The biggest entertainer in the world just earned herself an honorary degree at every HBCU across the nation overnight.
Beyonce showed up and showed out as the headliner at Coachella in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday using a heavily HBCU band/Divine Nine influenced performance in a powerful way.
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The first black woman to ever headline the music festival did so with a full band and backup dancers that look like they would fit right in somewhere in the SWAC or at any other HBCU dance line.
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And then she had the nerve to have her own damn probate right on the stage.
This Bey performance was MADE for Probate Season. #BEYCHELLA #Coachella18 pic.twitter.com/UG4Q6fy1WR
— HBCU Gameday (@HBCUGameday) April 15, 2018
It didn’t take long for folks to make the connection.
Where #HBCUTwitter at?? #GramFam checking in. #Beychella
— Krystal Franklin (@krysfranklintv) April 15, 2018
And when she hit that Swag Surf…Instant Black History Moment.
Bey thought she was at *insert HBCU stadium* didn’t she? pic.twitter.com/Iwz8FwvZMa
— HBCU Gameday (@HBCUGameday) April 15, 2018
Yeah we’re gonna need that album ASAP.
I NEED A BEYONCÉ ALBUM WITH THESE HBCU BAND MIXES. I’M OBSESSED. MY GOSH! #Beychella pic.twitter.com/2EFiO9Z65O
— Dionne Grant (@DionneGrant) April 15, 2018
Simply put, it was a stunningly pro-Black and pro-Black College performance that showcased the icon’s ability to exceed her fans astronomically high expectations yet again.
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