Have radicalized a lot of people. For anyone to say that Beyonce is profiteering or is fake is ridiculous. Marvin Gaye doesn't sound like Marvin Gaye for the first 3 records of his career, & he certainly isn't writing socially conscious records like "What's Going On," or emotionally personal ones like "Here My Dear." So what's the basis? Why is this move to the left, this growth & evolution a product of "her handlers?"

It's not like she had a kid, not like the children dying in the street could have been hers, looked like her family. It's not the hate our first black president has received... If there's a cynicism here, there's no evidence it's hers. The stance that she has handlers is rude, makes it sound like one of the most powerful people in the music business has no agency, that she's a puppet for some larger cabal, or like she's in the illuminati... It doesn't follow the evidence we actually have, & yes it's misogynoir.

The fact is a black woman, showing political & social growth is anathema to many folks. It's the reason why we talk about Kendrick as this super radical, when his politics are fairly restrictive, or the fact that people are even giving Kendrick the chance to follow his political leanings. Beyonce hasn't been allowed the chance to grow or change since she was in Destiny's Child, even though she has changed significantly over the years. It's ridiculous.