Beyoncé’s Reverent Celebration On ‘Renaissance’

Honey Dijon. Kevin Aviance. Ts Madison. Big Freedia. MikeQ. Moi Renee. Kevin Jz Prodigy. Telfar. This is just a small sampling of the queer artists, producers, performers, and personalities who played at least a small part in the creation of Renaissance. For her seventh solo studio album (and first in six years), the artist born Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter took sonic and thematic inspiration from her late “Uncle Johnny,” her gay “godmother” who helped raise her and played a pivotal role in her style evolution before dying due to AIDS-related complications when the singer was only 17. The result is the… Read Full Article