Beyonce’s father no longer Rowland’s manager

Published 4:00 am Thursday, January 29, 2009

NEW YORK — Kelly Rowland says she will always be a part of Beyonc é ’s family, but she no longer will be managed by the superstar’s father.

Rowland and Matthew Knowles announced Wednesday that he is bowing out as her manager. He’s guided her career since she was a kid, when he put her in Destiny’s Child along with Beyoncé.

Both Rowland and Knowles — who still manages daughter Beyoncé — called the split amicable.

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