Meet the Best Beyoncé Impersonator Ever

Buzzfeed and Jezebel posted Skye Townsend’s hilarious Beyoncé impersonation from Vine. It’s pretty spot on. Suggested Reading The Best and Worst NPR Tiny Desk Performances From Black Artists Travis Hunter’s $3.3 Million Florida Mansion is the Flyest Crib Ever! TikToker Who Allegedly Ran Over and Killed A Man While On Livestream Faces Big Trouble Video…

Buzzfeed and Jezebel posted Skye Townsend’s hilarious Beyoncé impersonation from Vine. It’s pretty spot on.

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Jezebel commenter Fighting Polish wondered why Beyoncé impersonations are not yet an Internet thing, but they are, and Townsend has been executing them brilliantly for some time on her YouTube channel, AngeliqueandSkye.

Here’s Townsend as Bey, expounding on her pregnancy announcement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fDSsh7n_Go

And my favorite: “Beyonce’s Personal Response to Kim Kardashian’s Pregnancy” (“What do you mean, why am I crying, Solange?!”):

Townsend is also a pretty dope singer. I nominate her for SNL’s next Beyoncé skit, since they seem to have trouble finding talent for that sort of thing.

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