Queen Bey is coming home to Houston with two shows over the weekend.
ABC13's Melanie Lawson, who has known Beyoncé and the Knowles family since the days of Girls Tyme and Destiny's Child, took a look back at how she's seen a Houston icon evolve over decades.
You can watch her interview in the video player above.
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