Apr 30 2007
Beyonce Vibe Magazine Cover

Kelly Rowland on the Cover of Vibe Magazine: Giving Justice to the Sidekick

Kelly Rowland Beyonce is on the cover of this month’s Vibe magazine. The R&B/Sports Illustrated model bringing in the summer with a fabulous photo spread. Well, not really. The photos in the article were pretty tame. They practically bordered on recycled publicity shots. The article itself, also more of the same.

I’m not one to slap the over-exposed sticker on Beyonce’s back, or hate for bitter reasons. However there is something to be said when she’s on Vibe’s cover and her homie-for-life Kelly Rowland has an album coming out next month - June 26th. To add insult to disgrace, Kelly’s article is a one page, new artist kind of thing. As if a full article couldn’t be fleshed out with what she’s been up to.

In the article Kelly speaks about “living in Beyonce’s shadow.”

“The Lord brought Michelle and me into B’s life and look what kind of heights we’ve soared to.”

Vibe also states that Kelly is seemingly content to live in the background.

Guess so.

But it seems as though that’s somewhat a forced position.

B’Day is at 3 million sold. You’d think Team Knowles would give Beyonce a summer vacation, step back and give Kelly some shine time. Just rub the hands together and say, “Okay, we did well with B’Day, now it’s time to push Ms. Kelly’s project to the front.”

Instead, just before Kelly’s drop date you get B’Day deluxe and a high profile magazine cover. The equivalent of breaking into a singer’s solo during a concert.

Maybe the Knowles clan think this kind of piggyback promotion helps, but like Jay-Z standing under Rhianna’s “Umbrella” it’s something that adds little value and just didn’t need to take place.

Kelly’s article is titled “Hiding in Plain Sight.”

That may be her wish, but I say we do the girl justice and relieve her of that sidekick tag.

The June 2007 Vibe cover that shoulda/woulda’ve been.

Kelly Rowland Vibe Magazine Cover


☼ What's Your Opinion? ☼

1 B Mon, Apr 30, 2007 - 10:10 pm

I have always been a fan of Kelly and Letoya for baby mama status since they first came out back then Beyonce was aight with the blonde weave and so forth. But just like that spot they did on mad tv one time about her goping into Kelly and Michelle’s shots during the emotions video. She will alway be in the front and yes I do think they definitely overexposing B to much and not Kell’s any play BTW whats Michelle doing chilling in the cut no doubt singing I’m a survivor LOL.

2 A-(May 1,2007) Wed, May 02, 2007 - 2:30 am

I have real issues with Kelly Rowland.I just can’t respect someone who is content being in the background. When you have an artist like Rhianna who can barely sing, but selling more records than you, that should def be a wake up call. To think that Kelly has been exposed to top producers, and is part of the number one girl group in history, its sad to see her fade in Beyonce’s shadow! But honestly if she’s content with not living up to her full potential then props her to her. After all you can’t force someone to want to strive to be number 1, they have to want it for themselves!!!

3 NYC to Tally Wed, May 02, 2007 - 10:44 pm

From all the rumors about how awful Matthew is I can see why Kelly hasn’t been successful.  If Kelly was to get from under the Knowles’ maybe her music career would soar.  Do a search on Beyonce and you will keep hearing about her stealing someone’s song or using someone’s song and trying to take writer’s credit for it when she took their product and changed it a little.  She needs to get rid of her dad.  That could be why she went on “vacation” and came back with a completed album.  One that her dad didn’t have his hands on. 

Kelly is probably afraid of Matthew.

4 Ladydi Thu, May 03, 2007 - 4:36 pm

I think it is hard to break away from the Knowles camp because Matthew has made himself quite powerful. He sits on the grammy nominating committee and it looks like everyone kisses his ass. I give HUGE props to Miss Jennifer Hudson for not letting him be her manager. I can only imagine how that would have played out. I don’t know if I would just dump all of this on Beyonce. Kelly should have enough connections to make a brave and bold move and get off on her own. I think they (really Matthew) would leave her alone because she could actually say a lot of things which true or not the public would probably believe.

5 Ladydi Thu, May 03, 2007 - 4:42 pm

I forgot to add, I use to be a part of the Beyonce-hater club and turned in my membership because I feel like she does get a bad deal in the public. Also, I feel like she is really grasping lately. She went from a Golden Globe nominee to putting out 4 videos at once which no one cares about to just being on the covers of magazines. She is starting to be a one-trick pony. If she was serious about acting she should study the craft so she can be taken seriously. Sometimes she comes off like a joke and if she is NOT careful she will be Janet Jackson at 40 trying to reach an audience of 20 year olds. And, we see how far that’s gotten Miss Jackson lately. She needs to start to grow and mature so she can have longevity. The Knowles are very dependent on her for their lifestyle so she has got to keep making money or I don’t care what anyone says…IT WILL RUN OUT. Did I say I turned in my membership card? Let me re-think that.

6 Rifa Fri, May 04, 2007 - 3:44 pm

Ya know..I am probably the biggest Beyonce fan out there but B has got to step back though for a minute. Its time for Kell to shine. Her first single is coo and she needs this front cover more than anything while things are poppin. Kelly has to be woman enough to step up though and not let people push her back. If so, I agree with “A” in the above article, she deserves to be left in the shadow and only be known as that girl from Destinys Child. Kelly needs to show she can be a super star and that her maturity has pushed her to be a woman and prove it!

7 alto.1@netzero.net Sun, May 06, 2007 - 2:24 am

Hey I feel for Kelly because she is apart of Beyonce’s success. She can free herself from being in the shadow if she would express herself to the Knowles camp or rather Matthew. just look at how he really runs his business, he puts his wife to the side in the beginning of Destiny’s Child career causing separation between the two,then he puts his talented younger daughter on the back burner for whatever reason, then he causes the biggest breakup in R&B history since The Supremes to happen to his beloved Beyonce and her best friends. What more needs to said. I am a female minister of the GOSPEL and I am prophetically speaking that if things do not change for the good concerning Kelly’s career you will find art imitating life for the KNOWLES’ and KELLY in a real life show and movie “Dream Girls” and Kelly will be the real “Effie”.

8 bct.1@netzero.net Sun, May 06, 2007 - 2:35 am

“God is not pleased with the whole situation,” from the management to the magazine cover. The Bible says whatsoever one sows that will he also reap!

9 MadameZenobia Wed, May 09, 2007 - 10:33 am

I agree with the one up above who said that if Rihanna (who has LESS of a voice than Kelly) can be on her 3RD album and totally exposed and out there, then damnit, so should Kelly!

It’s not right, and it certainly ain’t okay.

10 jeje Wed, May 09, 2007 - 1:41 pm

I think Beyonce is as much a rat as her daddy. At 25, can’t nobody make you mistreat no one unless its your choice. Beyonce does not realize the same way she went up that ladder is the same or faster way she will me down.  Those pictures looks like an older women pictures with puffy legs and gritty hair.  Man will make a fool out of you. You have to have common sense for your self. Have you notice if beyonce name is not called you really don’t think about her. Those cheesy pictures she took for SI with Tina choppy , tacky inventions should have been a wake up call.  That did not last long at all.  Beyonce I know you read this stuff so stop trying to pretend you don’t because for real you are played out. Peple are sick of you and you entire family.

11 jamve Wed, May 09, 2007 - 1:57 pm

I think Kelly is afraid to really be what she can be.  She has to praise Beyonce at every angle so in order to please the little one, Mk.  His ignorance toward others and wife ignorance toward others lets you know that their home life is not good.  We all know Beyonce is not happy because Jay-z using her for all he can. Don’t you know there is no reason why they sould not be legally married since she is such a christian.  Beyonce your life is slowly catching up with you and what happen to Lauryn Hill will happen to you since you feel it couldn’t happen to you.  You are so money hungry that you will do anything to a good friend to be successful. You will be the next steadman and Opra pretending to be happy with one another. When you were sanging I want children I want to married one day. You really thought Jay-z would marry you because you are Beyonce.  He gave you a wake up call.  You say you don’t read the internet then how do you know what is being said, you have known to lie before.  I really think you just don’t know anything except how to be, so call SASHA and you are lying about that. what does it proper you to gain the world and lose your whole soul trying to be no 1.

12 sarah Wed, May 09, 2007 - 5:17 pm

So bee you and daddy matt are up to your tricks again.  You should be ashamed for letting a public magazine take such messy pictures of you so that you can beat stupid Kelly out of her glory.  One thing I do know is that God will not let you keep doing the things you do.  Every thing you do will come back to you or some one you most love,and I hope the seeds you are sewing are good seeds. You showed yourself by calling L&L badseeds you claim to be so crazy about your nephew the stuff you have done to people could fall on him.  Your sister don’t have enough sense to know she is in the world.  She is so tuned in to being rich and dumb she is washable stupid and easy.

13 earl Wed, May 09, 2007 - 5:24 pm

I THINK mATT kNOWLES IS INTO HIS DAUGHTER MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. IT APPEARS HE GETS EXCITED ABOUT THOSE NAKE PICTURES BECAUSE AS A FATHER/MANAGER WHY WOUD YOU APPROVE OF SUCH OPENESS WHEN YOU COULD NOT WATCH HER POSE FOR SI IN THOSE TACKY SWIMSUIT TINA HAD MADE BUT YOU PRETEND ITS OK FOR OTHER MEN TO GOGGLE HER IN THAT SKIMMY S—- .  YOU ARE A PREPETRATOR IF EVER I SAW ONE.

14 dee Wed, May 09, 2007 - 5:31 pm

Kelly grow up and take patterns after that nappy headed beyonce and stop mentioning her in your every moment.  She does not mention you at all.  She talks about matt-tackey tina and big nose solange. You have a good heart stop thinking these folks have your best interest at heart. Talk about your famly for a change.

15 danieb Thu, May 10, 2007 - 5:28 pm

That doesn’t sound like B it sounds like SASHA or management or something. I am a fan of both Kelly and Beyonce but she gets alot more publicity then Kelly. Ever since J Hud out shined her in Dream Girls she trying a little to hard to get all attention, her new videos aren’t the same there stripper-inspired, I miss the old B but and if that’s her home girl y can’t she be a contender too! Kelly keep workin gurl!

16 senora_garcia21 Sat, May 12, 2007 - 2:28 pm

U all are just haters.its not b’s fault that kelly chose to sit back and not work.u cannot blame some one else bc one person doesnt want to work.can u blame a person with a house for the reason a homeless person has no house? No, so stop blaming beyonce bc kelly took so long to start working.i think b is just working and she loves her job.i’m not saying that kelly doesnt love her job but she really hasn’t been working.u all need tostop hating bc if u were in b’s spot or u were friends with her u wouldnt be saying nothing. and all of u people quoting the bible and all of that, u should know that ur not supposed to jealous of people. i like beyonce, kelly, and michelle. i think that if they all were constantly making music and being in movies it all would be the same.but lets be honest, kelly and michelle really havent done much since the group separated. they havent done anything to need publicity, beyonce has been in Dreamgirls and she dropped her cd and then the deluxe edition. what, do u think she is not supposed to be in the public eye when she has all of these projects and what projects do the others have. beyonce knows that she is getting old in the music business and she wants what she can get before she dies out of it. if u guys were in her position u would do the same. and as far as the jay z thing, how do u know if he really likes or loves her.the reason they are not married is bc SHE doesnt want it. shes at a great stage in her career and she wants to wait. who are u to say how he feels about her or how she feels. and y are u all attacking solange in all of this. u dont even know her. and then u say that bad things could fall on her son, what is ur problem???? he is an innocent child and he has nothing to do with any of the business matters concerning his aunt, his grandparents, or his mother. u guys must need a job or something and stop worrying about other people’s life matters.get a life!!!!!!!!!!!

17 **just**sayin** Sun, May 13, 2007 - 9:48 pm

beyonce was light weight wrong to that kelly.kelly has a album coming out next month and she needed that spread to promote her album.mean while b day has been out and everybody know about it.but beyonce had to be lil miss in front of the spotlight.but i guess it backfired on her.but u do it kelly.ima finna cop that cd when it gets out

18 THe beatniks Mon, May 14, 2007 - 12:31 pm

Beyonce needs to fall back her taking the shine gets old. 
http://thebeatniks.blogspot.com

19 Tanesha Mon, May 14, 2007 - 12:36 pm

i love it so much

20 Dee Wed, May 16, 2007 - 3:35 pm

When did Beyonce become the editor at VIBE?  Everyone knows Kelly has an album coming out, but VIBE is in the business of selling magazines.  Kelly has a nice voice, but how can Beyonce or her father be blamed if Kelly’s album is not a success? Kelly is responsible for the music.  If the music is not good then people will not buy it.  Look at her first album, no major single.  That is not management’s fault.  She can work with any producers she wants.

21 senora_garcia21 Wed, May 16, 2007 - 8:45 pm

i agree with Dee. its up to the artist to make the music worth listening to. her first album was not a hit and michelle just is not doing anything so peeps need to stop hating on beyonce. and so what if b’s album has been out for a while, if she comes up with ways to sell more i say more power to her. i know i will go buy the cd. and when kelly’s album come out i will get that. U GUYS JUST NEED TO STOP HATING. Just because kelly’s cd will come out does that mean that all promotions of anything associated with beyonce must stop. even though they are friends and all, they are not competing against each other and no one should take the back seat to their competition.WOULD U??? No. so y should b do it? Vibe wanted Beyonce, they called her. what she look like calling and asking to be on their cover? they called her because obviously they think she is hot. and even though her cd came out in September and it re-released in may, there still are songs that have not been released and they will be hot for the summer. they are trying to sell magazines and b is whats hot.when kelly’s cd drop and if it is hot i’m pretty sure she will get that publicity she deserves. i just hope its hot, i know that new song with eve is hot. but i hope its not the only hot song on the cd.

22 bee Thu, May 17, 2007 - 11:35 am

kelly rowland

23 bee Thu, May 17, 2007 - 11:35 am

is better than beyonce

24 GA Peach Fri, May 18, 2007 - 2:13 am

Beyonce is my girl and I’m like one of her biggest fans but i do think she is getting a lil outrageous. Looks like to me she just want all the attention to be on her. If she’s all caring and all like she claims she would of let Kelly have the cover to help her so called sister out. People are going to buy Beyonce’s album regardless and she knows that. That’s why she’s bringing that deluxe album out with all them lame songs. Let’s face it, those videos she got out now ain’t her best. The only one thats really worth listening to is “Get Me Bodied”. She just put them out there because she knew people would buy them because she’s Beyonce. Really she needs to take a break because people are bout sick of her.

25 KE nali Thu, May 24, 2007 - 3:58 am

i think Kelly’s acting in the seat filler was better than b’s in dream girls. fine, seat filler wasnt as compelling a story as supremes i mean dream girls but it was a nice romantic comedy. what i am basically saying is, if God’s destiny for kelly to make it she will. i think she is a fine woman with great talent and heart. i think she is generally under-exposed, watch the destiny’s child documentary and theres tina knowles acting shocked that kelly is actually big in australia? i mean its good to want the best for beyonce but its about time the knowles gave 100% to kelly too, either that or they should set her loose.

26 adeyou2003@yahoo.com Wed, May 30, 2007 - 8:10 pm

dear is more to every story and those who do first in the darked will one day be opened as an hidden egg , forbide to eat, i just cant stand b any more she is more of shinah and we aint more , am tired , extremely tired

27 vd Sun, Sep 16, 2007 - 4:51 am

I think that’s disgusting how Beyonce always takes over & has to be in the limelight. I wish over exposed overrated Beyonce would give her friend the break she needs. How’s everyone gonna stop comparing them if Beyonce’s always stealing the shine. Move over Bee it’s someone else’s turn

28 nene Mon, Jul 20, 2009 - 1:53 am

i dont get why kelly is still friends with beyonce after all this time, kelly has been around beyonce for so long and still doesnt see the kind of person she is. kelly is a good artist and she should want to make a name for herself instead of being known as “the girl beyonce is so called ‘friends’ with”. as for beyonce, you need to get over yourself because you are not the best, even though you got all your crazy fans to think so. there are tons of BETTER SINGERS!

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