Beyoncé Dedit Renaissance to Her Late Gay Uncle Johnny

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• BEYONCé’S RENAISSANCE IS A BIG, GAY MS
• BEYONCé DEDIT 'RENAISSANCE' DROP TO HER LATE GAY UNCLE JOHNNY: 'TO ALL OF THE FALLEN ANGELS'
• BEYONCé DIT RENAISSANCE TO HER GAY UNCLE AND 'FALLEN ANGELS' OF CLUB CULTURE
• BEYONCé’S ‘RENAISSANCE’ GIV THE DANCE-FLOOR BOPS THIS HORRIBLE SUMMER NEEDSBRING THE BEAT INWHILE NOT AS UNFLCHGLY PERSONAL AS “LEMONA,” BEY’S SEVENTH SOLO ALBUM IS A NFINT, DANCE-IENDLY O TO THE BALLROOM SCENE OF THE ’80S.ALLEGRA FRANKDEPUTY ENTERTAMENT EDORUPDATED JUL. 29, 2022 10:49AM EDT / PUBLISHED JUL. 29, 2022 3:13AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST/GETTY/HANDOUTIN 2019, BEYONCé AND JAY-Z WON GLAAD’S VANGUARD AWARD, GIVEN TO ALLI WHO HAVE MA A DIFFERENCE THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. IN HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, BEYONCé SAID, WHILE CHOKG BACK TEARS, “I WANNA DITE THIS AWARD TO MY UNCLE JOHNNY, THE MOST FABULO GAY MAN I EVER KNEW, WHO HELPED RAISE ME AND MY SISTER. HE LIVED HIS TTH. HE WAS BRAVE AND UNAPOLOGETIC AT A TIME WHEN THIS UNTRY WASN’T AS ACCEPTG.”SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HIS STGGLE WH, AND ULTIMATE PASSG OM, HIV WAS AMONG THE “MOST PAFUL EXPERIENC OF [HER] LIFE.” SHE HOPED THAT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH WASN’T VA FOR THIS GENERATN OF LGBTQ YOUTH—THE ONE SHE NTUOLY MOV AND CELEBRAT WH HER MIC.THE DISTCTLY QUEER SPIR AND CULTURE THAT UNCLE JOHNNY STILLED BEYONCé IS WHAT ANIMAT RENAISSANCE, HER SEVENTH SOLO ALBUM, OUT FRIDAY. HE GETS A SHOUT-OUT THE ALBUM’S PHYSIL BOOKLET (HE WAS “THE FIRST PERSON TO EXPOSE ME TO A LOT OF THE MIC AND CULTURE THAT SERVE AS SPIRATN FOR THIS ALBUM,” SHE WR) AND EVEN ON THE ALBUM SELF (ON “HEATED,” SHE RAP-SGS, “UNCLE JOHNNY MA MY DRS”). IT’S A EPLY TIMATE TOUCH, PECIALLY ON AN ALBUM THAT MOSTLY SHIRKS THE EXPLICLY PERSONAL NARRATIV THAT MA HER LAST LP, 2016’S LEMONA, SO TRANSCENNT. RENAISSANCE IS AN O TO THE BALLROOM SCENE OF THE 1980S, PAYG MIL HOMAGE TO THE MANY STYL GROUNDG THE QUEER, BLACK AND BROWN-DOMATED UNRGROUND MUNY. ALL THE RECENT WHISPERS ABOUT BEYONCé MAKG A DIS, DANCEHALL, AND/OR HOE ALBUM WERE TE; SHE’S DONE ALL OF THE ABOVE, JT AS BALLROOM ENPASS ALL OF THOSE GENR AND THEN SOME. SONGS LIKE “ALIEN SUPERSTAR,” “MOVE,” AND “COZY” FEATURE EXPLIC REFERENC TO THE DANCE FLOOR, AS BEYONCé BECKONS THE LISTENER TO PUT ON THEIR LN-DOLLAR STILETTOS AND GROOVE. SHE RAPS AND SGS AGAST A CLATTER OF SAMPL, OM SPOKEN-WORD TO DJ LL-OUTS TO DIS SONGS OF YORE. A PROPULSIVE, PERSISTENT DM BEAT GROUNDS EVEN THE MORE TRADNALLY R&B-STYLE CHOS, WHERE SHE FLNTS HER STRONG-AS-EVER VOLS.LYRILLY, THE SONGS ARE LIKE RENAISSANCE’S TOPIC SENTENC: “I’M ONE OF ONE/ I’M NUMBER ONE/ I’M THE ONLY ONE,” SHE SGS ON “ALIEN SUPERSTAR.” “DON’T EVEN WASTE YOUR TIME TRYG TO PETE WH ME.” SHE’S NOT WRONG ABOUT ANY OF THIS, OF URSE. BUT THIS IS THE EXACT KD OF BRAGGADOC THAT N BE FOUND BALLROOM, WHERE DANCERS PROWL THE TWALK AND BT OUT THE SEXIT, MOST IMPRSIVE MOV ANYONE THE ROOM’S EVER SEEN. EVEN WHEN BEYONCé TURNS THE SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT DOWN A NOTCH ON “COZY” (“COMFORTABLE MY SK/ I’M ZY”), THE MSAGE IS CLEAR: JO HOE RENAISSANCE, AND FEEL THE OVERWHELMG SELF-TEEM POUR OVER YOU. THE ALBUM SOUNDS BETTER THIS NTEXT; OTHERWISE, SOME SONGS, PARTICULARLY THE BACK HALF, E ACROSS LIKE B-SIS. “ALL UP YOUR MD,” “THIQUE,” AND “HEATED” FAIL TO MAKE GOOD ON THEIR EXCELLENT CRENTIALS WHEN HEARD AND NSIRED DIVIDUALLY. (THAT A. G. COOK, AN ALL-STAR HYPER-POP PRODUCER WHO’S WORKED EXTENSIVELY WH CHARLI XCX, LAND HIS FIRST BEYONCé CRED WH SOMETHG AS EPHEMERAL AS “ALL UP YOUR MD” IS PECIALLY DISAPPOTG.) WHILE THE TRACKS KEEP YOU OUT ON THE FLOOR IF YOU’RE ALREADY THERE, THEY WON’T MOTIVATE YOU TO GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT OTHERWISE. BEYONCé GROWLG ABOUT HER “ASS GETTG THICKER” ON “THIQUE” WILL MAKE YOU LGH, BUT ONLY BEE YOU’VE BEEN AT THE DANCE MARATHON FOR HOURS AND YOU ULD E A LTLE WAKE-UP LL. AS THE PRODUCTN SLOWS THE BEAT DOWN FAVOR OF SLEEPY, DTRIAL-STYLE BASS, RENAISSANCE FDS SELF A SLEEPY LULL.THE BT MOMENTS E WHEN YOU’RE JOLTED AWAKE, AND THEY’RE THE ON THAT WILL HELP THIS ALBUM CLAIM S SPOT AS THE SOUNDTRACK TO EVERY PARTY FOR THE RT OF 2022. “AMERI HAS A PROBLEM” AND “CUFF IT” ARE UNNIABLE, WH THE FORMER’S SLE-CLIMBG SYNTHS AND THE LATTER’S CLASSIC DIS GROOVE. “PURE / HONEY” KEEPS YOU GUSG AS TO WHAT KD OF SONG EVEN IS THROUGHOUT S NEARLY FIVE-MUTE NTIME. WHILE THE “PURE” HALF IS BUILT AROUND A DARK, MOR-KEY BEAT SUED FOR AN UNRGROUND CLUB, THE “HONEY” HALF SWCH SEAMLSLY TO A MUCH BRIGHTER TONE THAT’S SWEET AS… WELL, YOU KNOW. (IT ALSO BOASTS SOME AMAZG L: GET ME “FOUR, THREE/ I’M TWO, FUCKG, BY” ON A MUG PLEASE.) “EVEN WHEN BEYONCé TURNS THE SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT DOWN A NOTCH ... THE MSAGE IS CLEAR: JO HOE RENAISSANCE, AND FEEL THE OVERWHELMG SELF-TEEM POUR OVER YOU.” THE CENTERPIECE OF ALL OF THIS—PERHAPS RENAISSANCE’S GREATT ENPSULATN—IS “VIRGO’S GROOVE.” AT SIX-PL MUT, ’S AN ANTHEM FOR THE LOVERS AND THE LOVED, THE DANCERS AND THE ART OF DANCE SELF. “YOUR LOVE KEEPS ME ALIVE,” BEYONCé SGS AGA AND AGA, A SYNTHIZER NJURG A DIS BALL RIGHT OVER OUR HEADS. WHEN SHE’S NOT BREAKG TO HER UNBELIEVABLE FALSETTO, SHE’S SNAPPG HER FGERS TO THE BEAT, CEDG THE FLOOR TO THE FUNK. AS BADLY AS SHE WANTS HER LOVER TO E OVER AND BE WH HER TONIGHT, BEYONCé ALSO HAS HER TRAMARK SENSE OF HUMOR: “YOU N H THIS/ DON’T BE SRED!” IT’S TOXITG AND TRANSPORTIVE, WH ENOUGH ENERGY TO STA 100 ALBUMS—AND KETIC ENERGY IS ULTIMATELY WHAT KEEPS RENAISSANCE AFLOAT.THE HYPER-TAILED PRODUCTN WORK—OM THE LIK OF TRICKY STEWART AND THE-DREAM—FILLS THE SONGS WH TEXTUR AND SOUNDS THAT PELLGLY FLOW OM TRACK TO TRACK. “BREAK MY SOUL,” THE ALBUM’S FIRST AND ONLY PRE-RELEASE SGLE, IS A SOMEWHAT UNSPIRG DANCE BOP ON S OWN. BUT ON RENAISSANCE, THE AOBEAT-STYLE “ENERGY” DRIV DIRECTLY TO —MAKG “BREAK MY SOUL” AN SENTIAL PIECE OF A STRONGER TWO-PARTER. THE SEQUENCG FEELS MORE TENTNALLY SIGNED THAN ALMOST ANY DIVIDUAL SONG DO; RENAISSANCE, AS THE FIRST “ACT” OF A PROPOSED THREE-ALBUM CYCLE, IS MEANT TO BE TAKEN AS A PLETE PIECE. RENAISSANCE’S HN, THEN, IS CCIAL TO UNRSTANDG AND APPRECIATG . IF YOU’RE LISTENG TO THE SONGS SIMPLY TO CLAIM A FAVORE AND UPDATE YOUR SUMMER PLAYLIST, YOU MAY BE LEFT DISAPPOTED. THERE ARE NO LYRILLY VULNERABLE SONGS THAT JUMP ACROSS WILDLY DIFFERENT GENR, à LA LEMONA. THERE’S NO TERT PAID TO NATNAL OR GLOBAL POLICS, LIKE ON THE GIFT. YOU WON’T FD THE X-RATED NGHTS THAT’S ALL OVER BEYONCé. THE FACT IS THAT, AT 40 YEARS OLD, HAPPILY MARRIED MOTHER-OF-THREE BEYONCé IS CHOOSG NOT TO PROBE THE HEAVIER STUFF HERE.BUT THE MEMORY OF UNCLE JOHNNY IS PABLE. AS A WAY OF PROCSG THE GRIEF SHE STILL HOLDS OVER LOSG HER BELOVED RELATIVE, BEYONCé HAS CREATED A PERSONAL WORK UNIQUE FASHN: IT’S IMPLICLY MEANGFUL AND EXPLICLY MOVG. NOW GET UP AND DANCE. ALLEGRA FRANK
• BEYONCé ‘RENAISSANCE’ REVIEW: ‘GAY BLACK MAN’ REBIRTH AFTER JAY-Z DRAMA

BEYONCé’S RENAISSANCE IS A BIG, GAY MS

Syd is one of the most proment gay R&B artists, and she’s “always ma a pot to jt be gay, ” she told the Guardian last year.

BEYONCé DEDIT 'RENAISSANCE' DROP TO HER LATE GAY UNCLE JOHNNY: 'TO ALL OF THE FALLEN ANGELS'

” Her androgyno bety, equent appearanc at gay clubs and ristance to easy labels elevated her to queer in. “Beg tangled up, havg some of the man me, I loved that, ” she wrote her 2015 memoir of attendg gay clubs wh her brother and her own masculy. Moi Renee was a drag performer and traed dancer who was the toast of New York’s unrground gay club scene throughout the ’90s.

” There’s footage of the performer donng a neon-green beehive wig and a black cutout jumpsu on a lol gay talk show the ’90s. DJ MikeQ is a fixture of today’s ballroom scene, spng at gay clubs and puttg his own fluence on a beloved genre: The New York Tim 2012 said he and his ntemporari have “put a hip-hop sp on ballroom sounds and slang, while rpectg tradn. LaBeija, fed up wh the racism she experienced drag petns n by Whe gay men – a grievance that provid the most memorable scene the 1968 documentary “The Queen” – created her own balls for Black and brown queer and trans performers.

BEYONCé DIT RENAISSANCE TO HER GAY UNCLE AND 'FALLEN ANGELS' OF CLUB CULTURE

” It’s at least the send time Bey has pulled om Summer: “Nghty Girl, ” om Beyoncé’s solo but, terpolat Summer’s “Love to Love You, ” another gay nightclub anthem. Even though her relatnship wh her gay fanbase was tenuo – Summer was acced of makg homophobic ments about gay victims of AIDS – her mic was beloved by LGBTQ listeners for “s poise, gravy and open sex ntent, ” wrote Pl Flynn, journalist and chronicler of gay culture, a 2012 piece for the Guardian.

She was “blsed wh a dive abily to tu how 3am unr a mirror-ball a Metropolan gay nightclub ought to sound, ” Flynn wrote.

Beyoncé is payg tribute to the man behd the gay in. Beyoncé prevly honored Uncle Johnny as the "most fabulo gay man" she's known her acceptance speech when she and Jay-Z received the Vanguard Award at the 30th GLAAD Media Awards 2019.

BEYONCé’S ‘RENAISSANCE’ GIV THE DANCE-FLOOR BOPS THIS HORRIBLE SUMMER NEEDSBRING THE BEAT INWHILE NOT AS UNFLCHGLY PERSONAL AS “LEMONA,” BEY’S SEVENTH SOLO ALBUM IS A NFINT, DANCE-IENDLY O TO THE BALLROOM SCENE OF THE ’80S.ALLEGRA FRANKDEPUTY ENTERTAMENT EDORUPDATED JUL. 29, 2022 10:49AM EDT / PUBLISHED JUL. 29, 2022 3:13AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST/GETTY/HANDOUTIN 2019, BEYONCé AND JAY-Z WON GLAAD’S VANGUARD AWARD, GIVEN TO ALLI WHO HAVE MA A DIFFERENCE THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. IN HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, BEYONCé SAID, WHILE CHOKG BACK TEARS, “I WANNA DITE THIS AWARD TO MY UNCLE JOHNNY, THE MOST FABULO GAY MAN I EVER KNEW, WHO HELPED RAISE ME AND MY SISTER. HE LIVED HIS TTH. HE WAS BRAVE AND UNAPOLOGETIC AT A TIME WHEN THIS UNTRY WASN’T AS ACCEPTG.”SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HIS STGGLE WH, AND ULTIMATE PASSG OM, HIV WAS AMONG THE “MOST PAFUL EXPERIENC OF [HER] LIFE.” SHE HOPED THAT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH WASN’T VA FOR THIS GENERATN OF LGBTQ YOUTH—THE ONE SHE NTUOLY MOV AND CELEBRAT WH HER MIC.THE DISTCTLY QUEER SPIR AND CULTURE THAT UNCLE JOHNNY STILLED BEYONCé IS WHAT ANIMAT RENAISSANCE, HER SEVENTH SOLO ALBUM, OUT FRIDAY. HE GETS A SHOUT-OUT THE ALBUM’S PHYSIL BOOKLET (HE WAS “THE FIRST PERSON TO EXPOSE ME TO A LOT OF THE MIC AND CULTURE THAT SERVE AS SPIRATN FOR THIS ALBUM,” SHE WR) AND EVEN ON THE ALBUM SELF (ON “HEATED,” SHE RAP-SGS, “UNCLE JOHNNY MA MY DRS”). IT’S A EPLY TIMATE TOUCH, PECIALLY ON AN ALBUM THAT MOSTLY SHIRKS THE EXPLICLY PERSONAL NARRATIV THAT MA HER LAST LP, 2016’S LEMONA, SO TRANSCENNT. RENAISSANCE IS AN O TO THE BALLROOM SCENE OF THE 1980S, PAYG MIL HOMAGE TO THE MANY STYL GROUNDG THE QUEER, BLACK AND BROWN-DOMATED UNRGROUND MUNY. ALL THE RECENT WHISPERS ABOUT BEYONCé MAKG A DIS, DANCEHALL, AND/OR HOE ALBUM WERE TE; SHE’S DONE ALL OF THE ABOVE, JT AS BALLROOM ENPASS ALL OF THOSE GENR AND THEN SOME. SONGS LIKE “ALIEN SUPERSTAR,” “MOVE,” AND “COZY” FEATURE EXPLIC REFERENC TO THE DANCE FLOOR, AS BEYONCé BECKONS THE LISTENER TO PUT ON THEIR LN-DOLLAR STILETTOS AND GROOVE. SHE RAPS AND SGS AGAST A CLATTER OF SAMPL, OM SPOKEN-WORD TO DJ LL-OUTS TO DIS SONGS OF YORE. A PROPULSIVE, PERSISTENT DM BEAT GROUNDS EVEN THE MORE TRADNALLY R&B-STYLE CHOS, WHERE SHE FLNTS HER STRONG-AS-EVER VOLS.LYRILLY, THE SONGS ARE LIKE RENAISSANCE’S TOPIC SENTENC: “I’M ONE OF ONE/ I’M NUMBER ONE/ I’M THE ONLY ONE,” SHE SGS ON “ALIEN SUPERSTAR.” “DON’T EVEN WASTE YOUR TIME TRYG TO PETE WH ME.” SHE’S NOT WRONG ABOUT ANY OF THIS, OF URSE. BUT THIS IS THE EXACT KD OF BRAGGADOC THAT N BE FOUND BALLROOM, WHERE DANCERS PROWL THE TWALK AND BT OUT THE SEXIT, MOST IMPRSIVE MOV ANYONE THE ROOM’S EVER SEEN. EVEN WHEN BEYONCé TURNS THE SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT DOWN A NOTCH ON “COZY” (“COMFORTABLE MY SK/ I’M ZY”), THE MSAGE IS CLEAR: JO HOE RENAISSANCE, AND FEEL THE OVERWHELMG SELF-TEEM POUR OVER YOU. THE ALBUM SOUNDS BETTER THIS NTEXT; OTHERWISE, SOME SONGS, PARTICULARLY THE BACK HALF, E ACROSS LIKE B-SIS. “ALL UP YOUR MD,” “THIQUE,” AND “HEATED” FAIL TO MAKE GOOD ON THEIR EXCELLENT CRENTIALS WHEN HEARD AND NSIRED DIVIDUALLY. (THAT A. G. COOK, AN ALL-STAR HYPER-POP PRODUCER WHO’S WORKED EXTENSIVELY WH CHARLI XCX, LAND HIS FIRST BEYONCé CRED WH SOMETHG AS EPHEMERAL AS “ALL UP YOUR MD” IS PECIALLY DISAPPOTG.) WHILE THE TRACKS KEEP YOU OUT ON THE FLOOR IF YOU’RE ALREADY THERE, THEY WON’T MOTIVATE YOU TO GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT OTHERWISE. BEYONCé GROWLG ABOUT HER “ASS GETTG THICKER” ON “THIQUE” WILL MAKE YOU LGH, BUT ONLY BEE YOU’VE BEEN AT THE DANCE MARATHON FOR HOURS AND YOU ULD E A LTLE WAKE-UP LL. AS THE PRODUCTN SLOWS THE BEAT DOWN FAVOR OF SLEEPY, DTRIAL-STYLE BASS, RENAISSANCE FDS SELF A SLEEPY LULL.THE BT MOMENTS E WHEN YOU’RE JOLTED AWAKE, AND THEY’RE THE ON THAT WILL HELP THIS ALBUM CLAIM S SPOT AS THE SOUNDTRACK TO EVERY PARTY FOR THE RT OF 2022. “AMERI HAS A PROBLEM” AND “CUFF IT” ARE UNNIABLE, WH THE FORMER’S SLE-CLIMBG SYNTHS AND THE LATTER’S CLASSIC DIS GROOVE. “PURE / HONEY” KEEPS YOU GUSG AS TO WHAT KD OF SONG EVEN IS THROUGHOUT S NEARLY FIVE-MUTE NTIME. WHILE THE “PURE” HALF IS BUILT AROUND A DARK, MOR-KEY BEAT SUED FOR AN UNRGROUND CLUB, THE “HONEY” HALF SWCH SEAMLSLY TO A MUCH BRIGHTER TONE THAT’S SWEET AS… WELL, YOU KNOW. (IT ALSO BOASTS SOME AMAZG L: GET ME “FOUR, THREE/ I’M TWO, FUCKG, BY” ON A MUG PLEASE.) “EVEN WHEN BEYONCé TURNS THE SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT DOWN A NOTCH ... THE MSAGE IS CLEAR: JO HOE RENAISSANCE, AND FEEL THE OVERWHELMG SELF-TEEM POUR OVER YOU.” THE CENTERPIECE OF ALL OF THIS—PERHAPS RENAISSANCE’S GREATT ENPSULATN—IS “VIRGO’S GROOVE.” AT SIX-PL MUT, ’S AN ANTHEM FOR THE LOVERS AND THE LOVED, THE DANCERS AND THE ART OF DANCE SELF. “YOUR LOVE KEEPS ME ALIVE,” BEYONCé SGS AGA AND AGA, A SYNTHIZER NJURG A DIS BALL RIGHT OVER OUR HEADS. WHEN SHE’S NOT BREAKG TO HER UNBELIEVABLE FALSETTO, SHE’S SNAPPG HER FGERS TO THE BEAT, CEDG THE FLOOR TO THE FUNK. AS BADLY AS SHE WANTS HER LOVER TO E OVER AND BE WH HER TONIGHT, BEYONCé ALSO HAS HER TRAMARK SENSE OF HUMOR: “YOU N H THIS/ DON’T BE SRED!” IT’S TOXITG AND TRANSPORTIVE, WH ENOUGH ENERGY TO STA 100 ALBUMS—AND KETIC ENERGY IS ULTIMATELY WHAT KEEPS RENAISSANCE AFLOAT.THE HYPER-TAILED PRODUCTN WORK—OM THE LIK OF TRICKY STEWART AND THE-DREAM—FILLS THE SONGS WH TEXTUR AND SOUNDS THAT PELLGLY FLOW OM TRACK TO TRACK. “BREAK MY SOUL,” THE ALBUM’S FIRST AND ONLY PRE-RELEASE SGLE, IS A SOMEWHAT UNSPIRG DANCE BOP ON S OWN. BUT ON RENAISSANCE, THE AOBEAT-STYLE “ENERGY” DRIV DIRECTLY TO —MAKG “BREAK MY SOUL” AN SENTIAL PIECE OF A STRONGER TWO-PARTER. THE SEQUENCG FEELS MORE TENTNALLY SIGNED THAN ALMOST ANY DIVIDUAL SONG DO; RENAISSANCE, AS THE FIRST “ACT” OF A PROPOSED THREE-ALBUM CYCLE, IS MEANT TO BE TAKEN AS A PLETE PIECE. RENAISSANCE’S HN, THEN, IS CCIAL TO UNRSTANDG AND APPRECIATG . IF YOU’RE LISTENG TO THE SONGS SIMPLY TO CLAIM A FAVORE AND UPDATE YOUR SUMMER PLAYLIST, YOU MAY BE LEFT DISAPPOTED. THERE ARE NO LYRILLY VULNERABLE SONGS THAT JUMP ACROSS WILDLY DIFFERENT GENR, à LA LEMONA. THERE’S NO TERT PAID TO NATNAL OR GLOBAL POLICS, LIKE ON THE GIFT. YOU WON’T FD THE X-RATED NGHTS THAT’S ALL OVER BEYONCé. THE FACT IS THAT, AT 40 YEARS OLD, HAPPILY MARRIED MOTHER-OF-THREE BEYONCé IS CHOOSG NOT TO PROBE THE HEAVIER STUFF HERE.BUT THE MEMORY OF UNCLE JOHNNY IS PABLE. AS A WAY OF PROCSG THE GRIEF SHE STILL HOLDS OVER LOSG HER BELOVED RELATIVE, BEYONCé HAS CREATED A PERSONAL WORK UNIQUE FASHN: IT’S IMPLICLY MEANGFUL AND EXPLICLY MOVG. NOW GET UP AND DANCE. ALLEGRA FRANK

"I want to dite this award to my Uncle Johnny, the most fabulo gay man I have ever known, who helped raise me and my sister, " she said.

Beyonce Renaissance album Beyoncé kicked off her new, club-spired album's era wh a proper tribute to the gay man who helped raise her.

" Beyonce's webse Beyoncé honors her gay uncle, Jonny, an emotnal tribute ahead of her new album 'Renaissance. ' | Cred: Beyoncé prevly honored Uncle Jonny durg her 2019 GLAAD Media Awards acceptance speech, when she lled him "the most fabulo gay man I've ever known" and highlighted his life wh HIV. Beyonce Renaissance album Beyoncé dited 'Renaissance' to her gay uncle Johnny.

BEYONCé ‘RENAISSANCE’ REVIEW: ‘GAY BLACK MAN’ REBIRTH AFTER JAY-Z DRAMA

In her acceptance speech, Beyoncé said, while chokg back tears, “I wanna dite this award to my Uncle Johnny, the most fabulo gay man I ever knew, who helped raise me and my sister. To celebrate, here’s 10 tim she roared gay rights. When she dited a GLAAD award to her gay uncle.