To become Destiny’s Child’s manager, he had to quit his job as a medical equipment salesman, to focus on being a music executive, in 1995.
Years later, it was quite obvious that Destiny’s Child would crumble as emotions and other issues were already disrupting his plans for the band. Hence, he requested that the band split while the members of the band recorded their solo projects. This came to pass in the early 2000’s, but the band would return in 2005 to record their last project together called “Destiny Fulfilled “
Beyoncé was growing into a global superstar as years went by and she began to understand the music business. As she began understanding the business, it would also affect her relationship with her dad, who had been exploiting her financially.
In statements for US Magazine, both Beyoncé and Mathew Knowles expressed that the decision to part ways was mutual, and that the decision was purely on a business level, not a personal level. After the managerial split, Beyoncé founded her own management company called Parkwood Entertainment, which has been managing her ever since.
Their relationship deteriorated further when she found out that her father had cheated on her mom, and had a child with another younger woman, though he kept it a secret. This was probably the deal-breaker for Beyoncé who watched her parent’s 31-year marriage come to an end.
This only strained the relationship between Beyoncé and Mr. Knowles even more, especially when her father remarried in 2013, a wedding Beyoncé and her younger sister Solange, did not attend.
Beyoncé who is married to Jay-z, admitted that her father and husband have helped her to become a stronger and unbreakable women, given his infidelity scandals, as she also questions how she managed to keep him her life.
It does not matter what trials and tribulations Beyoncé faced as her father’s role in her successful music career cannot be overlooked. He might have been labeled as strict and unforgiving at times, but the Mr. Knowles for the most part, did an incredible job in nurturing one of the strongest superstars in the world.
In conclusion, regardless of all the drama associated with him and his estranged relationship with his superstar daughter, Mathew Knowles is the most influential man in Beyoncé’s career and he remains one of the most important music executives of his time and beyond.
