According to Sam over at TheGrapeJuice.net, Music World has confirmed reports that singer Kelly Rowland dumped Mathew Knowles as her manager.
No word on who her new manager will be. But I suggest she hook up with Philana Williams who took Ciara’s career to dizzying heights before Ciara crashed and burned.
That’s good news.. I don’t think he ever made her career a priority.. But on a side note I don’t really think it matters who her manager is. She had a couple of OK songs but no…
I think Matthew Knowles did Kelly wrong.
I hope they all still maintain a healthy relationship.
Finally, Kelly can stop taking care of Beyonce’s wigs and can concentrate on her career.
If she would have left sooner, she may have had a better career and a fan base.
kelly’s “talent” (or lack thereof) is the reason kelly’s career (and i use the term loosely) hasn’t taken off.
maybe she can re-create herself and find her own niche in the music world…maybe she’s a good writer.
poor kelly.
I wish her much success – she been put on the back burner way too long!…so much for being treated just like a daughter…mmmm mmm mmm!…
Good for her! Now maybe she can grow as an artist!
She has finally come to her senses!!!!!!!!
I don’t like that entire Knowles crew. I could feel the shadiness from NY.
Matthew Knowles is not her daddy.
I think she thought that for real, and he showed her too many times previously. Hope she didn’t get the memo too late though.
If there is one book, i want to read……..ITS HERS. Either that or a tell at interview.
* i mean….tell all interview…..
Wanted to fix that b4 the grammar police got me…
well its business, bey is his bread and butter. if he cant devote equal time to all his clients, then find some who will….
I think Kelly, LaToya and Latavia should start a new group where she could be lead. I’ve been saying it all along. The contraversy alone would generate record sales.
Bird, that is so true.
Good to hear. She deserves to represent for chocolate sista’s. Hopefully Bee doesn’t banish her.
speakinmymind Says:
kelly’s “talent” (or lack thereof) is the reason kelly’s career (and i use the term loosely) hasn’t taken off.
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I have to agree to a certain extent. I think she has talent, she just doesn’t have solo appeal. When her album came out Matthew kept her up in our faces with photos and and news and what not just like Solange. What more could he do? She needs some really good music a new image and maybe she will stand a chance. There is no denying the girl can sang.
It just may be 2 late for Kelly to be a big singing star. I agree with speakmymind.. When she did that live performance @ I think the Bet awards she sucked!
She did a great job acting along side Brandy in still know what you did last summer. So hopefully she’ll get into acting.
But I agree writing a book (if she really give up the goods) would be EXPLOSIVE!
Good for her. Hopefully she’ll get the attention she needs, from a manager that cares.
I’m convinced the song w/Nelly(“Dilema”) was a fluke. I don’t believe Mathew thought it’d be as big as it was. So far, that’s the most attention Kelly has ever received on her own.
I agree that it may be a lil too late. This is the error of the LSLH…..w/ no talent. And Ive always thought the kelly and michelle were the better actresses amongst the gurl. Michelle was good in aida, and she was good on that show….(can’t remember)
@ Bird
I was one of the few folks that bought Kellys album, and i liked it. I joked and told my friend she got all the songs that on her albums were beyonce reject songs lol
But i don’t thik she got the promo that beyonce has. Bey is gettign all kinds of roles and no acting talent. Atleast if it doesn’t work out now….she’ll know it prob wasn’t meant to be, but she had no shot with him as her manager……he wasn’t doing his job IMO….its to see that someone realizes that the manager works for u, and not the other way around. Its too bad that friendship w/ bey probably went POOF!
i am so glad cause he will never promote her like he does his own
I don’t know, I think Kelly still has it in her to do big things in the industry. I like Bird’s idea ALOT actually…sounds like harmony to me LOL! Matthew just doesn’t manage anyone as well as BEyonce, bottom line. Kelly derserves to be treated fairly as an artist I don’t care who took her in!!! Beyonce probably won’t fool with her anymore…and IF I was KELLY, I would say the HELL with HER too!!
starr Says:
If there is one book, i want to read……..ITS HERS. Either that or a tell at interview.
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That was my first thought.
Wasn’t it Bey who said she does not drink but we see her on the beach with a drink in hand and even talks about a drink in one of her songs. What about not knowing how to use a laptop. She tried to hard to “seem perfect”. I want Kelly to spill the beans.
I retrack my statement that it may be 2 late for Kelly… A good manager can take you there.
I thought about Usher and how his career went south when he dropped his mom. But honeychile now that he has her back in his camp. I’m loving Trading Places & the title track IS MY JAM! That is one of the most beautifulest songs I’ve heard in a min… (but can’t remember the damn name), lol.
starr Says:
I agree that it may be a lil too late. This is the error of the LSLH…..w/ no talent. And Ive always thought the kelly and michelle were the better actresses amongst the gurl. Michelle was good in aida, and she was good on that show….(can’t remember)
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I am sure that even the LSLH girls are tired of seeing untalented singers. Ppl will start to see things differently, it may be subliminal(sp)at first but we do have a natural looking First Lady. I want good music to come back. Macy Gray may look and act crazy but I love her music.
@starr
I am waiting on the book too. I will buy it, go see the movie, I just want to know what this child has been holding in all these years about her and the Knowles.
Yall know the Matthew didn’t equally manage all of the girls the same. I heard that whoever tried to tell Kelly that got bounced out of the cult…I mean family (don’t get me Bey stans).
Although Kelly might not be vocally as talented as the run queen aka Bey, she has enough talent that she could’ve pulled of a better solo career than she has if Matthew would’ve put the same effort into put into Bey…hell even his own daughter, Kelly would be better off than she is now. Didn’t her solo sell like 80k in the first week? I bet she wanted to cry when LeToya sold almost 200k in her first week.
Good luck Kelly
KELLY JUST GO AHEAD AND FINISH THIS…WRITE A BOOK AND TELL EVERYTHING. IT’S THE ONLY WAY YOU’RE TRULY GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND BE COMFORTABLE FINANCIALLY BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DEPARTED WAYS WITH MATTHEWS MUCH TOO LATE; IT’S A TOSS UP WHETHER OR NOT YOUR SINGING CAREER IS REVIVABLE, WHICH IS THE PROBABLY THE REASON MATTHEW’S POP-EYED ASS LET YOU OUT OF THE CONTRACT. GIRL JUST WRITE THE BOOK AND BE DONE WITH IT. YOU GOTTA LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELF JUST LIKE THE KNOWLES HAVE BEEN LOOKING OUT FOR THEMSELVES. ONE BOOK AND YOU’LL BE A MULTI-MILLION, NEVER HAVING TO WORK OR SHAKE IT ON STAGE AGAIN.
I THINK IT WOULD BE CUTE IF THEY WILL DO A COMEDY SERIES FOR YOU, LIKE THEY DID FOR BRANDY WITH MOESHA.
GOOD LUCK..THANKS FOR FINALLY WAKING UP. YOU KNOW IT’S TOO MANY PEOPLE SAYING THIS SAME THING THAT THERE HAS TO BE TRUTH TO IT, AND WE ALL CAN CLEARLY SEE THIS; JUST YOU COULDN’T. THERE MIGHT BE DAYS WHERE YOU’LL RETHINK AND PERHAPS REGRET THIS DECISION, BUT I THINK YOU’LL BE GOOD; GRANTED YOU WRITE THE BOOK.
Kelly, hold on lil soulja.
@ Bird,
i like the way you stated that. i like kelly, don’t get me wrong, but she just doesn’t have that star power, in my opinion, and for me (cuz i can only speak for lil ol’ me), it has nothing to do with LSLH. she always sounds horrible in live performances (with DC and without) but i’ll admit she does sound good on the CD versions of the songs (i.e. studio singer). her voice is really “light” which doesn’t translate well in live performances a la Janet Jackson. Either she’s going to have to bring IT via dancing her @$$ off with banging tracks that don’t depend on strong vocals or she should get into acting.
he!!, writing a tell-all ain’t a bad idea either…although i do think her friendship with Bey is the real deal.
Okay I’m trying to figure out where everyone has been!! Kelly may not have had a successful career in the States but she is constantly working (it seems) overseas. Although I do agree that Beyonce has the better voice (when she doesn’t yell), Kelly’s acting skills are pretty up to par. She was great when she was on the sitcoms and the few movies she did. Perhaps if Mathew had tried to work that angle more than her singing career, she would be a bigger star here.
Kelly is hot in Europe.
She still has a fan base in the United States she just wasn’t marketed properly.
I am glad that she finally decided to life her life and decide her own future.
Great start to a new year Kelly
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I think Kelly, LaToya and Latavia should start a new group where she could be lead. I’ve been saying it all along. The contraversy alone would generate record sales
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They could go on tour and call themselves Destiny’s Child like the Temptations did way back when there were two groups of Temps touring. That would be some ISHIT!!!!! LOL!!
I’m loving Trading Places & the title track IS MY JAM! That is one of the most beautifulest songs I’ve heard in a min… (but can’t remember the damn name), lol.
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Here I Stand, and that’s my fave track on the cd. Be U TI FULLLLLLLL song
Aww man I hate I missed this convo. Did anybody see Letoya on the evening of starts Patti labelle tribute? She sounded very good. Also on that same show that darn Fantaisa from the great state of NC (yes im repping for my home state) shut the show down. That heffa knows she can BLOW!!!
Here I stand is a very beautiful song. Luv it.
JUST BECAUSE YOU CHANGE THE PACKAGING, THAT DOESN’T CHANGE THE PRODUCT INSIDE. MICHELLE CHANGED HER IMAGE, WHAT HAPPENED? KELLY IS KELLY, AS MUCH AS SOME OF YOU DUMP ON BEYONCE, IT IS NOT HER FAULT COMPANIES AREN’T CLAMORING TO KELLY. DOES SHE EVEN HAVE THE DARK AND LOVELY CAMPAING? BEYONCE HAS ENDORSEMENTS BECAUSE THE COMPANIES KNOW BEYONCE = CASH, LOTS OF IT. IT’S JUST THAT SIDE OF BUSINESS.
Kelly’s sugar daddy must really be bankrolling her if she managed to grow the wings (and cajones) to leave the Knowles cul… clan.
Good for Kelly! A great manager is needed in the industry because they book you for appearances. When Beyonce first came out as a solo artist with that “Work” song no one was feeling it, it was garbage but she hooked up with Jay Z for Crazy in Love and everyone loved it, so her formula was to hook up with Jay again for her next album, BDay. No one is feeling Beyonce like we think, her manager is fooling us and thats the point of a great manager.
Finally!
I think Kelly, LaToya and Latavia should start a new group where she could be lead. I’ve been saying it all along. The contraversy alone would generate record sales.
Good idea Bird…
Thank you CandyCane for the song title! Love that song. When I hear it I feel it in my soul.
kdillon Says:
Good for Kelly! A great manager is needed in the industry because they book you for appearances. When Beyonce first came out as a solo artist with that “Work” song no one was feeling it, it was garbage but she hooked up with Jay Z for Crazy in Love and everyone loved it, so her formula was to hook up with Jay again for her next album, BDay. No one is feeling Beyonce like we think, her manager is fooling us and thats the point of a great manager.
I beg to differ, check the Billboard Charts. ChecK Youtube. Check the number of Europe shows she has sold out already for her upcoming tour.
Kelly is movin over seas to London to be with her sugar daddy Sir Richard(virgin atlantic) she not fooling no one he promised her huge success in Europe and she going after it..(China,Japan,Africa) she came spread her wings, just as she doing with her legs… I could be wrong but it sounds good…