It’s hard to tell what Beyonce was going for when she explained to OK! Magazine how the Knowles aren’t like a certain legendary R&B family. “I grew up upper class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We’re African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we’re like The Jacksons. But I didn’t have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.” Was she criticizing people for stereotyping African-American families or was she dissing Michael and Co. for being lower class? According to the National Enquirer, one person who’d like to know is Janet Jackson.
Janet wanted to know why Beyonce had to mention her family. They’re not friends and barely know each other. She feels Beyonce went out of her way to tell the world she’s from the upper class and the Jacksons were like a bunch of dirty gutter rats. Janet is proud of her family and how they came from nothing and became superstars.
Not only is Janet telling everyone who will listen that Beyonce has a lot of growing up to do and that she needs to stop trying to impress everyone, she’s planning to confront Beyonce herself and read her the riot act.
With Beyonce enjoying bigger sales and married to a more successful rapper/CEO than Janet’s boyfriend Jermaine Dupri (when is he gonna put a ring on it, anyway?), it’s not surprising that Janet would take Beyonce for a stuck-up. But unless Janet’s determined to hold a grudge, we’re guessing this will end with hugging and crying rather than a musical battle. Has it been only seven years since Janet had Destiny’s Child sing “Let’s Wait Awhile” at her MTV: Icon tribute?
