She found fame as part of top-selling girl group Destiny’s Child and has gone on to forge a successful career as a solo artist and TV personality.
And on Thursday, Kelly Rowland used her platform to caution folks about so-called ‘cancel culture’.
She posted a message written in her Notes app to her Instagram in which she said: ‘In this ‘cancel culture’ we live in, I am SO grateful God NEVER canceled me, And I’m sure he could’ve many-a-times! Let us always TRY to remember NOT to judge others. We HONESTLY don’t have the space nor authority too!’
Point of view: Former Destiny’s Child star Kelly Rowland spoke out about ‘cancel culture’ in an Instagram post on Thursday, cautioning against judging others
Seeks ‘love & kindness’: The singer, 39, cautioned her fans that there is ‘enough negativity’ in the world and it’s not up to them ‘to play God.’ It’s not known what prompted her post
Rowland, 39, went on: ‘Let us remember to lead with love & kindness, the world is has enough negativity, for you to pour more into it! #STOPTRYINTOBEGOD.’
In the caption, the star wrote: ‘So what light are you bringing into the world? Please share it with me in the comments below.’
It’s not known what prompted her post.
‘Cancel culture’ is defined as ‘the popular practice of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive. Cancel culture is generally discussed as being performed on social media in the form of group shaming.’
Message: ‘I am SO grateful God NEVER canceled me, And I’m sure he could’ve many-a-times! Let us always TRY to remember NOT to judge others,’ Rowland, pictured in January, said
Back together: Meanwhile, Rowland reunited with her former Destiny’s Child co-star and good friend Beyonce for the latter’s new visual album Black Is King
Friends: In one of many standout moments, Rowland and Beyonce stand face to face as they perform the track Brown Skin Girl. The reunion delighted fans of both
Meanwhile, Rowland reunited with her former Destiny’s Child co-star and good friend Beyonce for the latter’s new visual album Black Is King.
In one of many standout moments, Rowland and Beyonce stand face to face as they perform the track Brown Skin Girl.
The reunion delighted fans of both.
It comes after Rowland confessed last month that she had struggled with living in Beyonce’s shadow.
During an episode of The Voice Australia, on which she’s a coach, the recording artist revealed: ‘I would just torture myself in my head. Like, I can’t wear this dress because they’re going to say it’s like B. Or I can’t have a song like that because it sounds too much like B. They’re gonna compare anyways.’
‘I would be lying if I said no, it’s never bothered me,’ she added.
Rowland explained: ‘There was a whole decade, if I am being completely honest, a decade, where it was like the elephant in the room. It was the thing that would constantly be on my shoulder,’ she said.
Candid: It comes after Rowland confessed last month that she had struggled with living in Beyonce’s shadow. During an episode of The Voice Australia, she revealed: ‘I would just torture myself in my head… I would be lying if I said no, it’s never bothered me’
She began performing with Beyoncé in 1990 at the age of nine in the Houston-based group Girl’s Tyme.
The group, along with Michelle Williams, became Destiny’s Child and, managed by Beyonce’s dad Matthew Knowles, the group skyrocketed to international superstardom in the late 1990s and 2000s with hits such as Say My Name, Bootylicious and Survivor.
Destiny’s Child disbanded in 2006, although the trio did reunite to perform as part of Beyonce’s headlining turn at Coachella in 2018.
Destiny’s Child: Rowland, Beyonce and Michelle Williams skyrocketed to superstardom in the late 1990s and 2000s with such hits as Say My Name, Bootylicious and Survivor