Country Fans Upset About Beyonce At the CMAS

Beyonce performed at the Country Music Awards, and some people were annoyed to see her crossing over to the genre.

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00:00 Beyonce is her own genre.

00:02 Guys, if I'm going to do this segment, I need my wind machine.

00:06 Really?

00:07 Are we that cheap?

00:08 Well, that's what I'm talking about.

00:11 Now I'm ready.

00:13 Beyonce brought down the house at the Country Music Awards

00:16 on Wednesday, performing "Daddy Lessons" with the Dixie

00:19 Chicks.

00:20 [MUSIC - BEYONCE, "DADDY LESSONS"]

00:21 Before she went on stage, people were--

00:27 what's the word--

00:28 surprised that Beyonce was at the Country Music Awards

00:31 celebrating country?

00:32 Katie Joy tweeted, "OMG, what's this crap about Beyonce

00:35 performing at the CMAs?

00:36 Um, no.

00:37 Go away.

00:38 Go back to your own genre, thanks."

00:40 Dr. Frater tweeted, "Beyonce is not a country artist,

00:42 therefore she doesn't belong at the CMAs.

00:44 It has nothing to do with skin color."

00:46 It's important to note that black musicians have played

00:48 a huge role in country music, and that elements of country

00:51 music actually come from the blues.

00:53 Beyonce was also born in Texas and identifies herself

00:57 as country.

00:58 Despite the controversy, people unanimously

01:00 agreed that her performance was amazing.

01:03 Country star Brad Paisley welcomed her on Twitter,

01:05 saying, "Frequently country crosses over,

01:07 but every now and then a major pop superstar

01:10 wants to be part of this too.

01:11 Welcome, Beyonce."

01:13 Raquel Willis says, "Beyonce proves in one performance

01:15 that she is the Beyonce of country music."

01:17 And Zara Larsson tweeted, "Beyonce can literally

01:20 do anything.

01:20 She'll slay any genre like it's nothing."

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