Overview

• On August 9, Tina Knowles shared an intimate Instagram message featuring Beyoncé’s childhood acceptance speech to underscore her enduring dedication.
• Knowles traced her daughter’s trajectory from winning a local Peoples Workshop award to headlining a sold-out tour date in Houston.
• She insisted that Beyoncé has never used others’ names for publicity, spread false rumors, criticized peers or engaged in one-sided feuds.
• Without naming individuals, Knowles counted down from ten to one as a pointed response to unnamed detractors.
• This marks Knowles’s latest in a series of social media interventions, following previous defenses against skin-lightening allegations and halftime show critiques.