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.
Photo: Bauer-Griffin
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