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Beyonce's father Mathew Knowles says he passed on using R. Kelly for a 1998 collaboration with Destiny’s Child due to both business differences with the singer and his reputation. 

The 67-year-old tells Metro.co.uk that when he and the group met with the singer, the girls were around 15- or 16-years-old.

'I was there, and my former wife Tina was there,' the music manager said. 'When they went to the bathroom, Tina would go with them. They did not leave our eyes.'

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The latest: Beyonce's father Mathew Knowles, 67, says he passed on using R. Kelly, 52, for a 1998 collaboration with Destiny’s Child due to both business differences with the singer and his reputation 

Knowles told the outlet in detail about the environment in which R. Kelly immersed himself as he worked. 

'The thing with R. Kelly was, he liked to record late at night, around midnight,' he said. 'And what was different with his studio was that one room had a recording suite, and next door was a club, with 40 or 50 people dancing.' 

Knowles said he passed on a collaboration between a then-established R. Kelly - who had hits such as to his name by then such as 1993's Bump N’ Grind and 1996's I Believe I Can Fly - and his up-and-coming group due to both business and creative differences. 

'I personally rejected the song, because I didn't think it was a good song,' he said of the track, which would have been on the group's self-titled debut album, which featured Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and then-members LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett. 'Not just because of [his] reputation - this was around 1998, we had just begun to hear some of those things.' 

Way back when: Mathew posed with Destiny's Child's Michelle Williams, Beyonce and Kelly Rowland in October of 2000 

Cautious: Knowles said of the group's 90s meeting with R. Kelly, 'When they went to the bathroom, Tina would go with them. They did not leave our eyes'

A father's love: Beyonce posed with her dad in June of 2001 in the family's native Houston

Knowles said 'R. Kelly wasn't cheap' to collaborate with, as 'it was $75,000, plus travel costs, so we're talking $100,000 for a song.' 

Knowles noted that at the time R. Kelly 'was managed by Sony ... and [the label] would almost force you to record with [their] artists.'  

An insider corroborated Mathew's account with the outlet, recalling how ‘record labels would ask R. Kelly to write songs for emerging artists as a way to help them break into the industry and he made several requests for Destiny’s Child.  

'Mathew and Tina rejected all of them because they didn’t want him anywhere near the band which is why they are one of the few acts to debut in the 90s without an R. Kelly song in its official discography.’ 

Between the R. Kelly's reputation and the business differences, Mathew said 'it was both of those' factors that put him off of using his artists to collaborate with him. 

Out and about: Mathew was snapped in New Orleans at an event in February of 2017 

Upset: Protesters were snapped Wednesday outside of R. Kelly's Chicago studio as the singer has fallen under new scrutiny in the wake of the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly

The group did record one song R. Kelly wrote - the track Stimulate Me off of the soundtrack for the 1999 movie Life - but he was not present when it was recorded, an insider told the outlet, adding that 'Mathew didn’t want it on any official Destiny’s Child’s albums, so it didn’t appear.' 

Knowles' remarks come after R. Kelly, 52, has fallen under new scrutiny in the wake of the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly. 

The Ignition vocalist has denied allegations of sexual misconduct, which include keeping women in a cult and sexual relations with girls around the age of 14. 

The Grammy-winning artist was acquitted of child pornography charges in 2008 in Cook County, Illinois stemming from a video which authorities said depicted him in sexual acts with a girl who looked to be 13; the singer and his alleged partner in the clip said it was not them.  

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