‘She wants to be me so bad’ – Firstpost

American television personality Amber Rose is furious with singer Beyonce for accusing the star of copying her speech at Kamala Harris’ rally.

‘She wants to be me so badly. I literally took up my entire speech,” the media star wrote.

“I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a politician. I am here as a mother,” Beyonce said during a campaign rally for Kamala Harris.

“A mother who cares deeply about the world in which my children and all our children live, a world in which we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world in which we are not divided,” she said Friday evening in Houston.

“Imagine our daughters growing up and seeing what is possible, with no ceilings and no limitations,” she continued. “We need to vote, and we need you.”

At the end, Beyoncé, who was joined on stage by her Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland, introduced Harris. “Ladies and gentlemen, please give a big and loud Texas welcome to the next President of the United States, Vice President Kamala Harris,” she said.

She did not perform – unlike in 2016, when she performed during a presidential campaign rally for Hilary Clinton in Cleveland.

Houston is Beyoncé’s hometown, and Harris’ presidential campaign was adapted from Beyonce’s 2016 song “Freedom,” a snippet of her 2016 landmark album, ‘Lemonade’, as a national anthem.

Harris used the song for the first time in July during her first official public appearance as a presidential candidate at her campaign headquarters in Delaware. That same month, Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, publicly endorsed Harris for president.

Beyoncé gave Harris permission to use the song, a campaign official granted anonymity to discuss private campaign activities confirmed to The Associated Press.

In the second half of “Lemonade,” “Freedom” samples two John and Alan Lomax field recordings, which document Jim Crow-era folk spirituals from Southern black churches and the work songs of black prisoners from 1959 and 1948, respectively. It also features Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar.

Kinitra D. Brooks, academic and author of “The Lemonade Reader,” says the song “Freedom” is so important because it shows that freedom is not free. The freedom to be yourself, the political freedom… it is the idea that you have to fight for freedom, and that it can be won.”

With added input from agencies