I’m sure you’ve all heard “If I Were a Boy” by Beyonce on the radio (if you haven’t it’s embeded below).  I can’t recall where I learned that this was a cover of another song but that made me curious.  After some extensive searching, I have found the original artist.  I thought the original would have been from a few years ago, but aparently it’s very recent.  The original was done by BC Jean and you can find her on MySpace.  Why would an artist like this give the rights to their song to a major music star?  Going forward, if she ever performs this song, people will think she’s covering Beyonce.  Hmmm.  Maybe she did it for the $$?

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