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Part Four: Independent Women
Interviews: Billy Brasfield, October 2, 2014; Lyndall Locke, June 21, June 24, June 25, August 22, September 8, September 20, October 5, October 20, November 11, 2014; Robert Townsend, September 11, 2014; Yvonne Boyd, November 12, 2014; Jonathan “Jaz-O” Burks, October 20, 2014; Arthur “Choke No Joke” Alston, October 18, 2014; Taura Stinson, October 15, October 18, November 21, 2014; DeHaven Irby, October 27, 2014; Dan Workman, August 27, 2014; Tony LaPierre, August 5, 2014; Dawn McClintock, June 5, 2014; Rob “8Bit” Fusari, September 18, 2014; Christopher Tillman, October 2, October 9, 2014; Armon Tillman, September 9, September 23, 2014; Hazel O’Connell, July 5, 2014; Maryann Baker, June 5, July 3, 2014; Marilyn Thomas-Baker, July 5, September 5, 2014; Jane Maxwell, September 15, 2014; Sam Elliott, October 5, 2015; Louise Adams, October 11, 2014; Ed Lovitz, June 11, 2014; Anthony “Tony Mo.” Moore, July 17, November 9, November 12, 2014; Marguerite Derricks, September 10, 2014; Alonzo Jackson, July 14, July 16, 2014.
Legal: More than three thousand documents were referenced relating to the LeToya Luckett/LaTavia Roberson litigation (LeToya N. Luckett, LaTavia M. Roberson v. Mathew Knowles, Individually and d/b/a/ Music World Management; Beyoncé G. Knowles; Kelendria T. Rowland; Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams, filed on March 15, 2000) and the Andretta Tillman Estate litigation (Lornonda N. Brown, Armon Tillman, Christopher Tillman and Effie Brown v. Beyoncé G Knowles, et al., filed on January 4, 2002); “Affidavit of Beyoncé G. Knowles,” July 3, 2001; “Affidavit of Beyoncé G. Knowles,” September 5, 2001; “Affidavit of Beyoncé G. Knowles,” February 1, 2002; “Affidavit of Beyoncé G. Knowles,” March 28, 2002; “Affidavit of Kelendria Rowland,” June 3, 2001; “Affidavit of Kelendria Rowland,” August 4, 2001; “Affidavit of Kelendria Rowland,” March 21, 2002; “Affidavit of Kelendria Rowland,” April 15, 2002; “Affidavit of Mathew Knowles,” April 1, 2001; “Affidavit of Mathew Knowles,” September 2, 2001; “Affidavit of Mathew Knowles,” March 20, 2002; “Affidavit of Tina Knowles,” April 2, 2001; “Affidavit of Armon Roshaud Tillman,” April 19, 2002; “Affidavit of Armon Roshaud Tillman,” March 25, 2002; “Affidavit of Christopher Raynard Tillman,” April 2, 2002; “Affidavit of Effie Lee Brown,” April 10, 2002; “Affidavit of Lornanda Brown,” April 16, 2002; “Affidavit of Linda Ragland [general manager of Music World Management],” January 25, 2002; “Deposition of Beyoncé Giselle Knowles,” November 20, 2001; “Deposition of Pamela Luckett,” December 13, 2001; “Deposition of Kelendria Rowland,” December 18, 2001; “Deposition of Tenitra Michelle Williams,” December 19, 2001; “Deposition of LeToya Luckett,” December 17, 2001; “Deposition of LaTavia Roberson,” December 19, 2001; “Deposition of Mathew Knowles,” January 29, 2002; “Deposition of Effie Brown,” February 19, 2002; “Deposition of Armon Tillman,” March 20, 2002; “Deposition of Christopher Tillman,” March 21, 2002; “Deposition of Celestine Knowles,” March 22, 2002, March 28, 2002; “Deposition of Jonathan Cooks,” March 26, 2002; “Deposition of Angela Phea,” March 28, 2002; “Deposition of Alonzo Jackson,” April 21, 2002; “Deposition of Taura Stinson,” April 24, 2002; “Beyoncé Giselle Knowles—Answers to Interrogatories,” November 1, 2001; “Mathew Knowles—Answers to Interrogatories,” November 12, 2001; “Celestine Knowles—Answers to Interrogatories,” November 15, 2001; “Kelendria Rowland—Answers to Interrogatories,” November 1, 2001; “LaTavia Roberson—Answers to Interrogatories,” November 15, 2001; “LeToya Luckett—Answers to Interrogatories,” November 1, 2001; “Beyoncé Giselle Knowles—Answers to Second Set of Interrogatories,” November 18, 2001; “Beyoncé Giselle Knowles—Answers to Interrogatories,” November 1, 2001.
Correspondence: From LeToya Luckett disaffirming management agreement with Mathew Knowles, December 14, 1999; from LaTavia Roberson disaffirming management agreement with Mathew Knowles, December 14, 1999; from Gerald A. Margolis to Ron Wilcox, Senior Vice President, Sony Business Affairs, February 11, 2000 (outlining grievances of LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett relating to Destiny’s Child, Mathew Knowles, and Beyoncé Knowles); from Beyoncé G. Knowles to LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett (undated); from Kelly Rowland to LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett (undated); from Randy Bowman, Esq., to Mathew Knowles, December 21, 1999 (demanding that Knowles cease booking Destiny’s Child in concert without the services of Roberson and Luckett); from Randy Bowman, Esq., to John Ingrasia, Esq., December 22, 1999 (outlining in timeline form all of Roberson’s and Luckett’s grievances against Mathew and Beyoncé Knowles and Kelly Rowland, prior to formal litigation against them); from Thomas M. Fulkerson, Esq., to Ben Hall, Esq., and Sherry Chandler, Esq., February 21, 2002 (attempting to disaffirm Beyoncé’s and Kelly’s management contracts with Andretta Tillman because “the contracts were entered into when they were between eleven and thirteen years of age”); “Release and Settlement Agreement Among Plaintiffs and Defendants Beyoncé G. Knowles. Kelendria Rowland etc. . . .” (settlement of the Roberson/Luckett case), December 21, 2000; “Hearing on Motions to Quash . . . for Protection . . . to Compel . . . to Appoint Auditor . . . for Contempt,” January 25, 2002; “Transcript of Hearing Before Honorable Jane Bland,” January 25, 2002; Columbia Records press release, “Destiny’s Child Welcome Two New Members to Group,” February 17, 2000.
Note: The content of Mathew Knowles’s interview with Star (“Beyoncé’s Dad Blows Millions on Drugs and Hookers—Charges Lawsuit; Mathew Knowles Interview: ‘I Was a Sex Addict’ he tells, Star,” February 12, 2002, was confirmed with its writer, Bob Michaels, by attorney Benjamin L. Hall (see “Plaintiff’s Response and Special Exceptions to Defendant’s Motion for Sanctions,” January 4, 2002, in the case of Lornanda N. Brown et al. v. Beyoncé G. Knowles et al.). Hall testified, “The contents of the Mathew Knowles interview will be published in the next publication of Star magazine. Plaintiff’s counsel interviewed Bob Michaels, article writer for Star magazine, who confirmed Knowles’ admissions.” When researcher Cathy Griffin contacted Bob Michaels on July 24, 2014, he had nothing further to offer about the Mathew Knowles interview.
Media: Driven: Beyoncé Knowles, VH1 documentary; Before They Were Stars: Destiny’s Child; “Beyoncé Answers Random Questions,” Channel 4.com (B’Day promotion), 2006; Tina Knowles, Keynote Speech, Women & Money Leadership Luncheon, October 2, 2014; Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Destiny’s Child, E!, 2007; “Mike Meyers on Michael Caine and Beyoncé,” CBS News, May 31, 2014.
Volumes: The Making of a Child of Destiny: The Andretta Tillman Story, by Brian Kenneth Moore; Destiny’s Style, by Tina Knowles; Soul Survivors, by Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams with James Patrick Herman; That’s the Joint! The Hip-Hop Studies Reader, by Murray Forman and Mark Anthony Neal; Hip-Hop and Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason, by Derrick Darby and Tommie Shelby; Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture, and the Public Sphere, by Gwendolyn D. Pough; Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office, by Zack O’Malley Greenburg; Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, by Jeff Chang; Hip-Hop America, by Nelson George; Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap, by Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar.
Articles: “Meet the People Behind Beyoncé,” Out.com, April 8, 2014; “Divas Live!” by Lola Ogunnaike, Vibe, February 2001; “Destiny’s Child Battling Lawsuit from Former Manager’s Family” (no byline), Associated Press, January 2002; “Suit over Destiny’s Child Royalties Turns Nasty,” by Jo Ann Zuniga, Houston Chronicle, January 12, 2002; “A Parent Who Knows Destiny,” by Ashante Infantry, Toronto Star, March 20, 2005; “Michelle Williams’ Depression,” by Mark Kennedy, Black Voices, January 7, 2013; “Beyoncé,” by Carissa Rosenberg, Seventeen, January 2009; “Beyoncé’s Destiny,” by Nina Malkin, Seventeen, June 2003; “Hiding in Plain Sight,” by Shanel Odum, Spin, June 2007; “Beyoncé Strips Down” (no byline), Spin, June 2007; “Hip Hop Happens,” by Steven Daly, Vanity Fair, November 2005; “Destiny’s Child,” by Lorraine Bracco, Interview, August 1, 2001; “Destiny’s Child�
�The Growing Pains of Fame,” by Lynn Norment, Ebony, September 2001; “A Date with Destiny,” by Jancee Dunn, Rolling Stone, May 24, 2001; “Bewitched, Bothered, Beyoncé,” by Vanessa Jones, Boston Globe, August 5, 2007; “Fun, Fearless Female of the Year,” by Lesley Rotchford, Cosmopolitan, February, 2006; “What Beyoncé Wants,” by Allison Samuels, Newsweek, July 29, 2002; “A Child Destiny,” by Alona Wartofsky, Washington Post, September 23, 2003; “Beyoncé a Fashion Designer?,” by Booth Moore, Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2005; “Beyoncé’s Mother Crazy in Love with Fashion,” by Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, February 19, 2004; “Beyoncé’s Mom, Tina Knowles, Helps Kelly Rowland Love Her Skin Tone, Singer Opens Up About Loving Her ‘Chocolateness,’ ” by Mereb Gebremariam, MStars News, March 8, 2013; “Suit over Destiny’s Child Royalties Turns Nasty,” by JoAnn Zuniga, Houston Chronicle, January 12, 2002; “Destiny’s Child Superstar Heads to a Golden Big Screen Debut,” by Paul Fischer, FilmMonthly. com, July 17, 2002; “Afro-Licious,” by Rock Fulton, Daily Record, July 21, 2002; “Independent Woman,” by David Kent, Herald, July 13, 2002; “Jay Roach Discusses Beyoncé,” by Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, July 22, 2002; “Beyoncé Knowles—The Austin Powers Interview,” by Kam Williams, Washington Informer; “Producer Upset over Beyoncé Writing Snub,” Express.co.uk, February 25, 2010; “A 20-Minute Conversation with Beyoncé’s Uncle Larry,” by Andrea Simpson, Celebuzz, Spring 2013; “Beyoncé Continues to Work Hard . . . ,” by Gail Mitchell, Entertainment News Wire, October 20, 2009; “Above and Beyoncé,” by Lisa Robinson, Vanity Fair, November 2005; “Beyoncé Knowles: The Queen B,” by Jason Guy, Vogue, February 11, 2013.
Part Five: Jay Z
Interviews: Kim Wood Sandusky, September 11, 2014; Jonathan “Jaz-O” Burks, October 20, 2014; DeHaven Irby, October 27, 2014; Arthur “Choke No Joke” Alston, October 18, 2014; Chad Elliott, December 21, 2014; Smokey Thomas, June 3, August 4, December 11, 2014; Delores DeHaven, May 5, June 1, July 3, 2014; Steven White, June 1, July 3, July 20, 2014; Thomas Eric Edmond, December 4, December 5, December 6, 2014; Kerry Knowles, June 15, 2014; Scherrie Wright, May 1, June 5, September 3, 2014; Hazel O’Connell, July 5, 2014; Maryann Baker, June 5, July 3, 2014; Marilyn Thomas-Baker, July 5, September 5, 2014; Jane Maxwell, September 15, 2014; Sam Elliott, October 5, 2015; Louise Adams, October 11, 2014; Ed Lovitz, June 11, 2014; Lyndall Locke, June 21, June 24, August 4, 2014; Eugene Record (with J. Randy Taraborrelli for The Entertainers radio program), July 4, 2003; Billy Brasfield, October 2, 2014.
Legal: “Affidavit of Beyoncé G. Knowles,” July 3, 2001; “Affidavit of Beyoncé G. Knowles,” September 5, 2001; “Affidavit of Beyoncé G. Knowles,” February 1, 2002; “Affidavit of Beyoncé G. Knowles,” March 28, 2002; “Deposition of Beyoncé Giselle Knowles,” November 20, 2001.
Media: Beyoncé: Ring the Alarm (preparing and rehearsal for VMAs), 2006; Jay-Z interviewed by Zane Lowe (four-part interview), BBC Radio 1, July 2013; Fade to Black, Roc-A-Fella Films (documentary), 2004, The Making of Collision Course (DVD), 2004; Backstage (documentary), 2000; Tina Knowles, Keynote Speech, Women & Money Leadership Luncheon, October 2, 2014; CNN special, “Beyoncé Finding Her Way,” February 9, 2013; Beyoncé interview, 60 Minutes, CBS-TV, January 2010; The Unauthorized Biography of Beyoncé: Baby and Beyond (documentary); Beyoncé: Fierce and Fabulous (documentary); “Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall,” interview with Mathew Knowles, August 17, 2014.
Volumes: Motown: Hot Wax, City Cool, Solid Gold, by J. Randy Taraborrelli; Jay-Z: The King of America, by Mark Beaumont; Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office, by Zack O’Malley Greenburg; It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation, by M. K. Asante Jr.; Hip-Hop Files: Photographs, 1979–1984, by Martha Cooper; Hip-Hop Decoded, by The Black Dot; The Hip-Hop Manifesto, by Hozeh; A Hip-Hop Story, by Heru Ptah; Pharrell: Places and Spaces I’ve Been, by Pharrell Williams; Jay-Z: The Playboy Interview, by Playboy and Jay-Z.
Articles: “Meet the People Behind Beyoncé,” Out.com, April 8, 2014; “Beyoncé Talks Fashion,” by Lynn Hirschberg, W, July 2010: “Beyoncé: Fun, Fearless Female of the Year 2006,” by Lesley Rotchford, Cosmopolitan.com, November 1, 2006; “Beyoncé Takes Credit for ‘Writing’ Songs,” by Roger Friedman, Showbiz411.com, October 18, 2005; “The Wonderful, Wonderful Ride . . . ,” by Richard Benson, Telegraph Magazine, 2003; “It’s a Family Affair,” by Michael Hall, Texas Monthly, April 2004; “Beyoncé and Boyfriend Jay-Z Go Public,” by Maeve Quigly, Sunday Mirror, August 31, 2003; “A Comprehensive History of Jay Z and Beyoncé’s Relationship,” by Ana Silman, Vulture, September 9, 2014; “Beyoncé—Virgin until Age 23 (ish),” WaitingTillMarriage.org, October 23, 2011; “Beyoncé & Jay-Z’s Love Story,” by Dimas Sanfiorenzo, Globalgrind.com, April 3, 2013; “Jay-Z Gets Three Years Probation for ‘Un’ Rivera Stabbing,” by Joe D’Angelo, MTV.com, December 6, 2001; “Jay-Z Hit on Assault,” by Mitchell Fink, New York Daily News, December 3, 1999; “Oprah Interview with Jay Z,” O, October 2009; “Jay-Z: The Boy from the Hood Who Turned Out Good,” by Simon Hattenstone, Guardian, February 19, 2010; “Jay-Z Discusses Shooting His Brother . . .” by Simon Vozick-Levinson, Entertainment Weekly, November 22, 2010; “Jay-Z Speaks Out About Shooting His Drug-Addict Brother at Age 12 in New Memoir ‘Decoded,’ ” by Bill Hutchinson, New York Daily News, November 22, 2010; “Why We’re Always Going to Be Wrong About Beyoncé–Jay-Z Divorce Rumors,” by Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, July 25, 2014; “Beyoncé—The Metamorphosis,” by Mimi Valdes, Vibe, October 2002; “Destiny’s Child,” Vibe, 2001; “Above and Beyoncé,” by Lisa Robinson, Vanity Fair, 2005; “Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Beyoncé Knowles,” (no byline) Jet, September 22, 2003; “The World’s Biggest Rap Star Reveals All,” by Adam Park, Clash, September 8, 2009; “Jay-Z Camp Refutes Tupac-Biting Claims,” MTV.com, October 9, 2002; “Jay-Z, R. Kelly Part Ways as Best of Both Worlds Tour Collapses,” by Shaheem Reid, MTV.com. October 20, 2004; “Jay-Z, Kingdom Come,” by Karl Wilkinson, Observer, November 12, 2006; “The Cat Who Got the Cream,” by Chris Salmon, Guardian, November 9, 2007; “Deja Feud,” MTV.com, October 8, 2002; “Jay-Z: The Life,” by Dream Hampton, Vibe, December, 1998; “The Big Razz Interview: Beyoncé,” by Adam Stones, Daily Record, September 10, 2004; “Beyoncé: The Billboard Cover Story,” by Gail Mitchell, Billboard, October 1, 2009; “Beyoncé Learned a Lot from Her Parents’ Marriage,” Associated Press, November 25, 2008; “How to Run the World: The Story of How Beyoncé Seized It All,” by Will Anderson, Bard Free Press, February 2013.
Parts Six and Seven: Dreamgirl and Run The World
Interviews: Sharen Davis, October 3, 2014; Billy Brasfield, October 2, 2014; Jonathan Hay, July 16, October 22, 2014; AlexSandra Wright, November 20, November 28, December 2, December 5, December 10, 2014; David L. Ingram, December 11, 2014; Jonathan Wright, December 5, 2014; Arthur “Choke No Joke” Alston, October 18, 2014; Robert DeLeon, August 3, 2014; Mavis Miller-Gunther, July 2, 2014; Tony Scott, August 3, December 4, 2014; Delores DeHaven, May 5, June 1, July 3, 2014; Smokey Thomas, June 3, August 4, December 11, 2014; Thomas Eric Edmond, December 4, December 5, December 6, 2014; Steven White, June 1, July 3, July 20, 2014; Tenesha Ksyn Cason, November 23, 2014; Lance Gilbert, December 3, 2014; Amy Vongpitaka, December 1, December 7, 2014; Alonzo Jackson, July 23, August 29, 2014; Chad Elliott, December 21, 2014; Taura Stinson, October 15, November 21, 2014; Daryl Simmons, July 29, 2014.
Legal: Knowles, Celestine B. v. Knowles, Mathew, November 11, 2009; “Mathew Knowles, Called as a Witness on His Own Behalf . . . ,” Wright V. Knowles, LASC Case No. BF 037735, January 14, 2014; “Mathew Knowles’ Petition for Pre-Suit Oral Deposition,” July 2, 2011; “Petitioner Mathew Knowles’ Verified Petition to Take Deposition Before Suit,” July 11, 2011 (Knowles’s original complaint against Live Nation); “Affidavit of Mathew Knowles,” July 11, 2011; “Live Nation Entertainment Inc.’s Opposition to Petitioner Mathew Knowles’ Verified Petition to Take Deposition Before Suit,” August 17, 2011; “Transcript of Friday, August 19, 2011,
Hearing, at 11:00 a.m. in the 281st Judicial District Court”; “Petitioner’s Reply to Live Nation’s Opposition to Petition to Take Deposition Before Suit,” August 26, 2011; “Mathew Knowles’ First Amended Verified Petition” (no date); “Mathew Knowles Reply in Support of Petition,” August 26, 2011; correspondence from M. Rozales to Hon. Sylvia A. Matthews, August 26, 2011; “Live Nation Entertainment’s, Inc., Surreply in Opposition to Petition to Take Deposition Before Suit,” August 29, 2002 (the most comprehensive account of Live Nation’s rebuttal of Knowles’s allegations); “Compendium of Unpublished Case Cited in Live Nation’s Surreply,” August 29, 2011; “Sworn Affidavit of Mathew Knowles,” September 1, 2011 (in which he best outlines his possible case against Live Nation); “Petitioner Mathew Knowles’ First Amended Verified Petition to Take Deposition Before Suit,” September 2, 2011 (the most comprehensive telling of facts from Mathew’s side of the story relating to his dismissal as Beyoncé’s manager); “Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.’s Motion to Strike,” September 13, 2011; “Mathew Knowles Press Release Relating to Parting of Ways with Beyoncé” March 2011; “Affidavit of Danny David,” September 13, 2011; “Petitioner’s Response to Live Nation’s Motion to Strike and Opposition to First Amended Petition to Take Deposition Before Suit,” September 19, 2001; correspondence from Danny Davis, Esq. to The Honorable Sylvia A. Mathews, September 22, 2011; “Sworn Affidavit of Mathew Knowles,” October 1, 2011; “Order Denying Rule 202 Petition,” Sylvia A. Mathews, Judge Presiding, October 4, 2011; “Final Judgment Signed for Non-Adversary (Non-Jury),” October 4, 2011; “Mathew Knowles Call Decision to Stop Managing Beyoncé ‘Mutual,’ Billboard.biz” (Exhibit 4); “Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 202 (‘Rule 202’)”; “Mathew Knowles—Interrogatories,” September 2, 2011; “Mathew Knowles—Answers to Interrogatories,” September 10, 2011; “Live Nation—Interrogatories,” October 1, 2011; “Live Nation—Answers to Interrogatories,” October 30, 2011.