Tina Knowles and Beyoncé participate in the Luar style program throughout New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2024 in New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
Tina Knowles constantly has time to gather a hater — specifically when it pertains to her little girls. The designer, businesswoman and mom to Beyoncé and Solange required to her Instagram web page to protect her oldest child from haters doubting her insurance claim to c and w.
“We have always celebrated cowboy culture growing up in Texas. We also always understood that it was not just about it belonging to white culture only. In Texas there is a huge Black cowboy culture. Why do you think that my kids have integrated it into their fashion and art since the beginning?” Ms. Tina Knowles created in the subtitle of a video clip collection of country-themed Beyoncé image fires. “When people ask why is Beyoncé wearing cowboy hats? It’s really funny, I actually laugh because it’s been there since she was a kid. We went to rodeos every year and my whole family dressed in western fashion… It definitely was a part of our culture growing up.”
During the 2024 Super Bowl, Beyoncé took down the nightclub spheres and got a stetson to kick-start her brand-new music period. In an eye-popping Verizon industrial — soundtracked by Renaissance period better “My House” — the super star proclaimed, “They ready, drop the new music.”
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Shortly after that, 2 nation songs — “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” — appeared on streaming services, while a Paris, Texas-inspired teaser popped up on both Queen Bey’s Instagram account and site. The 2 brand-new tunes are anticipated to show up on Act II, the 2nd installation of the three-act job Beyoncé began with her Billboard 200-topping Renaissance back in 2022. Since their shock launch, both tunes debuted in the leading 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a partial week of monitoring (graph dated Feb. 24). “Texas Hold ‘Em” notched the week’s greatest brand-new access at No. 2, while “16 Carriages” bowed at No. 38.
In her subtitle, Ms. Tina additionally kept in mind that her various other well-known child, the Grammy-winning Solange, has actually additionally showcased cowboy society in her job. “Solange did a whole brilliant album and project based on Black cowboy culture,” she created, mentioning When I Get Home (2019), the R&B celebrity’s spectacular cd and movie. That document came to a head at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, noting Solange’s 3rd successive leading 10 cd.
While the Knowles matriarch remains to maintain cynics and unbelievers in check as Beyoncé starts her brand-new period, the “Daddy Lessons” vocalist is currently making background with her venture right into c and w. On Tuesday (Feb. 20), “Texas Hold ‘Em” ended up being the initial tune by a Black lady to debut atop the Hot Country Songs graph.
Read Ms. Tina’s address to Beyoncé’s cynics right here:
