My Beyoncé
{{short description|2015 single by Lil Durk featuring Dej Loaf}}
{{Infobox song
| name = My Beyoncé
| cover = Lil Durk - My Beyonce.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Lil Durk featuring Dej Loaf
| album = 300 Days, 300 Nights {{noitalic|and}} Lil Durk 2X
| released = November 9, 2015
| genre =
| length = 4:39
| label = Def Jam
| writer =
- Durk Banks
- Deja Trimble
- Charles Dumazer
| producer = C-Sick
| chronology = Lil Durk
| prev_title = On Me
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Industry
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Dej Loaf
| type = single
| prev_title = All Said and Done
| prev_year = 2015
| title = My Beyoncé
| year = 2015
| next_title = Til the Morning
| next_year = 2015
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|i5LUMfJjW3Q|"My Beyoncé"}}}}
}}
"My Beyoncé" is a song by American rapper Lil Durk featuring fellow American rapper Dej Loaf, released on November 9, 2015, as a single. It appears on Durk's mixtape 300 Days, 300 Nights (2015){{Cite web|last=Carley|first=Brennan|date=November 9, 2015|title=Lil Durk Calls DeJ Loaf 'My Beyoncé' on Their New Collaboration|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/11/lil-durk-dej-loaf-my-beyonce-song/|website=SPIN}} and his second studio album Lil Durk 2X (2016). The song was produced by C-Sick.
Background
In October 2015, the song was previewed in a profile of producer No I.D.
Composition
Meaghan Garvey of Pitchfork called the song "a Midwestern rap romance averse to gooey histrionics, where being ride-or-die is not so much a glamorous choice but a given."{{Cite web|last=Garvey|first=Meaghan|date=November 10, 2015|title="My Beyoncé" by Lil Durk / Dej Loaf Review|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17812-lil-durk-dej-loaf-my-beyonce/|website=Pitchfork}} Lil Durk and Dej Loaf take the role of a couple in love;{{Cite web|last=Cheung|first=HP|date=November 10, 2015|title=Lil Durk featuring Dej Loaf - My Beyoncé|url=https://hypebeast.com/2015/11/lil-durk-dej-loaf-my-beyonce|website=HYPEBEAST}} in Auto-Tuned vocals, Durk professes his "devotion and infatuation" for Loaf,{{Cite web|last=Ivey|first=Justin|date=November 9, 2015|title=Listen to Lil Durk Feat. Dej Loaf, "My Beyonce" - XXL|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/listen-to-lil-durk-feat-dej-loaf-my-beyonce/|website=XXL Mag|language=en}} whom he calls his "Beyoncé", singing, "Ooh I like the way she move / Shawty my baby, my everything, she the truth".{{Cite web|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=November 9, 2015|title=Lil Durk And Dej Loaf Are Love-Struck On "My Beyoncé"|url=https://www.thefader.com/2015/11/09/lil-durk-dej-loaf-my-beyonce|website=The FADER|language=en}} Loaf also expresses her love, singing, "Leave your girl, be through with that / Get with DeJ, he ain't never going back" and "Durk and Dej, I'm thinking about changing my last name".{{Cite web|last=Mench|first=Chris|date=November 9, 2015|title=Listen to Lil Durk and Dej Loaf's New Song "My Beyoncé"|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2015/11/listen-to-lil-durk-dej-loaf-my-beyonce|website=Complex|language=en}}
Music video
A music video for the song was released on January 11, 2016. It features Lil Durk and Dej Loaf at a basketball court, where they rap and shoot hoops.{{Cite web|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=January 11, 2016|title=Lil Durk and Dej Loaf Hit the Basketball Court in Their "My Beyoncé" Video|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/62821-lil-durk-and-dej-loaf-hit-the-basketball-court-in-their-my-beyonce-video/|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Claymore|first=Gabriela Tully|date=January 11, 2016|title=Lil Durk – "My Beyoncé" (Feat. DeJ Loaf) Video|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1852442/lil-durk-my-beyonce-feat-dej-loaf-video/news/|website=Stereogum|language=en}}
Charts
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! scope="col" |Chart (2016) ! scope="col" |Peak position |
| {{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|3|artist=Lil Durk|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|32|artist=Lil Durk|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2016}} |
Certifications
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