Beyoncé honours dancer who was fatally stabbed after voguing to her music
Global News
O'Shae Sibley was fatally stabbed outside of a gas station in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he and his friends were dancing to Beyoncé's 'Rennaisance.'
Beyoncé‘s message was simple: “Rest in Power O’Shae Sibley.”
In what police are investigating as a possible hate crime, Sibley, a 28-year-old professional dancer, was fatally stabbed at a gas station in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday.
While filling up a vehicle, Sibley and his friends recorded footage of the dancer voguing to Beyoncé’s Renaissance album for Facebook Live, the New York Times reported. (Voguing is a highly stylized type of dance that originated and evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.)
A group of men reportedly approached the dancer and his friends and shouted slurs. They allegedly insisted Sibley stop dancing.
According to the New York Times, Sibley told the men to leave him and his friends alone, and that there is “nothing wrong with being gay.”
There was a brief altercation and Sibley was stabbed in the torso. He was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead upon arrival.
As news of Sibley’s death — and subsequent outrage — spread across social media, Beyoncé updated the home page of her website to read “Rest in Power O’Shae Sibley.”
New York police said the department’s hate crimes unit is involved in the ongoing investigation, according to a Rolling Stone report.
