The singer said it's not about the music, it's about 'hypocrisy and a lot of nonsense.'
The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo wrote “Get Along With You,” which Kelis sang on her 1999 debut album, Kaleidoscope, with only the production duo credited as songwriters. Prior to the official release of, a Kelis Instagram fan page noted the lift, with Kelis commenting, “My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter ignorance of all 3 parties involved is astounding.”
In Thursday’s video, Kelis made it clear that she’s not mad about the lift itself, but that “not only are we Black female artists in an industry where there’s not many of us,” pointing out that she and Bey have met, know each other and have mutual friends. “It’s not hard. She can contact, right?” Kelis said, noting that 20-year-old singer Ashnikko reached out when her 2021 song “Deal With It” sampled Kelis’ “Caught Out There.
Though she called it “stupid and disrespectful” for Beyoncé to have allegedly not reached out about the interpolation, Kelis specifically called out Grammy-winning producer/rapper and Neptunes co-founder Pharrell, who she said “knows better. This is a direct hit at me,” she claimed. “He does this stuff all the time. It’s very petty.” At press time spokespeople for Williams and Beyoncé had not returned requests for comment on Kelis’ claims.
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