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parkwood highlights rolling stone’s article on beyoncé reclaiming rock’s black female legacy in the anniversary post. in her post, beyoncé holds three lemons and a bottle of sirdavis whisky, named after her moonshiner great-grandfather. the early use of the term ‘black betty’ in the backcountry referred to a bottle of whiskey. beyoncé also paid tribute to sister rosetta tharpe and betty davis through multiple references: she honored them in the queens remix for act i, featured ‘down by the riverside’ by sister rosetta tharpe in ‘smoke hour,’ used ‘they say i’m different’ by betty davis in the gq behind-the-scenes video for act ii, and dressed as betty davis for halloween.

oh this popstar