Oop! Keri Hilson Says THIS After Ester Dean Alleges Singer Co-Wrote ‘Turnin Me On’ Diss Against Beyoncé

Keri Hilson is not here for the false narrative Pitch Perfect star Ester Dean is trying to create surrounding the Turnin' Me On remix.

via: The Shade Room

In a recent interview with ‘The Breakfast Club,’ Keri Hilson finally cleared up how she ended up on Beyhive’s bad side more than a decade ago. The singer admitted she feels “regret” over the track because the lyrics weren’t her original work. While Keri didn’t name-drop the writer, Ester Dean later confirmed that she wrote the lyrics. At first, Dean seemed to brag about her pen game. However, she later apologized to Hilson, but her word choice rubbed Keri the wrong way, and she made that KNOWN in a clapback response! Meanwhile, Beyoncé has yet to step into the public group chat.

For those who might be feeling a lil’ lost, back in 2009, a remix of Keri’s ‘Turnin Me On’ was leaked to the public. In a newly added verse, she sang:

“Your vision cloudy if you think that you’re the best / You can dance, she can sing / But she need to move it to the left, left,” Keri belted, which was a jab at Beyoncé’s 2006 single ‘Irreplaceable.’ “She need to go have some babies / She needs to sit down, she fake.”

As mentioned, Keri Hilson spoke to ‘The Breakfast Club’ hosts about the track, with Loren Lorosa leading the discussion. “Those are not my words,” she said. Hilson explained that she was on tour with Lil Wayne when producer Polow da Don asked her to do a remix to her song ‘Turnin Me On.’ At the time, she was signed to him and Timbaland through Interscope Records. Due to the tour, she was unable to lay the tracks down for a few weeks.

When Keri finally got around to it, she said Polow had invited “another writer” to their writers’ camp, who ended up writing the infamous verse. As mentioned, Keri didn’t identify the songwriter as Ester Dean in her interview. The singer also said she was against the verse from the beginning and voiced that.

“So I tried to fight him on it, and I began writing my own…but he, I want to be careful with the words I use. It was quite forceful, you know what I mean,” Keri said, alleging that Polow had involved “others” and threatened her career.

She added that he also threatened to hold back her debut album, which wasn’t out yet. Keri Hilson said she was “adamant” about her stance to the point of tears. Ultimately, though, the singer admitted that her mistake was “not continuing to fight” against recording the remix with the diss verse.

“I was super young, I felt I had no power, I felt I had no choice. But I did record my version with had nothing like that in it. It was on subject, the song was about men.”

Though Polow da Don had allegedly promised to shelf the diss track, it “leaked” days later. In response, Keri says she protected everyone involved, from the producer to the writer who went on to become famous. “I had to eat that and I’m still eating that to this day,” the singer said, pointing out that she’s still getting asked about the topic.

It didn’t help Keri Hilson’s case when, in 2011, she refused to hold a magazine with Beyoncé on the cover. She also explained that moment to ‘The Breakfast Club’ crew.

“I didn’t want to hold no magazine of with her…” she said. “I just froze, I just was, like, shook whenever anybody brought it up.” Hilson added, “It’s a conversation I don’t want to have publicly just because I don’t want to piss anybody off…I don’t want to make things even more weird than they already were. I just wanted it to go away.”

Ester Dean Brags About The Song, Then Apologizes

As mentioned, Ester Dean revealed herself as the writer of the diss lyrics. She confirmed she penned the verse in the comment section of ‘The Breakfast Club’s Instagram account.

@almighty____d wrote, “The writer was definitely Ester Dean.” She replied to another commentator, writing, “@mstiabby and did!! It was a hit!!!” 

She then circled back to social media with an apology for Keri Hilson but seemingly indicated that she didn’t fully write the verse but helped with it.

“I submitted a lot of verses for that remix–one got picked, and it was co-written with Keri. Looking back, it was childish and didn’t age well. I see how it hurt people, especially women, and I take full accountability,” Ester wrote.

She added, “I’ve worked with and supported many women since, but that doesn’t erase the moment. Growth is real, and so is this apology.” 

Keri Hilson Goes IN On Ester Dean's Apology

After peeping Ester Dean’s “apology,” Keri Hilson slid into The Shade Room’s comment section to further clear the air. She denied that they co-wrote the diss verse against Beyoncé and clarified which of the remix’s lyrics belonged to her. She also called Ester out for speaking out 16 years later after feeling a lil’ bit of heat.

“You used the word co-wrote. I RE-wrote 3 lines in your verse. Which was the ONLY battle I won in the whole matter. But you weren’t there when all this was going down, and we didn’t write it together. These lines are mine: ‘Been getting dollars boy/ Gone get ya money up / No you ain’t the only homie on me, line up.’ The softest section. Lines about a boy. Because not only did I strongly disagree with the unnecessary hateful sentiments towards other women, and I’ve never been a fan of the publicity stunt method.”

Hilson added that Ester Dean’s verse targeting Beyoncé wasn’t “on subject,” which was her main argument against it. “You chose to stay quiet for 16 years, but coming out now, when you felt a portion of the heat I’ve gotten all this time,” Keri wrote.