Beyonce to remove 'ableist' and offensive lyric from song on 'Renaissance'

Beyoncé has said she will take out a "ableist" line from a song on her new "Renaissance" album.

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The removal is due to an online backlash from the disability rights community.

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The 40-year-old artist will change the word "spaz" from the 11th anthem on the catalog,

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"Heated," to another, as yet undetermined, term.

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Representative for Beyoncé told that, "The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced"

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The song is co-written by rapper Drake

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In the song, Beyoncé sings the line: "Spazzin' on that ass, spazz on that ass.

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The word has often been used to negatively refer people with disabilities.

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