to see a women use the same formula is sickening. I hate what she stands for. It’s easy to say “if you don’t like her than don’t listen to her music.” That’s impossible when every station is playing her “music” For those that want to say “that shows that she’s a great artist will you be willing to say the same for Soulja Boy?” He’s crap is all over the radio too. The worst part is every media outlest is forcing her down your throat and telling you she’s the best entertainers of our time. It’s too bad that the more entertaining singers out there who isn’t trying to wear skimpy clothes and shake their @$$ will not be in the limelight but Beyonce will get movie roles and do commericals for hair products (although we all know she sports a weave). If Beyonce didn’t look the way she does, she couldn’t do what she do.
Hey DL, I do agree with you to a great extent about everything you’ve stated. I actually didn’t buy the Sasha Fierce album because I agree, I think she departed from the sound that I once enjoyed and has become more of a commercial entertainer rather than and actual artist and as you’ve stated has resorted to singing mindless music. I think it’s great for people to have opinions and express them, even if they are stating a dislike for a black artist, you’re right we don’t have to hide our feelings just because we’re black and they’re black. I think where the line must be drawn is when one goes from stating an opinion to being rude. It makes it hard for me and everyone else trying to have a civil debate to hear people clearly if they have to sift through so make hate. Either than that, we TOTALLY see eye to eye on EVERYTHING you’ve stated. Im a semi-fan. I don’t hate her or love her. In fact, between me and you (as if no one else is reading this) my favorite group is The Beatles. : ) So, it’s not that Im a super beyonce defender, I just think people should tone it down so things dont get lost in translation. They way you stated your opinion was perfectly heard for its intelligence and incredibly appreciated for it’s tone.
Oh thank you Alaina. I have to say I appreciate your response. I also want to clarify that my whole comment wasn’t directed to you. It was directed to those that call people like me “a hater.” I feel very strongly about women and the messages we send. Beyonce holds a powerful place in the music world and it would be great to hear more music on the radio where she’s singing about situations in life that are not so shallow such as wanting a soldier, upgrading someone or telling someone “you must not know ’bout me, I can get another you in a minute…” It just seems like her deeper songs that are released are very far in between. The bottom line I’m not knocking the girl, she’s gorgeous and she’s great at what she does. My problem is she is on tv, in movies, in commericals and of course on the radio yet there’s very little stimulation for my mind when I listen to her. It sad the beautiful female artists who are speaking about something gets very light shine on them. By the way, it’s great that you like the Beatles. Your appreciation for music and a group that’s not very popular within the black culture is wonderful. Good for you :)
Anytime DL. Thank you too!
I dont hate beyonce…I dont hate any black woman because unfortunately the hate shared between black women is the hate that keeps all of us down, fighting after men, disrespecting ourselves and one another. I dislike beyonce because she is selling sex and she doesnt have to because she is talented and really can sing. I am 29 years old and some of her lyrics and movements in videos are reminiscent of women of the night and exotic dancers. I wouldnt want little girls to listen to her or mimic her for fear of what a man would say or try to do to her. In a world now with Michelle Obama we cannot tolerate the vulgarity of beyonce. Do we really want our little girls going around saying I am a female hustler, give me the money I need all the money. Im just saying when a woman dislikes the antics of another woman then we are called jealous but what if the woman you dislike is slutty, and cares nothing about the plight of our little girls. Nothing changes you more than when you see a 4 year old do the sexy ladies video or sing a beyonce song. We have little girls out here who think to be empowered is to initiate and control with sex. I know sex sells but do we have to keep buying it. I want to be like and want my little girls to be like michelle obama. Do you think michelle lets the first kids listen to beyonce? Oh I guess thats ok its not really beyonce its sasha fierce. that makes everything better.
What a trip!
Many people still fall down in worship and hail Biggie and Pac as profound and all this, but Pac was constantly violent and a damn rapist that was convicted and sent to prison for it. Biggie was a big fat greasy and ugly nasty ho-bag, drug dealer, baby daddy and a cheater. There are rappers out now like Lil Wayne or TI who are winning awards, riding the charts and whose faces are plastered all over magazines but, as usual, some women can be constant hypocritical trips. They will hate on Beyonce, who has never been caught out there like that flashing her coochie, passed out drunk in a car, arrested or dropping baby after baby out of wedlock and try to wax intelligent about her lack of depth but don’t have the big girl drawls to comment and go as hard criticizing and analyzing black male rappers and the disrespect and trash that comes and has come out their mouths over the last 10 years, criminal antics, baby daddyism etc.
So typical and no different than the ‘pamper the grown ass black man, vilify the woman’ attitude that was pervase in the black community when Robin Givens (who Tyson beat often) was thrown under the bus and called everything but a child of God and Desiree Washington (who Tyson sexually assaulted) was trashed…in defense of Tyson who went on to constantly display violence and how fucking maladjusted he is and almost bite off somebody’s ear. Keep on jumping up to the quick to defend black men and blame females.
PhD I doubt you are as smart and deep as you think you are, and certainly NOT moreso than those you chose to swing at in this joint. If you on some crusade to save the black community, then you best get to yapping at BLACK MEN. Every entertainer ain’t gotta be Mother Dang Theresa and Beyonce didn’t sign up to be some social worker or broke down revolutionary, so turn down your self-righteous Shaka Zulu militant rants.
In my opinion, a lot of females that hold such venom for Beyonce just ooze jealousy. In my experience it is usually females that are not pretty or who are overweight and we can not avoid the elephant in the room that a lot of females hate on Beyonce because they are dark and she is light-skinned.
And to whoever made the comment resenting Beyonce as a “standard”, let me make it clear that Jill Scott will never be a beauty standard because she is OK looking but not beautiful. If I had children or daughters, Jill Scott would be no role model for them because she is an example of being nasty fat, lazy and undisciplined. India Arie will never be a standard either because there are females with India’s skin tone and hair type that are pretty, but India Arie is acceptable looking but not pretty and I wish people would quit acting like society should suspend reality and pretend they are.
Oh and BTW, PhD: Beyonce was not “banned” from Malaysia but, then again, your super-smarter-and-more-deep-than-anyone else behind should have known that.
Beyonce chose not to bow down to being told that she had to cover her body from chest to knees. It wasn’t the people of Malaysia that did not want her, it was the controlling males in the Malaysian government and, hell, I wouldn’t let no motherfrucker tell me what to do or wear either!
And funny but Malaysia and Indonesia are both Muslim countries and Beyonce cancelled Malaysia out yet went on to perform in Indonesia because they were not trying to tell a grown woman what to do.
black folks need to stop snotting about beyonce being in the movie ‘obsessed’ or any other movie. beyonce and her father, matthew knowles, co-produced ‘obsessed’. if the knowles’ put their stuff on the line, then beyonce had every right to play the lead so, instead of hating, save, budget and put yo money up instead of blowing it on clothes, cars, rims, nasty unhealthy fast food, ghetto dos, hair products, weaves etc. quit hating on those that are doing, cuz you ain’t doing, write (be your best) and either fund, produce or co-produce your own shit. if not, shut up and don’t look, listen or patronize.
It always makes me howl in laughter when individuals, that are probably huge fans of Mary J. Blige, have the nerve to zoom in and criticize the way Beyonce speaks because when Mary J. Blige (and a long list of other African American singers) opens her mouth, she sounds ghetto.
But can people get off the “Beyonce is not a great singer” tip? I mean, for real? The girl can sing and a factor inherent in why the Beyonce’s of the world succeed and blow up is the very thing lacking in those like Jennifer Hudson or Jill Scott and relegate them to ‘cult’ or a following in low numbers. Hudson and Scott, though in possession of OK vocal talent, lack the “it” factor, looks etc. Hate to say it but the truth is the truth and, basically, there is not (and never will be) multi-millions of paying people around the world that want to look at them. It’s the same reason why, back in the day, Black Box and C&C Music Factory included a replacement in videos to lip sync to Martha Wash’s (a great vocalist) parts…Wash lacked that “it” and not a lot of paying people around the world wanted to be looking at some big Weather Girl.
Diana Ross was not a great vocalist but she had that “it” factor combined with looks etc. Tina Turner was not some great or high-octave vocalist, but Tina had that “it” factor combined with her own style, looks and beautiful legs. When Minnie Ripperton was not hitting her incredible high-octave ranges, she was not what many in some black Baptist churches would call a great vocalist, but Minnie had her own style and was an excellent singer that had that “it” factor combined with looks.
Aretha once had the vocal chops as a great vocalist but she grew bigger and bigger and never had that “it” factor that goes over well (outside black churches that are filled with equally obese women). Aretha could have never been a sex symbol, role model or multi-million dollar product endorser like Beyonce because, though being the daughter of a Baptist minister, starting at the age of 13, Aretha proceeded to birth two out of wedlock children in the 50s. I love Aretha’s old stuff but can not stand to see or hear her sing live NOW because, outside of her looking like a hippopotamus and often having her big nasty sagging breasts hanging out, she sounds like a screeching mess with all these unnecessary attempts at runs.
I have a question…. Why are people so obsessed with celebrities??…I mean really lol People will go so far as to cuss someone out to defend their favorite celebrity as if you know them personally and grew up with them lol …I can not understand that to save my life it’s really not that deep
I am admittedly late to this post, and just finished reading every comment. The only thing that stands out to me is that Beyonce is a perfect slate for each of us to project onto. Maybe she represents someone you want to emulate, maybe she represents someone you want taken down a notch. Ether way, she has masterfully protected who she really is — and in doing so, has provided us with a canvas to project our theories, jealousies, dreams, societal ills, and ‘you go girl’ pride onto.
I’m certainly guilty of it. So are quite a few commenters above – lovers and haters alike.
That’s what is damaging. As long as we celebrate her as a pinnacle of femininity, then we embrace the idea that the ideal woman is one who will be whatever we ask/pay her to be. B does that well, and we pay her handsomely for it. Sexy/innocent, role model/skank, singer/actress/cabaret dancer, black/white/mixed – whatever high heeled shoes we come up with, B happily steps in them.
On a side note – I am disturbed by the toxic expression of rabid hate towards women who do not fit into a polished package of perfectly thin beauty. I have seen the comments (looking at you Diabla, Love This) for this post and another about natural hair. Valuing a woman by her looks alone hurts the beautiful and not so beautiful alike. Both in prison to the perceptions of others. I hope we can all get beyond this someday.
I don’t know about everyone else, but people are not going to like everybody. It is as simple as that. Why hate on the the people who don’t care for Beyonce. Everyone just has someone they gravitate to. I dunno, I thought we had the freedom to like who we want to.
Another note, if a group of people were talking about how unattractive Estelle is, than no one would come to her defense and call them ‘haters’. But let you mumble one thing about Beyonce and everyone is looking at you crazy.
The fact is ALLLLLLLLLLLLL these artists in the mainstream industry and out of it, WORK HARD. Give her props for her hard work, but are we saying other people in the industry( Keshia COles, Ciaras, and other artists who can’t get out there because the industry is shut down by someone) are ‘lazy’?
I will admit, I think Beyonce’s appearance made her marketable for ‘self hating’ black people like us. We want to worship a light-skinned almost European looking ‘black’ girl’. We hate to see ‘ourselves’. I think she is good, however I have heard wayyyyyyy better artists. Admit, her physical traits helped her. And she is milking pockets wherever she can, she is a hustler alright!
I absolutely adore Bey!
Although she may not have the lungs & voice of Aretha, Mrs. Carter is still quite the talented performer in addition to being stylishly fly and a natural beauty. You can look at the course of her career, number of record breaking achievements and see that she has placed herself at icon status because she is simply good at her job– just like Whitney, Tina, Janet, and a slew of other black women singers, who btw, are much browner than Beyonce. Idk why jealous women insist on scapegoating Beyonce as being a plot against blackness smh…..
Also, I’m gonna go ahead and put myself out there with my next statement: I would also like to add that I’m usually someone that tends to be highly critical of the natural talent of mainstream blond-haired, very lightskinned or mixed looking entertainers (such as Beyonce, Halle, Rihanna, etc) while having biased favoritism toward much more higher melianated women–if you catch my drift…. That said, despite my usual preferences & prejudices, Beyonce has become one of my top faves in the industry nonetheless. I agree that she can be over-exposed at times but when it all boils down I have to give the woman her honest due props! I respect her bc she is a dedicated hard worker in her profession and I appreciate that a number of her lyrics are fiercely feminist & uplifiting of women.
Beyonce-4-Ever! lol
There are many people who hate Beyonce and jealously, or your man want her or any of that other stuff is just the dumbest reason why anyone could dislike someone. Usually people who are believing this to be true and people who are quick to call someone a hate are people who use excuses to find when someone doesn’t agree with them based on their their love of Beyonce. Think about it, if those dumbasses were talking about someone that another person liked,they would NEVER classify themselves as a hater it’s only when one doesn’t agree with them. Just because you love Beyonce doesn’t mean the rest of the world has too. Use your brains and realize that Beyonce does NOT and NEVER, EVER, EVER will love you!! She will NEVER, EVER care about you. Oh yea… she’s not paying anyone of you sloppy bastards to defend her either.
“we celebrate her as a pinnacle of femininity, then we embrace the idea that the ideal woman is one who will be whatever we ask/pay her to be. B does that well, and we pay her handsomely for it”
That’s the problem right there- placing expectations on B to be the pinnacle of feminity. It’s not reality. She’s a business and somewhatof her wn entity, I would never look at her as how a woman is supposed to be because it’s the women around her whom she reflects. PPL forget that these people are nothing without their teams. So if she’s a rolemodel everybody get yoiurself a marketing team, PR specialist, makeup, hair, stylist, and blah blah blah.
That’s what makes her annoying- the fact that she is 100% manufactored. Nobody does it for the love, or passion of the art forms anymore, the industries have been raped.
On a side note; some of the comments that are for B, have you ever heard the term ” beauty is subjective”? Sheesh some comments are so ignorant, why do people who dislike her have to be “hater”s? This whole “hater” movement is lame. for te person who said the standard of beauty is her, you are brainwashed because it’s not. If you are a minority, you are also a minority on the “standard of reality”. I suggest you become an informed consumer of media and learn to not take it so seriously and dictate your thoughts/ read some shit from Buddah- maybe you would oppen your eyes or something.
If you gotta push something so hard, you HAVE to wonder what is wrong with it! Nothing is what it seems!
I have to say that this article is well-written.. I thought it was going to be a “B-Bashing” article (lol), but there are some very good points! I am not a big fan of Beyonce’ myself, but she has made a few songs that I like… I agree that people should stop hating on her (stop hating period) and find their own niche in life! Clearly she has found hers… and she’s getting paid for it!
i fully agree with no. 15. jealousy. it comes down to working on a better you, it’s almost appalling to hear the arrogance in peoples voices when they talk of celebrities when they make a stance with their freedom to make themselves subjective to public opinion based on hearsay rhetoric and the like, much in the same way that the political families have to ordeal via broadcast news or faulty public perception. her artisty seems combined with passion and intellect. one should find the good in someone and rejoice it instead of harboring what they percieve to be bad, just because a person is flambouyant and in the limelight. it’s like the overly criticized jokester in ur high school, he/she is funny as hell, but…and u look for things to talk about, perhaps it gives meaning to one’s own life. sometimes men say stupid things like i wish my girl…etc. that’s stupid. people play psychological puzzles in each other minds, ever to find a resolve within the moment. at times it’s magnified with future occurrences of the same dilemna. check urself before u wreck urself. don’t think she’s tryin to be something she’s not, she is who she is, and as a result of being popular and in the public, people’s opinion of her will always change, just as she will change. My condoloscences to the JACKSON FAMILY and to those of the Fawcett family.