Bill Gates has responded to Beyonce’s “Formation” name drop.
“I hadn’t realized that she did that until somebody in the office actually sent me a copy of the lyrics and I said, ‘Are you serious? This is kind of a strange set of words here,’” Gates says during an interview with Wired. “I’m surprised.”
“You just might be a black Bill Gates in the making, cause I slay,” Beyonce sings in the song, which she performed during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show. “I just might be a black Bill Gates in the making.”
Gates also takes the mention as a compliment.
“I guess it’s nice that people consider me successful,” he says. “I actually haven’t met Beyonce. I know Jay Z, because when I did some humor right when I was retiring from Microsoft—he was nice about participating in that, and did a great job on that. I guess I should do a Bing search and see if there are more uses of my name that I don’t know about.”
Even though Gates appreciates his “Formation” shout-out, others are not happy with the song. Detractors says the video’s imagery was anti-law enforcement.
Monday (February 22), a video from the Nation Of Islam’s Minister Louis Farrakhan said his religious group would provide protection to Beyonce while on tour.
Yesterday (February 23), it was reported that Beyonce’s “Formation” tour is heading for a $200 million-plus haul.
my nigga Billy G keep flexin on these hoes.
“I guess I should do a Bing search-“
haha.. I mean Bing isn’t completely awful and getting better but still…
Yeah, I also noticed that. Screw him, Google works better.
“I guess it’s nice people consider me successful” Man your Bill Gates!!
Exactly. Riches man in the world for last decade at least.
Nas could make an album called “Bill Gates” but nobody would give two fucks because he’s a broke nobody who got destroyed by Hov. Beyoncé name drops him and the whole Microsoft goes crazy. That’s how much power the Carter family has.
LOL, this dude a Nas ‘Stan’ to the fullest.
1. Nas ain’t broke and he’s well known. 2. Jay Z didn’t destroy him. 3. Jay Z has nothing to do with what Beyonce does, so quit dickriding that family.
Yeah right Hov destroyed him. Ever heard about getting Ether’d?
All gas no brakes, nigga
If having a net worth of $17 million is being broke than, I’ll take being broke anyday!
Well if you’re going to do a Bing search you might not find anything….