Beyoncé should have listened to Lizzo! Just weeks after the latter was slammed for using the derogatory word “s**z” in a song on her new album, Queen Bey is also being hit with the same backlash!
As if this album drop wasn’t already controversial enough!! Ever since the new record, Renaissance, hit shelves and streamers on Friday, some fans have called out the pop star for including an “ableist” term in her song, Heated. Related: Is Beyoncé’s BREAK MY SOUL Giving What You Thought It Would? Near the end of the track, Beyoncé sings: In case you don’t know, s**z is a slang derivation of the term “spastic.” You can hear it used in the track (below)!
Yeah… so not only did she use the word, she used it TWICE! Fans criticized the choice in droves over the weekend, including disability advocate Hannah Diviney, who has cerebral palsy.
She noted the word is “ableist” in an opinion piece for The Guardian — weeks after going viral for calling out Lizzo for the same lyric.
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