Beyoncé to remove 'spazzin,' 'spazz' from new album after critics complain of ableism

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Beyoncé to remove 'spazzin,' 'spazz' from new album after critics complain of ableism

Beyoncé will be replacing a verse from a song on her new album, 'Renaissance,' after two words of the lyric

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