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Beyonce sang a rendition of Mahalia Jackson’s “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” at the Grammys and apparently some people in the Christian faith-based community weren’t too happy about it.
Michelle Williams took to her twitter and made a comment that sounds like it could be in reference to some of the negative feedback Beyonce is getting from the faith-based community. The the 34-year-old gospel singer and former member of Destiny’s Child had this to say:
“Was saddened to see someone I love subjected to hate and ridicule from so-called Christians and ministers this past weekend. I took notes,” Williams wrote. “I didn’t know only certain people could sing gospel. (Sarcasm) I speak about it because it’s done to me ALL the time! Yall can have it!”
According to the ChicagoSun-Times:
Grammy-nominated gospel producer Percy Bady, who sits on the local Grammy chapter, says he woke up to a Facebook timeline chock-full of judgments. “The concern is this: Look, this is a staple for us who grew up in the black church,” says the well-known producer who has years in the industry and is the minister of music for New Life Covenant Church. “And, coming out of Pilgrim Baptist Church here in Chicago, there’s a reverence that we have. No disrespect to Beyonce; she can sing anything. But, her rendition of ‘Precious Lord’ did not move me. It’s one of those songs you sing from another place.”
“It wasn’t a bad performance,” says Walt Whitman, founder of the Soul Children of Chicago. “It wasn’t like she was horrible, but maybe it wasn’t the power piece that would best represent that piece of music.”
But, says Whitman, there’s the political side of the performance as well. “There’s so many different levels to this that you’re dealing with. You had all those gospel artists in the room and any one of them could have killed it, but you chose not to. And in some cases, I believe they just don’t know. We’re making assumptions that the people [who produce] the Grammys know about anointing.”
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