Beyonce Is A Witch

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About

Beyoncé Is a Witch is a conspiracy theory purported by Beyoncé's former drummer, who claims that Beyoncé used "dark magic" and "extreme witchcraft" on the woman.

Origin

On September 20th, 2018, the website The Blast^[1] published a story entitled "Beyoncé’s Former Drummer Claims Singer Molested Her with ‘Dark Magic,’ ‘Extreme Witchcraft.’" In the article, The Blast published various court documents in which Kimberly Thompson claims that she "worked for [Beyoncé] as her drummer for her band for 7 years." Additionally, the documents say that Beyoncé used "extreme witchcraft, dark magic" and "magic spells of sexxual molestation," including the murder of her kitten (documents below).

Spread

Following the publication of the article, various people joked about the allegations online. Twitter ^[2] user @nicryen tweeted a GIF of women lining up. The tweet received more than 325 retweets and 590 likes in 24 hours (shown below).

That day, Redditor Gozis posted the story in the /r/hiphopheads subreddit. Within 24 hours, the post received more than 1,700 points (99% upvoted) and 330 comments.^[7]

Various media outlets covered the story, including Noisey,^[3] Alternate Press,^[4] Fox News, ^[5] The Daily Dot ^[6] and more.