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M.I.A. : "Beyonce became a billionaire on the back of activism"


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51 minutes ago, Pinkbutterflies said:

Mia the original activist can see right through bey. Fun fact: bey avoided pushing any social boundaries earlier in her career. At one point, people were saying she was secretly a Republican. It wasn't until she married Jayz and changed her branding when she capitalized on social activism. Even then she was always being safe and late - she jumped on BLM during its peak and finally spoke about gay issues 25 years into her career. 

exactly! Doing things when it's "cool" to do them.

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Beyonce was never the trendsetter of anything and rode on waves created by others for her own benefits

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tasty chicken lovely chicken :coffee2:

 

ot: she did benefit from activism but far and away from profiting her total pocket money. when maya said it, she means by small amount contributed to beyonce account which nobody bother at the end.

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They didn't lie tho. :clap3:

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1 hour ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

When Childish Gambino hit #1 with This Is America, he was celebrated.

 

When Beyonce released Formation, she was threatened by the US Police with less protection.

 

Formation came before This Is America.

 

Thats all im going to say to this topic

:rip:Hives are so- . TIA was also plenty controversial and the only reason Formation wasn't a #1 was because it was a Tidal exclusive. Artists like Nina Simone and Billie Holiday were actually risking their lives before Beyoncé was even born + Prince, Michael Jackson, dozens of rapppers all released political singles before Bey did

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She's a black woman only when it suits her wbk

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Someone who was born into political circumstances calling out someone who doesn't have any real experience in the real world let alone what they think they know what they're talking about and ppl have the nerve to pick on her in here is peak delusional and borderline comedic. The fact that she apparently has all these intense feelings and statements but yet she hasn't made a REAL statement outside of songs that are not written by her to begin with is embarrassing. That woman would lose against M.I.A. In a debate so damn fast :deadbanana2:

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What losers. Half of the people with something to say can't even open their mouth when someone cuts in front of them in a fast food order line but want to go up for any civil war conflict on twitter.

 

And the ethics many have when it comes to supporting other faves sweat shops, carbon emissions, and infrastructure heavy tours is a joke. Always a problem with Beyonce. 

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4 minutes ago, Great808 said:

Someone who was born into political circumstances calling out someone who doesn't have any real experience in the real world let alone what they think they know what they're talking about and ppl have the nerve to pick on her in here is peak delusional and borderline comedic. The fact that she apparently has all these intense feelings and statements but yet she hasn't made a REAL statement outside of songs that are not written by her to begin with is embarrassing. That woman would lose against M.I.A. In a debate so damn fast :deadbanana2:

She needs to get a win against that white billionaire baby daddy, custody of her child and freedom to travel. F winning a debate. 

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1 hour ago, Wicked said:

MIA is a loser but this implication that Beyonce somehow opened a door for Black artist to be marginally ~political has to be the worst bit of revisionist history and straight up ignorance on Black art I've seen in a while :skull:

They didn't say that. They're saying that it's easier for any other black person to gain clout points off black marginalization and social injustice without doing much. No one in the new millieum has taken a stand like the artists of the Civil Rights movement. But even now, black spaces are having conversations about these guys flaws and the long term effects of some of their stances. I.e that assimilation wasn't the answer, but our men wanted proximity to other groups of women. 

 

Donald is a clown in the black community TODAY. He has made racist and degrading jokes at his own expense and in an effort to chase a whole other rave of woman.  But one song in 2017 made him a black activist. He other experience with their blackness are easier validated over Beyonce. And yall will let any POC sell out clown get a bad word in about Beyonce. 

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5 minutes ago, Dreajae said:

They didn't say that. They're saying that it's easier for any other black person to gain clout points off black marginalization and social injustice without doing much. No one in the new millieum has taken a stand like the artists of the Civil Rights movement. But even now, black spaces are having conversations about these guys flaws and the long term effects of some of their stances. I.e that assimilation wasn't the answer, but our men wanted proximity to other groups of women. 

 

Donald is a clown in the black community TODAY. He has made racist and degrading jokes at his own expense and in an effort to chase a whole other rave of woman.  But one song in 2017 made him a black activist. He other experience with their blackness are easier validated over Beyonce. And yall will let any POC sell out clown get a bad word in about Beyonce. 

The bolded letting me know what type of person you are :rip:you probably believe everything the FBI has said about Martin Luther King and all other types of divestor/new black lies about the CRM.

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Pinkbutterflies said:

Mia the original activist can see right through bey. Fun fact: bey avoided pushing any social boundaries earlier in her career. At one point, people were saying she was secretly a Republican. It wasn't until she married Jayz and changed her branding when she capitalized on social activism. Even then she was always being safe and late - she jumped on BLM during its peak and finally spoke about gay issues 25 years into her career. 

This this this. What I always thought.

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1 hour ago, Wicked said:

MIA is a loser but this implication that Beyonce somehow opened a door for Black artist to be marginally ~political has to be the worst bit of revisionist history and straight up ignorance on Black art I've seen in a while :skull:

U misinterpreted my post. I made it because it goes to show it didnt serve as the source of her becoming a billionaire and also that she wasn't purely celebrated for it like the host was literally stating before MIA made her remark

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2 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

U misinterpreted my post. I made it because it goes to show it didnt serve as the source of her becoming a billionaire and also that she wasn't purely celebrated for it like the host was literally stating before MIA made her remark

If that was your point you could've laid it out more clearly, but I agree with this.

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People always having Beyonce's name in their mouths.

 

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Some of you are so weird.

 

:rip:

 

It's like people expect Beyonce and only Beyonce to magically rid the world of all their problems or something.

 

It's kind of embarrassing and just reeks of performative activism and virtue signaling.

 

 

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M.I.A. is so lost lmao. Girl you got bigger issues to worry about instead of Beyoncé. 

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The same people in here moaning are the ones crying for her to say something now. So many fake people on here :rip: 

 

Also who cares what that flop has to say 

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While Mia maybe a hypocrite and/or lunatic, there's no denial Beyonce has profited a lot from her "activism". 

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Doesn't everyone profit from activism? What's the issue? :michael:

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Her actvism being authentic or not it's not the factor that made her a billionaire, she's a billionaire because she's Beyoncé , lol. Now these people that think there are superior people that can be called true this or that are just signaling virtue, in the end it's not about your real intentions but the results. It's good that Beyoncé as a big name gives platform to sociopolitical issues, or isn't it? She should be not allowed to become sensible about some subjects at some point and incorporate it on her art because she's profiting from it or because she just didn't do it since the very first day of her career? That's ridiculous to me.

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5 hours ago, Dolce Vita said:

as much as i love her music she can't really talk like isn't her ex husband/baby daddy a billionaire? what about the big designer brand collabs she's done over the years? lmao she's benefitted from the same machine beyonce has

But does that invalidate ANYTHING that she said?

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4 hours ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

When Childish Gambino hit #1 with This Is America, he was celebrated.

 

When Beyonce released Formation, she was threatened by the US Police with less protection.

 

Formation came before This Is America.

 

Thats all im going to say to this topic

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3 hours ago, TeemoR said:

Well she is right. Beyonce is a faux activist, benefitted from supporting what is "cool to support" in America. She doesn't do anything remotely risky that could hurt her brand though. 

Do what? :rip:

 

She tributed the Black Panthers at the superbowl

 

Do you live in the US?

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Maybe the Wifi and 5g fried her brain a bit too much. 

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