18.3.09

WORLD DOMINATION???

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That's what STYLE Magazine described Beyonce's unstoppable presence in the entertainment industry as a whole. And you can't really argue with them...

Alot of people talk a fair share amount of smack when it comes to Mrs. Carter, but there is no denying her place as one of the most imitated, watched, and financially successful women of our generation. I really loved this interview with Beyonce because you really start to get a feel for her day to day and where she is in her life. Im diggin it and really felt inspired to use her work ethic as a standard on how I run my day to day affairs...real talk. If some of yall would stop hating long enough...you might learn something from this Multi Media Mogul. Get it B.

Below is an excerpt from the interview from the April issue of Vogue:

Back at the studio on West Twenty-fifth Street, it is approaching 10:00 P.M., and Beyoncé is hoping to get back to the dance rehearsal before it breaks up for the night. Just outside the door, her ever-present bodyguard waits to escort her to an idling black SUV that will eventually take her home to Tribeca and her husband. Jay-Z, who is 39 and who grew up in the Marcy housing projects in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, has come a long way from selling drugs and shooting his brother in the shoulder for stealing his jewelry. A very long way: He is part owner of the New Jersey Nets, and he and Beyoncé recently topped Forbes's list of highest-earning celebrity couples, at $162 million in combined income.

Beyoncé's mother is also just outside the door, a constant hovering presence in her daughter's life. "My mother is truly my best friend," says Beyoncé. "We work together on our clothing line. She handles my movies: She reads all the scripts and tells me the good ones, and then I read them." (One wonders what Mom was thinking with Obsessed.) "And my father is still my manager. He does all of the business deals and negotiations." I scan her face for any sign of mixed feelings. "The best thing is having someone I trust. I know he is up until 4:00 A.M. fighting and working and doing things that no one else would do."

Matthew Knowles has a reputation in the music business for driving a hard bargain, to put it mildly. "He is a tough bargainer," says Beyoncé. "But he really knows what he's doing, and he's a workaholic. And for a while I was starting to become that way. I realized that just because my parents are workaholics—because my mother is, too—it doesn't mean I have to be one. So I have slowed down a lot—even though my slowing down is two movies and a tour in one year!"

When I ask her if she ever feels overexposed, she says flatly, "I don't." But when I push her on it, she gives in a little. "We just had a meeting yesterday about the tour," she says. "I approved everything I do, all the bookings, made sure everything makes sense for me." Pause. "The thing that me and my father sometimes bump heads over is: just too much." Do you argue? I ask. "It's definitely tense. And if there's one person in my life I argue with the most, it's him. But it's business. It's always about business."

There has been speculation over the years as to whether Jay-Z would ever get more involved in his wife's career. When I ask her what she has learned from him, she says, "I definitely have learned to be a little more picky from Jay. Because if something makes a lot of sense to everyone else, if he doesn't feel it, he's like, 'I don't want to talk about it.' Which is great."

At least for now, Beyoncé's career will remain a family business. "It works," she says of the arrangement. "They do their own things. My father has other artists. My mother does her own clothing line on HSN. Their whole lives are not…me. But if they wanted to retire, I'm sure we would figure out who would help me."Can you imagine having this big career without them? "I can't," she says, shaking her head. "We all did this together."

www.vogue.com

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