No, she didn't. She clearly stated that it was framed and written that way and that she was instructed to release the song that way from higher ups at the label. The song was never a diss to Beyonce, but of course, that "To the left" line was definitely going to cause people to think that. Why do you think the article says "fake beef with Beyonce". They knew what they were doing. It was never a Beyonce diss record. Keri even has a song with Jay Z called "Rumors" AFTER "Turnin Me On"
Rumors is a Timberland track. And they fell out around the same time
Also from the article:
Keri Hilson was a fresh faced newcomer more than a decade ago when her record label told her to diss then-superstar
Beyonce Knowles on a track.
In an interview with
Claudia Jordan, Hilson recalled dissing Beyonce on her song
“Turning M On” and how the fake beef hurt her spirit.
Hilson claims her label made her diss Beyonce, and she was too young and insecure to tell them no.
Keri Hilson is opening up about the drama that ran the risk of derailing her career. As widely reported, the singer appeared to take jabs at Beyonce on the remix of 'Turnin Me On' and later
thatgrapejuice.net
Lyrics:
"Your vision cloudy if you think that you're the best
You can dance, she can sing
But she need to move it to the left, left
She need to go have some babies
She needs to sit down, she fake"
Regardless of whether she had actual beef with B, she and her team knew it would be construed as such
They got the reaction they were looking for than some