Kelly Rowland Angry At Lawsuit, Blames Matthew Knowles
Destiny’s Child was being sued for copyright infringement by a Chicago man. There has been a longstanding debate that Beyonce does not write the songs where she get songwriters credit. With this lawsuit Kelly Rowland is said to be livid she is being dragged into court and blames Matthew Knowles.
Rowland blames the legal mess on Beyoncé’s father – and his tactics for lining his daughter’s pockets with cash.
“Matthew [Knowles] has a long history of trying to get songwriters to add Beyoncé’s name to songs she didn’t compose, just so she gets publishing royalties,” the insider says of Daddy Knowles, who managed the group. “That information eventually became widely known, and now anyone who wants to accuse Kelly or Destiny’s Child of stealing material has ammunition to file a lawsuit. Kelly is livid.”
Indeed, Beyoncé’s songwriting credits have been publicly questioned several times. In 2006, for example, she declared she wrote the breakup anthem “Irreplaceable” “for [her] girls” – causing singer/songwriter Ne-Yo to angrily announce that he penned all the lyrics for the song, then got minimal help from Beyoncé on the melody. But even that may have been generous: Rumors swirled that B’s composer credit was added only as a courtesy.
Adding fuel to the Rowland/Knowles fire: Kelly used to employ Matthew as her manager; she terminated him in January. “She and Beyoncé remained cordial at first,” our source says. “But things have gotten tense since Kelly griped that Matthew is the cause of this lawsuit.”
The proof? When Billboard mag recently saluted Beyoncé with a Woman of the Year award, Williams was on hand to fete her former cohort. Rowland was not.
“Kelly isn’t happy having to fight these allegations,” continues the source. “She feels as though this is just another mess that Matthew got them into while only trying to serve the sole interest of his daughter.”
- Source: NY Daily News
The lawsuit has reportedly been settled avoiding any courtroom drama. No word on the settlement details.
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i am the proof behind the face that beyonce does not write her own music her and her family has hidden cameras on me and have had them since i was 3yrs old this is how that strange occurance comes about w/ me on numerous records and albums like the one where lil wayne says she done this from home where i mention i am the best singer i am even being viewed naked. mathew knowles is mothing more than an embigaist and a child molestor. the woman on that spit yo’ game biggie smalls video who announces her name repeated something/ dances that i had only done in the shower as well as mtv black out screen that just wasnt totally clear of me, along with the flashes online of me they have been exposimg me to show off all that they had gotten away with. now what!? they just got caught.