Beyonce
Beyonce doesn’t need a huge introduction. Most everyone knows her name. She is a multiracial singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman. She is married to Jay-Z and they have three children. She was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Her father is African American. Her mother is Louisiana Creole, including African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as Irish and Spanish. Beyonce will be on the cover of Vogue this September. “When I first started, 21 years ago, I was told that it was hard for me to get onto covers of magazines because black people did not sell. Clearly that has been proven a myth. Not only is an African-American on the cover of the most important month for vogue, this is the first ever vogue cover shot by an African –American photographer.” Beyonce found twenty three year old photographer, Tyler Mitchell, for her Vogue photo shoot. He is the first black photographer to shoot the cover in the magazine’s 126 year history. Beyonce did not do an interview for the article, but she submitted an essay. In the essay she discuses her heritage disclosing that she recently learned “that I come from a slave owner who fell in love with a married slave.” Make sure you pick up your own copy of Vogue magazine in December.
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