The star updates her 5-day-old album to remove a Kelis reference and an offensive lyric on Heated.
It is also too late to change the vinyl and CD editions of the album - although future pressings may contain the revisions.Beyoncé came under fire from disability advocates over the weekend for including an ableist slur on Heated, which was co-written by Drake.
In a statement on Monday, Beyoncé's publicist said: "The word, not used intentionally in a harmful manner, will be replaced in the lyrics".Kelis was angry that Beyoncé hadn't sought permission to reference her song Milkshake Instead, permission would have been sought from writer/producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo - and Kelis's disagreement is largely with them.
"Pharrell knows better," she added. "This is a direct hit at me [and] he does this stuff all the time. It's very petty [and] the reason I'm annoyed is because I know it was on purpose."
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