Fivio Foreign says Beyoncé gave him her blessing to sample one of her most famous hits, but only after he agreed to make the record less offensive.
The drill rap star sat down with Hot 97’s Ebro in the Morning to promote his debut album, “B.I.B.L.E..” During the chat, the rapper revealed that his record, “What’s His Name” with Coi Leray and Queen Naija, features a sample of Destiny Child’s hit “Say My Name.” He says getting the record cleared included him cleaning up the lyrics to meet Bey’s standards.
“She heard it. It was a little vulgar, a little bit for her, at first. I cleaned it up. I cleaned it up. I cleaned it up a lot. It was like, ‘You can’t be talking about girls like that!'” the 32-year-old shared.
After tweaking his lyrics, Fivio Foreign says that music-publishing executive John Platt called him back and informed him he needed to do the same with Coi’s part of the record. Shortly after, the song was cleared just in time for his highly anticipated project.
The Kanye West-produced project features a collaboration with Ye himself, in addition to Alicia Keys, Lil Yachty, Polo G, and more.
