. >> matthew knowles is beyonce's father. managed her career. ♪ >> at 15, 16 years old, you don't quite yet have the maturity to quite understand or how to take criticism. >> i messed up. >> no, that's cool. >> she's gotten older, now she's a grown ass woman. so she understands it. >> beyonce feels this is her time. >> i feel like 30 is the ideal age because you're mature enough to know who you are and to have your boundaries and your standards and not be afraid of being too polite. but you're young enough to be a young woman. i'm very aware of who i am. and i feel great. >> for beyonce knowles carter, lately it has been one hell of a run. back in the summer of 2011, there was a tummy rub at the video music awards. by the next january, the singer, dancer, actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur and fashion icon was also mom. and with the birth of blue ivy came a new burst of creativity. >> i think as a new mom, you get a renewed sense of strength of purpose and whatever. i think that's gelled with her and having blue ivy. >> next thin

knowles, a little girl in suburb houston. hoping to get beyonce to come out of herschel, matthew and tina knowles sent their daughter to a dance came in, i mean, did you even notice her? >> what i did notice about her is that she's very shy. you would ask her what is your name? beyonce knowles. you could barely hear her. >> but on the dance floor -- >> beyonce would dance so hard sometimes her hat would come off because she was fierce. >> it was here that beyonce created her alter ego. but no knew beyonce had a secret. >> it blew me away. and i said sing it again. and she wouldn't sing it again because once again she was very quiet and very shy. i promised her a dollar and she sung it again. and i was floored. when her parents came to pick her up. i told them, she can sing. she can really sing. >> beyonce: finding her destiny, that's coming up at the top of the hour. that's followed by "white knee houston: her life, her music." it looks like one fan got a passing tip during the game between the miami heat and the l.a. clippers. the ball threw into the crowd. james nodded for that man to pass it back to him. and that fan right

knowles, a little girl in suburban houston. >> beyonce was really a quiet kid. kind of to herself. >> reporter: hoping to get beyonce to come out of hershel, matthew and teeno knowles notice her? >> what i did notice about her, she was very shy. you would ask her, what's your name? >> beyonce knowles. you could barely hear her speak. can you say your name again, sweetheart? is beyonce knowles. >> reporter: but on the dance floor -- >> beyonce would dance so hard, she would lose her costume pieces. sometimes her hat would come off. because she was fierce. >> reporter: it was here that beyonce created her now-famous alter ego. >> now, that's sasha fierce. that's who that is. >> when she got on the stage, she became a different person. >> reporter: but no one knew beyonce had a secret. >> i would hum the song and she finished it. and it blew me away. and i would stop. and i told her, "sing it again." and she wouldn't sing it again, because once again, she was very quiet, very shy. and i promised her $1. and she sung it again. and i was just -- i was floored. and when her parents came to pick her up, i told them, she can sing! she can really sing! >> beyonce, finding h

knowles, a little girl in suburban houston. >> beyonce was really a quiet kid. kind of to herself. >> reporter: hoping to get beyonce to come out of hershel, matthew and teeno knowlesce her? >> what i did notice about her, she was very shy. you would ask her, what's your name? >> beyonce knowles. you could barely hear her speak. can you say your name again, sweetheart? is beyonce knowles. >> reporter: but on the dance floor -- >> beyonce would dance so hard, she would lose her costume pieces. sometimes her hat would come off. because she was fierce. >> reporter: it was here that beyonce created her now-famous alter ego. >> now, that's sasha fierce. that's who that is. >> when she got on the stage, she became a different person. >> reporter: but no one knew beyonce had a secret. >> i would hum the song and she finished it. and it blew me away. and i would stop. and i told her, "sing it again." and she wouldn't sing it again, because once again, she was very quiet, very shy. and i promised her $1. and she sung it again. and i was just -- i was floored. and when her parents came to pick her up, i told them, she can sing! she can really sing! >> beyonce, finding her de