Beyoncé removes the offensive word from the new song

Beyoncé is removing an offensive term for disabled people from a new song on her record “Renaissance,” just weeks after rapper Lizzo changed the lyrics to remove the same word.

“The word, which was not intentionally used in a harmful way, will be replaced,” a spokeswoman for Beyoncé wrote in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday.

The song “Heated,” co-written by Canadian rapper Drake among several others, uses the word “spaz,” which is a pejorative reference to the medical term for spastic paraplegia, a form of cerebral palsy.

Lizzo also removed the word from one of her songs, “Grrrls” in June after disability advocates complained about the lyrics. He said in a statement You never wanted to promote offensive language.

Disability advocate Hannah Daveney, who pointed out Lizzo’s words that led to the change, wrote on Twitter That hearing the word Beyoncé used again “felt like a slap in the face, for the disabled community and the progress we’ve been trying to make with Lizzo.”

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