Beyonce’s black power Super Bowl show sparks row

So did Beyonce‘s performance bring attention to the Black Lives Matters movement?

“Y’all haters corny with that illuminati mess / Paparazzi catch my fly and my cocky fresh / I’m so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress (stylin’) / I’m so possessive so I rock his Roc necklaces.”

The political leanings of Beyonce and Jay Z are no secret.

In the most striking image, a boy in a hoodie dances before a phalanx of police in riot gear.

Members of the National Sheriffs’ Association, who were at a convention at a Washington hotel, lowered the volume on the television set and turned their backs to Beyonce, the group said on Facebook.

The song’s lyrics carry a black empowerment theme, and the video features graffiti that says “Stop shooting us” and police in riot gear with hands up, a reference to the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

The comedian pointed out that fellow Super Bowl performer Chris Martin wore his Global Citizens armband to promote his message of ending worldwide poverty.

The video opens with her on top of a flooded New Orleans police auto, and later includes police officers in a riot line holding their hands up as a young, hooded African American boy does the same.

With Beyonce due to arrive in Canada in May as part of her Formation World Tour to Canada, the Ward 39 councillor is calling for an investigation into the pop star and her alleged links to the Black Panthers.

The routine was mostly met by VERY positive reviews, except from a certain former New York City Mayor who took major exception to Beyonce’s political motives.

Should she have not done the performance? “I miss that girl singing. But the vast majority of police officers risk their lives to keep us safe….let’s have decent, wholesome entertainment”. They have supported President Barack Obama, throwing a fund-raiser for his 2012 re-election campaign.

Whether the first lady was aware that Beyonce meant to perform Formation before she sat down with CBS’ Gayle King on Sunday is not clear.