Creator Janine Nabers says the Beyoncé references were intentional — and cleared legally.
Ni’jah has her Killer Bees. Beyoncé has her Beyhive.begins each episode with a curious preamble: “This is not a work of fiction,” reads the introductory title card. “Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is intentional.
Cultural events, especially those concerning Beyoncé, take on a kind of historical significance for pop obsessives. “When you see something, anything, in an elevator, you’re going to think about the moment you saw that thing happen and where you were and who you called and who you texted,” she said, referencing Solange’s fight with Jay-Z in an elevator at the Standard hotel, a seismic event that was splashed across “Page Six” and eventually became seared into our memory .
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