Beyoncé and Lizzo at the Grammys in February 2023.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty
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Shortly after the lawsuit was filed against the “Good as Hell” singer; her production company, Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc.; and her dance team captain, Shirlene Quigley on Tuesday morning, Beyoncé opted not to sing Lizzo’s name while performing"Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)“at her Renaissance World Tour stop outside of Boston that night.
In the remix’s third verse, Queen Bey lists names of influential Black women in music and sings in one of the lines: “Betty Davis,Solange Knowles;Badu, Lizzo,Kelly Rowl.' "
However, during the concert at Gillette Stadium, according tofan-filmed videos, the 41-year-old performer instead sang, “Betty Davis, Solange Knowles; Badu, Badu, Badu, Badu.”
Beyoncé’s mother,Tina Knowles, was quick to shut down any murmurs of bad blood online though, commenting, “She also didn’t say her own sisters name yal should really stop” on apost from The Jasmine Brand.
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While the omission of Lizzo’s name is notable following the high-profile lawsuit, it’s possible that Beyoncé also chose to repeatErykah Badu’s name after the “Tyrone” performer seemed to claim she’d copied her style.
On Sunday, Baduposted a photo of herself and the former Destiny’s Child memberwearing similar chrome brimmed hats to her Instagram Story alongside the caption, “Hmmm. I guess I’m everybody’s stylist.”
The suit also accuses Quigley of proselytizing everyone around her, shaming those who engaged in premarital sex and oversharing her masturbatory habits and sexual fantasies.
The dancers also claimed they faced racial harassment from BGBT management, which they allege “treated the Black members of the dance team differently than other members.”
Additional allegations including false imprisonment and interference with prospective economic advantage also appear in the lawsuit. However, not all of the claims pertain to all of the defendants.
“The stunning nature of how Lizzo and her management team treated their performers seems to go against everything Lizzo stands for publicly, while privately she weight-shames her dancers and demeans them in ways that are not only illegal but absolutely demoralizing,” the plaintiffs' lawyer Ron Zambrano said in a statement.
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Davis and Williams, began performing with Lizzo after competing on her Amazon reality showWatch Out for the Big Grrrlsin 2021, the suit says. They were later fired.
Rodriguez was hired after performing in Lizzo’s video“Rumors”the same year, according to the suit, but she resigned earlier in 2022.
A rep for Lizzo has not yet replied to a request for comment. Quigley did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A rep for Lizzo’s production company, Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc., could not be reached for comment.
Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour continues Saturday evening in Maryland.
source: people.com
