Ni’Jah has 26 Grammys!
How many does Beyonce have?…
Here, a Beyhive of examples of howSwarmdirectly referenced and/or openly ripped off Beyonce.
Beyoncé and Nirine S. Brown as Ni’Jah in ‘Swarm’.Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Chris Reel/Prime Video
Out that H-Town, comin', comin' down
Like Bey, Ni’Jah hails from Houston.
The Swarm stans
Just as the Hive rides for Bey, The Swarm stings for Ni’Jah.
Men don’t seem to inspire the same kind of rabid loyalty, however.
Beyoncé, ‘Renaissance’.Parkwood Entertainment
I mean, I guess Harry Styles has the Stylers?
In 2018,Tiffany Haddishplanted the soon-to-be-viral seed when she revealedan unnamed actress bit Beyonce in the face.
After Dre unwittingly sinks her chompers into her queen in a club, she makes a run for it.
Beyoncé at the 65th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 5, 2023.Kevin Winter/Getty Images
The chick fromLove & Basketball."
It’s a billion dollars in the elevator, what do you expect?
Which still to this day begs the question:Does it, though?
However, hers is far more modest than Bey’s Lady Godiva-inspired album artwork.
And the visuals forFestivalare veryLemonade-inspired, since, as we are all well-aware, there are noRenaissancevisuals to mimic.
Bey came into 2023 with 28 or so Grammys, but she’ll leave it witha record 32.
So Ni’Jah needs to step up her game.
Though, one has to wonder that in theSwarmuniverse, does Ni’Jah have anAlbum of the Year Grammy?
Say my name, say my name… An ode to Destiny’s Child’s immortal 1999 single?
Or just a coincidence?
Considering how densely layeredSwarmis, it’s highly unlikely that anything is a coincidence.
At least when it comes to Queen Bey.
