'I didn’t ask for this, but I’m not afraid of it either,' Kelis said.
. "I heard about this the same way everyone else did. Nothing is ever as it seems, some of the people in this business have no soul or integrity and they have everyone fooled." In a separate comment, she went on to say that the new track was not a collab, but "theft."on her own profile, and then saved it as a Reel for others to watch after it took place. "I said what I said, cause it's the truth. You don't have to like it or agree.
In the video, she called out both Beyoncé and The Neptunes for allegedly interpolating her song and claimed that they did not reach out to her for permission. "[Beyoncé] is one issue because it was stupid and disrespectful and she should have at least reached out," Kelis said. "But the real issue is the fact that the people like Pharrell and like Chad. Pharell knows better. This is a direct hit at me. He does this stuff all the time. It's very petty.
, she called out the production duo for "blatantly [lying] to and trick[ing]" her when it came to legal rights to her first two albums. "I was told we were going to split the whole thing 33/33/33, which we didn't do," she said in the interview. "Their argument is: 'Well, you signed it.' I'm like: 'Yeah, I signed what I was told, and I was too young and too stupid to double-check it.'", Robin S.
Robin claimed that she learned about the sample because her son told her she was "trending all over the place." She did, however, go on to thank Beyoncé and Jay Z for "giving her her flowers" while she was still alive.Sam is the editorial assistant at Seventeen, covering pop culture, celebrity news, health, and beauty. When she isn't draping her cheeks in blush, you can probably find her live-tweeting awards shows or making SwiftToks.
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