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Beyoncé’s mother admits she was ‘afraid’ her Coachella performance would confuse a white audience

Tina explained her fears about the headlining performance on Instagram

Tina Knowles, Beyonce’s mother, has expressed her fears over Beyonce’s powerful headlining performance at Coachella over the weekend.

The mother of the A-list hit maker explained that she was nervous the performance was going to be too much for some audience members.

Tina shared a screenshot of a black culture publisher praising Beyonce’s inspired performance.

“I told Beyonce that i was afraid that the predominately white audience at Coachella would be confused by all of the black culture and Black college culture because it was something that they might not get,” she captioned the post on Instagram.

Saw this written above photo and commentary by: Alisa Adamson Profit and thought i would share it with you https://apple.news/AmQP7CFzMQOS7gDDGvfigMw ❤❤I told Beyonce that i was afraid that the predominately white audience at Coachella would be confused by all of the black culture and Black college culture because it was something that they might not get. Her brave response to me made me feel a-bit selfish and ashamed. She said i have worked very hard to get to the point where i have a true voice and At this point in my life and my career i have a responsibility to do whats best for the world and not what is most popular “ She said that her hope is that after the show young people would research this culture and see how cool it is, and young people black and white would listen to “ LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING and see how amazing the words are for us all and bridge the gap. She also hopes that it will encourage young kids to enroll in our amazing HIstorically Black Colleges and Universities . I stand corrected ❤

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Coachella is known for having a predominately white middle-class audience, but Beyonce wasn’t going to let that stop her from taking the audience on a journey through a culturally inspired performance that celebrated the fact she was the first black woman to headline the festival.

According to Tina, Beyoncé’s ‘brave response to me made me feel a-bit selfish and ashamed.”

“She said i have worked very hard to get to the point where i have a true voice and At this point in my life and my career i have a responsibility to do whats best for the world and not what is most popular.”

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Addressing her decision to include university marching bands, choirs and drum lines from American black universities, she said, “She also hopes that it will encourage young kids to enroll in our amazing HIstorically Black Colleges and Universities.”

Tina concluded her powerful message of support for her daughter with the statement, “I stand corrected ❤.”

Beyonce broke records with her performance as she was the first black woman to headline the show, and it was recently reported that she broke the record for most Youtube live streams during her performance with over 458,000 people streaming the show.

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