From one mum or dad to a different. Beyoncé’s father, Mathew Knowles, is opening up about how he and his ex-wife, Tina Knowles, have imparted their greatest parenting recommendation to their famous person daughter.
“I hope we taught by instance,” the 71-year-old report government solely instructed Us Weekly on Saturday, Could 20, whereas selling his partnership with WealthFlix.
Together with the “Cuff It” singer, 41, Mathew and Tina, 69, additionally share daughter Solange Knowles. The previous couple have been married for greater than 30 years earlier than calling it quits in 2011. He turned a father once more in 2010, welcoming his son, Nixon, 13, with Alexsandra Wright, in addition to his daughter Koi, 12, with TaQoya Branscomb, in the identical yr.
Whereas elevating his daughters with Tina, the music supervisor prioritized exposing them to all kinds of various hobbies and profession paths. “We’d take them to NASA, we’d take them to science gala’s, we’d take them to a library,” he instructed Us. “We’d take them to sporting occasions [and] leisure, and we needed to see what they gravitated in the direction of.”
Mathew Knowles and Beyonce Alan Davidson/Shutterstock
Ultimately, the Alabama native stated “it was all the time leisure” that captured the women’ curiosity. By permitting Beyoncé and Solange, 36, to “actually discover their ardour,” Mathew believes he helped his youngsters attain their full potential as artists. “Sooner or later, you’re gonna go to your ardour and also you attempt to try this before later,” he defined.
Beyoncé was across the age of her eldest daughter, Blue Ivy, now 11, when she competed on the ‘90s collection Star Search as a member of the band Ladies Tyme alongside Kelly Rowland and a number of other different performers. Whereas they have been unsuccessful on the competitors present, the group later renamed themselves Future’s Little one — and went on to turn into one of many greatest woman teams of all time.
“[Host] Ed McMahon shared, he says, ‘I don’t know why all the those that consistently went on Star Search go nowhere professionally,” Mathew, who was beforehand the band’s supervisor, instructed Us. “It’s the those that lose [who were successful], and that’s why it’s essential to speak about failure as a result of it’s a possibility to develop.”
Beyonce performs stay in Cardiff as a part of her Renaissance World Tour. INSTARimages.com
Within the yr’s because the group’s breakup, Beyoncé — who additionally shares twins Rumi and Sir, 5, with husband Jay-Z — has launched seven studio albums as a solo artist and has turn into the most-decorated artist in Grammys historical past. Solange — who shares son Daniel, 18, with ex-husband Daniel Smith — scored her personal Grammy win in 2017 for Greatest R&B Efficiency.
Whereas he’s pleased with his youngsters’ many leisure achievements over time, Mathew’s present focus is on household and well being. As Father’s Day approaches, the businessman — who revealed in 2019 that he was identified with breast most cancers — is cherishing each second along with his family members.
“I’m a most cancers survivor, so I view life in another way,” he shared with Us. “Daily is a special occasion for me. Not simply Father’s Day or Mom’s Day, however each day.”
The professor has loved spending time along with his grandkids as they develop up, joking that his favourite a part of being a grandfather is that he “can given ‘em again” to their mother and father on the finish of the day.
Tina Knowles, Beyonce Knowles and Mathew Knowles. Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
At all times hustling, Mathew can be sharing his enterprise abilities with others by way of his partnership with WealthFlix. The web site — which is a three way partnership between United Ventures and Future Media — helps aspiring entrepreneurs find out about wealth creation by way of unique networking alternatives, movie star interviews, podcasts and extra.
“What WealthFlix is doing is superb, and that’s working with our subsequent generations of entrepreneurs and sharing our successes and likewise our failures,” the Fisk College alum stated. “I feel that’s essential.”
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With reporting by Mandie DeCamp
