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2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 2

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Beyonce headlined the Coachella Festival last night, making her the first African American woman to do so and she didn’t waste any time turning up the blackness on the unexpecting primarily white crowd. If you missed the show, here is an opportunity to relive all of the Black Excellence the Queen Bey left on the stage.

Beyonce began her performance with a New Orleans style second line, introducing herself as a modern-day Nefertiti.

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#Beychella: 10 Times Beyonce Gave Us Pure Blackness During Coachella  was originally published on globalgrind.com

2. Beyonce even gave us some HBCU vibes with her marching band and drumline.

 

#Beychella: 10 Times Beyonce Gave Us Pure Blackness During Coachella  was originally published on globalgrind.com

3. Beyonce introduced the Coachella crowd to the probate.

 

#Beychella: 10 Times Beyonce Gave Us Pure Blackness During Coachella  was originally published on globalgrind.com

5. Beyonce paid homage to dancehall music, including Sean Paul, Vybz Cartel and Sister Nancy.

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#Beychella: 10 Times Beyonce Gave Us Pure Blackness During Coachella  was originally published on globalgrind.com

6. This was just a cultural moment altogether.

 

#Beychella: 10 Times Beyonce Gave Us Pure Blackness During Coachella  was originally published on globalgrind.com

7. The black college experience would not be complete without the ‘Swag Surf’

https://twitter.com/ACThePlug/status/985416332903632896

 

#Beychella: 10 Times Beyonce Gave Us Pure Blackness During Coachella  was originally published on globalgrind.com

9. Beyonce’s blackness wasn’t just verbal. Peep the crest for Beyonce University. Egyptian queen, Black Power fist, a Black Panther, a cross and the eye of Horus.

#Beychella: 10 Times Beyonce Gave Us Pure Blackness During Coachella  was originally published on globalgrind.com

10. The biggest and blackest part of the night was Beyonce beginning her performance with “Lift Every Voice”, the Black national anthem.

 

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#Beychella: 10 Times Beyonce Gave Us Pure Blackness During Coachella  was originally published on globalgrind.com