Feminism and Black Power: Beyoncé, queen B. who dominates the world

Portrait

Lchild of fate – Destiny’s Child, name taken from the Book of Isaiah. Little Beyoncé Knowles, born in Houston, Texas on September 4, 1981, couldn’t find a better band name to make her stage debut at the age of… 9! It was only six years later, and after various name and personnel changes, that Destiny’s Child became a quartet managed by Mathew Knowles, Beyoncé’s dad who, in 1997, landed a lucrative contract with Sony Music.