Keri Hilson is lastly prepared to speak about that Beyoncé diss observe.
Sixteen years after a leaked remix of Turnin’ Me On seemingly took goal at Beyoncé, the R&B singer is setting the report straight, claiming that she by no means wished beef with Queen Bey.
In a brand new interview with Folks journal, Hilson, 42, says she was “pressured” to report the notorious verse that has haunted her profession ever since.
“I didn’t write them. I used to be pressured to sing them,” she stated, admitting the lyrics “most likely had been” about Beyoncé. “I by no means wished to report it. I positively by no means wished it to come back out.”
The diss stirred main backlash in 2009 and ignited a long-running narrative that Hilson was feuding with the pop icon. On the time, she says, her artistic workforce wished consideration at any value.
Hilson, who was simply in her mid-20s on the time, says she stayed quiet out of worry.
“I felt these individuals had my profession of their palms, and one telephone name may have ended it,” she defined.
Although she’s since met Beyoncé in individual, the 2 have by no means talked in regards to the incident. Nonetheless, Hilson hopes they ultimately can.
“I’d love the chance,” she stated. “I don’t know if it’s going to ever occur, but it surely’s one thing I’ve dreamt about.”
