Even as a teenager, Teyana Taylor’s talents could not be denied.
During an appearance on the Joe & Jada podcast, Taylor shared that her dancing prowess as a teen led her to work with the incomparable Beyoncé on her classic video for “Ring the Alarm.”
“You wanna know what’s crazy? Another stamp to New York — she wanted to learn the chicken noodle soup,” Taylor said.
After teaching Beyoncé some dance moves that were the all rave in Harlem, opened the door for her to have more opportunities.
“They called me because I was outside, battling everybody like it was up for everybody. So they called me to come and do it, but you already know,” Taylor recalled. “The homie was like, ‘She just wants to learn the chicken noodle soup.’ But I went in there and I was ready. I was like, ‘Everybody, I’m ready to work. Let’s go woman,’ and she just started dying.”
“To be able to work with her and at that age, I’m taking in everything,” she explained.
On Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2023, Taylor shared how it felt to have her talent co-singed by Beyoncé and Jay-Z just as she was trying to make a name for herself.
“Beyoncé wanted to plug me in to be in one of his videos,” she shared. “She was like a proud aunt, she was like, ‘I told you, she’s a superstar.’ “
Taylor even spoke about how Jay-Z gave her a hard time during the process
“He gave me a hard time, you know, because we’re both Sagittarius and he was testing me,” she said with a laugh.