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    Beyonce's father Mathew Knowles realised that his daughter had what it takes to become a music star at a school talent show

    The 73-year-old record ex ecutive managed the 'Crazy In Love' singer during her time in Destiny's Child and at the start of her solo career and recalled how he knew his daughter was destined for stardom as a primary school student


    Speaking to The Sunday Times newspaper, Mathew said: "While she was getting ready to perform, Beyonce said, 'I want to hurry up and win my $100 prize and my trophy... I know I'm going to win'.... Then she got on the stage and became a different person. I knew at that time that she wanted it."

    Mathew considers himself to be the "best manager in history" and takes pride at overseeing Beyonce's successful early albums and providing the "road map" for her continued success.

    He said: "After 21 years of managing Beyonce, I smile because even now music magazines talk about her top 20 pop songs, 70 per cent of which are from her first four albums, which are the ones I was part of.

    "To know that I was a part of that, that I... let her understand the importance of brand development, and that 30-40 per cent of her team are people I hired 30 years ago... It makes me feel proud and grateful that I built the road map for Beyonce's success. That makes me feel good."

    However, Knowles does find it tiresome being labelled as 'Beyonce's dad' as he worked with plenty of other artists.

    He explained: "Sometimes I like to change the conversation and allow the world to see the totality of all those other amazing things that I've had the opportunity to do, which is much, much more than just Beyonce and Destiny's Child.

    "We don't talk about some of my other artists. I became their manager because I was qualified to be their manager."

    Mathew believes that his race means that he doesn't get the credit he feels he deserves for his career in music management.

    He said: "If I had the same success and (skin) of a different colour, then I would have gotten more attributes and accolades of being a manager and ex ecutive."

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