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Ahead of the release of Beyoncé's album Renaissance, the singer got involved in a controversy over a potential collaboration with singer Sabrina Claudio. On July 20, the official list of collaborators for the album was disclosed on Apple Music's listing.
The list credited Claudio, Sydney Bennett, Nick Green, and Beyoncé for the eighth track in Renaissance. Meanwhile, the Genius lyrics portal mentioned that Claudio has also received credit for writing the song's lyrics amongst the other collaborators.
25-year-old Claudio's involvement in the upcoming album by Beyoncé has left numerous netizens perplexed and upset. Once the album is released on July 29, it will be seen whether the matter affects the streaming numbers of the song.
Why are Beyoncé's fans baffled by Sabrina Claudio's involvement in the album as a co-composer?
In April 2018, Sabrina Claudio faced criticism from netizens over her past usage of racist slurs. According to Billboard, Claudio, at the time, received flak as she had used the n-word while using her former Twitter account with the username @ODamnYourUgly. As the netizens found these tweets associated with her old account, numerous individuals called her out for her controversial use of racial slurs as well as her numerous inappropriate comments about black women.
The series of offensive tweets were made around 2011 when the singer used her former account. They have since been deleted. According to BET, one such tweet read:
"It must suck to be a black girl with no b*oty."
Later in 2018, Sabrina Claudio responded to an Instagram comment and referred to someone as "a pasty white girl than a sweaty chonga."
Claudio posted an apology tweet afterwards, which reportedly did not specify the exact comments she was addressing. It read:
"I am deeply sorry for the insensitive words I've used. Some of the things you are seeing are true while others aren't…I realize my past ignorance is affecting people I care so much about, and I am so sorry. I've made mistakes, and while I cannot take them back, I will learn from them."
However, it appears that the apology has since been deleted.
Netizens react to Sabrina Claudio's involvement in Beyoncé's Renaissance album
Due to the aforementioned controversies, netizens are surprised and largely unhappy over Sabrina Claudio featuring in Beyoncé's album. Numerous tweets questioned whether the latter had done a background check on Claudio before the collaboration. Meanwhile, others simply expressed their shock.
Earlier this month, it was reported by multiple publications that the Run the World (Girls) singer ran background checks on potential collaborators to avoid any unfavorable controversy. Many tweets referenced that claim and called out the singer for not vetting Claudio properly.
However, Beyoncé may have implemented the potential requirement of background checks quite recently. This could mean that, at the time of recording, Beyoncé was not aware of Claudio's past controversy.
The 40-year-old singer has also collaborated with artists like Drake, Labrinth, Skrillex, SYD, Nija Charles, Honey Dijon, and her husband JayZ for the upcoming album.
