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Beyoncé allows Kamala Harris to use her song for the presidential campaign

Beyoncé allows Kamala Harris to use her song for the presidential campaign

Beyoncé gave Kamala Harris permission to use “Freedom” for the vice president’s campaign for the White House. Beyonce / Instagram

Beyoncé signaled her support for Vice President Kamala Harris by granting permission to use one of her songs during the likely Democratic nominee’s presidential campaign.

Harris’ team contacted Beyoncé’s representatives on Monday to seek approval for the vice president to perform “Freedom” with Kendrick Lamar from the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer’s 2016 blockbuster album “Lemonade” during her first official visit to her campaign headquarters, a source told CNN.

Beyoncé, who rarely allows her music to be used outside of her own projects, immediately gave Harris her OK for Monday night’s performance in Wilmington, Delaware, according to the report.

Harris walked on stage to the sounds of the 2016 song during a visit to her campaign headquarters on Monday. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Beyoncé reportedly gave her approval immediately. WireImage for Parkwood

Representatives for Beyoncé and Harris did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.

While Queen Bey, 42, has not officially endorsed Harris, 59, since President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, supporting Democratic candidates is nothing new for her.

Beyoncé loudly supported former President Barack Obama during the 2012 election and sang the national anthem at his inauguration in 2013.

Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, expressed her support for Harris. mstinaknowles/Instagram

In 2016, the 32-time Grammy winner and her husband Jay-Z performed at a star-studded rally for Hillary Clinton.

Beyoncé also urged her numerous fans to vote for Democrats in 2020 by wearing a Biden-Harris face mask in an Instagram video.

Two years later, she sang about “voting out” former President Donald Trump in her song “Energy.”

The singer and her husband Jay-Z supported Hillary Clinton in 2016. Getty Images
President Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday. Getty Images

After 81-year-old Biden announced on Sunday that he would not run for re-election, Harris secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to run as her party’s candidate against Republican candidate Trump (78) on Monday, according to an Associated Press poll.

Harris has not yet announced a candidate for the vice presidency, but has already received support from Clinton (76) and House Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi.

Celebrities such as Barbra Streisand and Robert De Niro, as well as Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles, have also expressed their support for the vice president’s candidacy for the White House.