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Beyonce to remove offensive lyric from new Renaissance album
Beyonce has confirmed that she will remove a lyric from her new Renaissance album that has been critisied as being offensive and "abelist."
The slur was used in her song “Heated,” which was co-written by Drake and other collaborators for the album released on 29 July.
In a statement provided to The Independent, Beyonce's representatives said the slur was “not used intentionally in a harmful way.”
The term in question, derived from the word “spastic,” is often used in a derogatory way to refer to someone with a disability.
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