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Beyonce’s Mom Explains How She Got Her Name · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Beyonce is not only one of the
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Speaker 1: most talented artists in the game, she also has one
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Speaker 1: of the most unique names in show business, and not
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Speaker 1: even most of her hardcore fans knew where she got
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Speaker 1: her famous moniker until now turns out she got it
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Speaker 1: from her mom, literally, because it's Tina Knowle's maiden name,
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Speaker 1: and there's a reason you don't see the name more commonly.
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Speaker 1: Tina explained on the In My Head with Heather Thompson podcast,
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Speaker 1: I think me and my brother Skip were the only
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Speaker 1: two that's spelled it b E y O n c E.
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Speaker 1: We eventually asked my mother, why is my other brother's
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Speaker 1: name spelled b E y I n C. There's all
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Speaker 1: these different spellings, and my mom's reply was, that's what
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Speaker 1: they put on your birth certificate. People don't even put
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Speaker 1: it together and know they're the same name. Beyonce's visual
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Speaker 1: album Black Is King is out now. That's direct from Hollywood.