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Well, well, well, Beyonce is a song stealer; or at least is taking credit for a song that she didn't pen herself. Which, if you pay attention to her hit songs that she always claims to write, wouldn't be that big of a surprise. I mean without Ne-Yo's "Irreplaceable", which was originally intended for Britney Spears, her last album wouldn't have gone quite as far. Apparently, Ms. Knowles and her father Matthew bought "If I Were A Boy", without the original writers' (21 year old, singer/songwriter, BC Jean) consent and threw her name on the writing credits.

The issue has become of such high interest that even Fox News writer Roger Friedman published an article today appropriately titled, "Beyonce’s ‘Stolen’ New Hit Record" (below). B, who claims to be so real claims that no one collaborated with her on her upcoming, "I Am", album.

"BC Jean is a hot, up-and-coming, 21-year-old female singer songwriter from San Diego. Those who’ve met her says she’s smart and “gorgeous.” But BC (her initials, legend has it, are for “beautiful child”) got a cold dose of reality this summer when it comes to the record business. According to sources, she and her manager/mother have been strong-armed by Beyonce’s people and others who saw gold in “If I Were a Boy” and didn’t care how they got it.
You can hear BC Jean’s version of her own song, written with German pop-factory producer Toby Gad, at www.bcjean.net. It’s certainly as good as Beyonce’s if not better. It’s no wonder that this young woman is now the center of so much attention.
Altogether, I am told, BC Jean wrote and recorded about a dozen songs with Gad for an album the producer was planning to make of his own. When the deal fell apart, Gad — whose 300 plus credits are all co-written, never solo — took the songs and started marketing them to big name, established artists. Gad’s past “collaborators” include Fergie, on “Big Girls Don’t Cry.”
When I wrote about Beyonce’s version of “If I Were a Boy” last week, calls came pouring in from people who knew the real history of this story. BC Jean’s mother/manager, Lori Carlson, told me she couldn’t comment on the situation. But plenty of people knew the saga of Beyonce’s legendary manager/father Mathew Knowles’ aggressive pursuit of the publishing rights to the potential hit record. His goal was to get the rights to the song and to put Beyonce’s name on the writing credits."

Listen to BC Jean's Version HERE