Are Beyoncé Knowles & Kelly Rowland BFF or cousins?

Question

I'd like to ask one small favor: when spelling Beyoncé, please spell it Beyoncé and not Beyonce. Thank you.

Answer 1

Their best friends...

and they were in destiny's child together

Answer 2

Rowland was born Kelendria Trene Rowland in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Doris Rowland Garrison and Christopher Lovett, who were married after Kelly was born.[4] When she was seven, her mother took her and left her father, who was an abusive alcoholic.[5][6]

At the age of eight, Rowland relocated to Houston, Texas, where she was placed into a rapping and dancing group, along with her friends Beyoncé Knowles and LaTavia Roberson. Originally named Girl's Tyme,[7] they were eventually cut down to six members.[8] West coast R&B producer, Arne Frager, flew into Houston to see them. He eventually brought them to his studio—The Plant Recording Studios—in Northern California, with Knowles' vocals being featured because Frager thought she had the best personality and the ability to sing.[8] As part of efforts to sign Gyrl's Time to a major label record deal, Frager's strategy was to debut them in Star Search,[9] the biggest talent show on national TV at that time.[8] They participated, but lost the competition because the song they performed was not good, as the group later admitted.[10][11]

To manage the group, Beyoncé's father Mathew Knowles resigned in 1995 from his job as a medical-equipment salesman.[12] He dedicated his time and established a "boot camp" for their training.[9] The move reduced Knowles family's income by half and her parents separated because of the pressure.[13] Not long after the inclusion of Rowland, Mathew cut the original lineup to four,[8] with LeToya Luckett joining in 1993.[14] Rehearsing in Tina Knowles' hair styling salon and their backyards, the group continued performing as an opening act for other established R&B girl groups of the time;[14] Tina contributed to the cause by designing their costumes, which she continued to do throughout Destiny's Child era. With the continued support of Mathew, they auditioned before record labels and were finally signed to Elektra Records, only to be dropped months later before they could release an album.

Answer 3

They are cousins.

Answer 4

The media mistakenly has referred to them as cousins because Kelly lived with Beyonce's family from an early age. But they are not related.