Beyonce Responds to Kelis Complaining About Her Using Her Sample by Removing It & Her Credits Off of Album

After Kelis directly accused her of “theft,” Beyoncé discreetly removed her sample of “Milkshake” from one of her new song “Energy.”

The selected sample beat is no longer available through streaming services for Queen Bey’s “Renaissance” album, and Kelis’ name has also been removed from the credits, according to PageSix.

Kelis has not yet responded officially to the edit.

The change occurred just a few days after Kelis, 42, accused people in the music business of treating her with “no soul or integrity.”

Kelis responded to an Instagram user who praised the song as “the collab the world really needs,” saying, “It’s not a collab, it’s theft.”

Beyoncé made the decision after having to return to the editing room to eliminate the word “spaz” from yet another track on her latest album, “Renaissance,” due to claims that it was “ableist.”

Not Beyonce quietly removing Kelis interpolation on energy and moving on with her day. pic.twitter.com/Lv4iuqHEUI

— Nomgqibelo Ncamisile Mnqhibisa (@Tealmooss) August 2, 2022

Beyoncé removing the Kelis sample pic.twitter.com/oT6eh1Q8yd

— ᴮ FLA-DAPP | DEE aka MS HUNNAY (@blkswn_janae) August 2, 2022

Beyoncé removed Kelis’ sample and removed the ableist word. One fell swoop. Gone.

She somehow simultaneously does what she wants, when and how and why she wants, yet also is listening to feedback and pivoting when necessary.

I respect the hell out of that. pic.twitter.com/2h3BKdiZCP

— April (@ReignOfApril) August 2, 2022

Kelis didn't want Beyoncé interpolating her song and now Beyoncé has removed it as requested.

So everyone should be happy now right? Or y'all gone shift the goal post and be mad at something else? pic.twitter.com/6fNkDCxOGy

— Sisa (@TheTitanBaddie) August 2, 2022

Beyoncé after snatching Kelis’s sample off of Energy. pic.twitter.com/so4nzA6g6e

— Rhyheim’s Pool Water (@stawpfeenin) August 2, 2022