Beyoncé’s father Matthew Knowles claims singer is only successful because she has ‘lighter skin’

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Beyoncé’s father Matthew Knowles has put his daughter’s success down to the colour of her skin.

Knowles has claimed that black singers are more likely to get played on the radio and find fame if they have a paler complexion.

Speaking to Ebony magazine he said: “When it comes to black females, who are the people who get their music played on pop radio?

“Mariah Carey, Rihanna, the female rapper Nicki Minaj, my kids, and what do they all have in common?”

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