Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast

The rocky road to the definitive Destiny’s Child line-up

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Episode notes

Kelly can you handle this? Michelle can you handle this? Beyonce can you handle this? It’s a roll call so iconic, it’s easy to forget this wasn’t Destiny Child’s original line-up. Nearly a decade after the band was formed under a different name, it was in 2000 that they finally found their final form after a brutal year of line-up changes and legal battles. We go back to relive the drama, and think about how it laid the foundations for who Beyonce is today.

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Links mentioned and clips used in this episode:

4:20 - Say My Name Video

4:50 - Girls Tyme on Star Search

8:30 - No, No, No Part 1 Video

13:00 - Survivor Video

13:30 - Interview from 1998

14:20 - I’m Not With The Band, Sylvia Patterson

16:20 - Interview by Toazted Best off

16:40 - Vibe Magazine Profile

21:10 - Cribs