Whoa! Kelis Says Beyoncé Has 'No Soul Or Integrity' After Sampling Her Song On Renaissance Without Permission!

There’s drama erupting around Beyoncé’s new album already!

The 40-year-old singer’s long-awaited seventh record Renaissance, set to be released Friday, includes a track called Energy which supposedly samples Kelis’ song Get Along With You from her 1999 debut album. But apparently, the 42-year-old had no idea the track was sampled on the album until it unexpectedly leaked online on Wednesday – and she was not too happy about it!

After a Kelis fan account on Instagram said that “@Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE album will include a @kelis sample on the song ‘Energy’” alongside a mind-blown emoji, she responded to the news in the comments section through her @bountyandfull page. And she did not hold back when calling out Beyoncé and The Neptunes‘ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who wrote and produced the song:

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Kelis did not stop there! When another social media user commented that they “always felt like Beyoncé really admires Kelis,” the Milkshake artist responded:

Another person also chimed in, saying “that’s a collab the world really needs,” Kelis fired back:

YEESH!!!

Kelis later took to her own Instagram to continue addressing everything in a video, claiming it was a “direct hit” from Pharrell for not reaching out to her about the sample:

She has a point! You can ch-ch-check out her explanation HERE. Kelis went on to write in the caption of a follow-up video:

Sooo it sounds like she might be coming after The Neptunes for this sample?!

It’s no secret that Kelis has had issues with The Neptunes when it comes to ownership over her past work. She previously told The Guardian in 2020 that she was supposed to split the profits from her first two albums with the