Beyonce's father will no longer manage her career

By MESFIN FEKADU, The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Beyonce will no longer be managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, her publicist said Monday.

The Grammy-winning singer and her father have parted ways “on a business level,” the publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Associated Press in a statement. She didn’t say what led to the split.

“I am grateful for everything he has taught me,” Beyonce said in the statement. “I grew up watching both he and my mother manage and own their own businesses. They were hardworking entrepreneurs, and I will continue to follow in their footsteps.”

Knowles has managed his daughter since she debuted as a teen in the multiplatinum-selling group Destiny’s Child in the late 1990s and throughout her superstar career as a solo artist.

Knowles oversaw all aspects of his daughter’s career, from music to movies to fashion and more. Her career includes 16 Grammy awards, top-grossing movies “Dreamgirls” and “Obsessed,” fashion ventures and lucrative endorsements.

The 29-year-old has released three multiplatinum albums — “Dangerously in Love,” “B’Day” and “I Am … Sasha Fierce” — and has 12 Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, including five No. 1′s. Destiny’s Child had 11 Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 chart and six No. 1′s.

During Beyonce’s teen years in Houston, Knowles prepped her, her friend Kelly Rowland and two others for a rising career as an R&B girl group, and Destiny’s Child released its self-titled debut in 1998. Their sophomore album, “The Writing’s on the Wall,” came a year later and garnered multiple hits and two Grammys, but the success also shook up the band, and Destiny’s Child became a trio with Beyonce, Rowland and Michelle Williams.

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