Sam, 2011, and still need to talk smack about Rihanna to get hits on this site? I admire both Bey and Rih but this childish talk about copying styles is garbage. All musicians are influenced by their peers and other genres. If you want to know whose style Bey has 'copied', down to the all-girl band, go watch 'Las Chicas Del Can' videos especially the original group from back in the early 80s. The hairstyles, costumes, AND dance moves are all influenced by those girls. I guess she's only channelling her mother's foreparents from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Go look if you dare, learn something, and cut out the silly chatter!