Cultural references

A wax sculpture of Beyoncé has gone on display at the London Madame Tussauds as part of a new music area at the museum. In part of Tussauds' museum opening, Knowles was brought to the Washington D.C alongside many figures of artists. Knowles was exhibited in a nightclub setting inside the museum, backgrounded with her music videos.

Knowles is referred by some to various monikers. After the Destiny's Child single "Bootylicious" released publicly and gained commercial success, she was subsequently called by that name. Although the group popularized the word, record producer Dr. Dre and rapper Snoop DoggFuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" from his 1992 album, The Chronic. A portmanteau of "booty" (buttocks) and "delicious", Knowles defined bootylicious: "It's all about attitude and feeling good about yourself and not looking like everybody on TV." Eventually, the Oxford English Dictionary published the slang term; however, their interpretation is in the literal way: "... is an adjective ... used to describe a woman, her backside, and her overall physical appearance." Knowles is known to her friends as "B", and, in some songs like "'03 Bonnie and Clyde" and "Love in This Club, Part II", is referred to as such and "Queen B". coined it on his song "