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After a spellbinding show at Grandwest on Sat night 27th May, Robin S has been asked to stay on in Cape Town and will be performing at The Address in Athlone on Sat 3 June Book at webtickets or the door.  Robin S  will be performing all the hits fans have come to know and love,…

R&B artist Kelis slammed Beyoncé for sampling her song “Get Along With You” without seeking permission.

As Beyoncé and Drake take on the genre, legends from Robin S to Jesse Saunders reflect on its resurgence

Beyoncé removed an interpolation of Kelis’s hit Milkshake from her new album and half of the UK Top 10 singles feature samples. It’s big business – but who’s benefitting?

A song on Beyoncé's most recent album, Renaissance, has an interpolation of Kelis' "Milkshake." The song "Energy" lists Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo

“Get Along With You” is sampled on “Energy,” which Kelis has likened to “theft.” She is not listed as one of the producers, composers, or lyricists on the sampled song and has previously discussed the terms of her early contract.

Fifty two minutes after Beyonce released her latest single “Break My Soul”, Chicago-based drag queen Ari Gato posted a video of her performing to the single, while strutting in heels and dancing with the occasional flip of a hair and sassy spins. 

The ubiquitous 1992 remix of Robin S.’s song has endured in samples and covers. Its writers’ names appeared in the credits for Beyoncé’s track, were quickly removed and then restored again.

Robin S is having a surprising career resurgence.

Big Freedia feels "so honoured" to appear on Beyoncé new track Break My Soul.