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Black Itinerant Preachers Accuse Beyoncé of Being Shill for Satan; Having Demonic Influence [1]
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Date: 2023-05-09
Attacking Musicians, and Beyoncéin Particular, is a Conservative Cottage Industry
Over the years conservatives criticizing musicians has become a cottage industry.
Recently, children in Wisconsin were barred from singing "Rainbowland," a song by Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus at a school concert. The Insider’s Callie Ahlgrim reported that “Lil Nas X's ‘Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"’rode a wave of conservative backlash to a No. 1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100.” Ahlgrim noted that “Right-wing media personalities had a collective meltdown in 2020 when Cardi B released ‘WAP,’ her hit collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion.” Even Taylor Swift became a target for conservatives in 2018, after she endorsed Democratic Party candidates in her home state of Tennessee, and later released the pro-gay song "You Need to Calm Down."
However, no one has experienced more conservative vitriol then Beyoncé.
In 2016, conservatives pummeled her Super Bowl halftime performance that as Entertainment Weekly noted, "paid tribute to the Black Panthers and, by extension, the Black Lives Matter movement that Beyoncé sings about on the new cut."
Now, the poet, bible teacher and hip-hop artist Jackie Hill Perry is accusing Beyoncé of being a shill for Satan. Perry recently told a black congregation: “I am angry that the powers that be — in social media and in culture and in music and in Beyoncé’s music and in Kehlani’s music and in whatever the others are–that they are really trying to convince us that all spiritualism is the same. And we have digested this impurity. We want so bad not to be legalistic that we actually become profane.”
According to Religion News Service’s Andre Henry, “Perry likely chose to name these two artists because of their public spiritual journeys to reconnect with African spiritualities. In recent years, Beyoncé has incorporated visuals into her music videos seemingly inspired by aspects of Yoruba religion such as orishas (spiritual mediators) and the fertility goddess Oshun” (
https://religionnews.com/2023/05/04/why-white-supremacists-would-be-thrilled-to-hear-jackie-hill-perry-call-out-beyonce/).
Church Leaders reported that, “Perry has partnered with Lifeway to hold Glory events, gatherings where women around the country worship God and study his Word. She concluded her recent Glory clip by warning that items with a demonic influence can cause harm in people’s lives. ‘And you wonder why you are depressed. And you wonder why you are anxious. And you wonder why you have nightmares. And you wonder why you can’t sleep. And you wonder why you see things in your room at night. It’s because you’re opening up doors to all kinds of demons. Close them.”
Church Leaders noted that Perry “is not the only influencer who has recently used her platform to warn Christians against the dangers of Beyoncé. In February, a self-described prophet named Tiphani Montgomerywarned her followers that Beyoncé is a ‘witch’ and her fans are a ‘coven.’”
In 2016, it was Beyoncé’s Super Bowl performance in support of Black Lives Matter that set the conservative on fire. As Vox reported in 2016, “The live performance followed a new music video by the pop superstar for ‘Formation.’ The video shows a young black boy standing with his hands up against a row of police officers — a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, which has protested racial disparities in the criminal justice system and particularly police use of force. And it ends with a police car drowning in rising waters — a callback to Hurricane Katrina and systemic neglect and abuse of the black community in New Orleans” (
https://www.vox.com/2016/2/8/10940558/beyonce-super-bowl-conservative-backlash).
In an appearance on Fox and Friends, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani embodied the right’s condemnations, saying “I thought it was really outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers who are the people who protect her and protect us, and keep us alive. And what we should be doing in the African-American community, and all communities, is build up respect for police officers. And focus on the fact that when something does go wrong, OK. We'll work on that. But the vast majority of police officers risk their lives to keep us safe.”
Kristina Karamo, the first Black chair of the Michigan GOP “claimed in the past that Beyoncé was secretly recruiting Black Americans to Paganism through a new album; that ‘demonic possession is real’ and transferred via ‘intimate relationships’” CNN’s Em Steck, Olivia Alafriz and Andrew Kaczynski reported in early April.
CNN’s report noted that “the liberal watchdog Media Matters first reported, Karamo has baselessly accused music stars like Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Cardi B, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish of being tools of Satan. She claimed Beyoncé used an album to convert Black Americans to paganism; that Cardi B was a “tool of Lucifer because she peddles filth in the culture”; and that Grande and Eilish put children under a ‘satanic delusion.’
“She has also said that the ‘sexual revolution’ was a ‘well thought-out orchestrated plan by Satan.’”
“And you can see his fingerprints all over it, all over it, regarding how well organized it is and how effective it has been in encouraging and pushing people to rebel against God, causing all types of societal harm and ultimately causing so many souls to be lost into hell,” said Karamo in a September 2020 podcast.
In a recent message titled “Altered at the Altar,” Tiphani Montgomery, who has more than 100,000 You Tube subscribers,warns Christians not to attend Beyoncé concerts. “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus; how dare you call yourself a Christian,” she preaches. “I don’t care what pastor you got who’s okay with it. I don’t care what pastor you got that think it’s cool. I don’t care what pastor you got that sing along to the songs because they want some clout.”
As of May 8, Beyoncé had 25.8 million You Tube subscribers.
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