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While most fans love Beyonce for her flashy moves and her iconic voice, Queen Bey has also dipped her toes in avenues like rapping and acting. She has established herself as a potent rapper with her work over the years.
Rapper Trina lauded Queen Bey's rapping skills in an interview with HipHopDX at the One Music Fest 2023.
"Because she is the No. 1 female rapper when she does rap. There’s no sleeping on the Queen,” declared Trina.
She continued:
“It’s just one of those things, of course, it’s the Queen Beyoncé, but when you’re hearing a song and it’s rapping involved, it’s like, oh my God — it’s more inspiration."
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Formation, and 6 other times Beyonce impressed with her rapping skills
7. Flawless (Remix) Ft. Nicki Minaj (2014)
Fans expected Nicki Minaj's rap verses to steal the show in Flawless but Queen Bey makes sure that her section is just as iconic. Flawless belongs to Beyonce's self-titled album from 2014 and she exchanges bars with Nicki Minaj in the song. Fans even argue that she outperforms Nicki during some parts.
The song peaked at Number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also featured a speech by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie called We Should All Be Feminists.
6. Formation (2016)
Lemonade is one of Bey's career-defining albums, and Formation is the shining star of that iconic album. The rap verses deliver a powerful social commentary and the song is one of the most critically acclaimed musical numbers in Beyonce's career.
Formation was nominated Best Song of the Year by several publications, including Rolling Stone, Complex, NPR, and Time. It also won six MTV Video Music Awards and was nominated for three Grammys (it won one).
5. Top Off - DJ Khaled Ft. Jay-Z, Future, & Beyoncé (2018)
Top Off is the lead single from DJ Khalid's 11th studio album titled Father of Asahd. The song featured two of the most iconic rappers in the industry, one of whom was Queen Bey's husband.
Queen Bey shone above her contemporaries and her rap verses became a hallmark of the Top Off. Beyonce performed it during her Coachella 2019 headlining performance and it was also included in her 2019 album Homecoming.
4. Partition (2014)
Beyonce keeps transitioning between vocals and sharp rap verses in her song Partition from her 2013 self-titled studio album. Queen Bey's rap delivery adds a layer of sensuous sophistication to the song that takes it to a whole new level.
Partition was co-written by Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Dwane 'Key Wane' Weir, Mike Dean, Timbaland, and Jerome 'J-Roc' Harmon. The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Top 100 chart and has amassed 2.4 million views on YouTube so far.
3. Feeling Myself - Nicki Minaj ft. Beyoncé (2014)
Feeling Myself was the second collaboration between Nicki Minaj and Beyonce in 2014 and it was also lauded for Bey's underrated rapping skills. Written by Queen Bey, Minaj, SZA, and Hit Boy, the song belonged to Nicki Minaj's third studio album, The Pinkprint.
The song currently has 151 million views on YouTube and peaked at #39 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart.
2. Apes*it - The Carters (2018)
Bey matches Jay-Z by the beat and even overpowers him at times in Apes*it. The musical number belongs to the 2018 album called Everything Is Love by the Carters.
The Cowboy Carter artist raps in almost all the tracks of the album but her rapping prowess peaks in Apesh*t. The music video also was praised widely and was shot at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
1. Savage (Remix)- Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyonce (2020)
Megan Thee Stallion's collaboration with Queen Bey earned her the first Billboard Hot 100 topping chartbuster of her career in Savage (Remix). Queen Bey and Megan Thee Stallion hit it out of the park with the catchy tune and sharp lyricism.
The song was also Megan Thee Stallion's first song to hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 63rd Grammy Awards.
