Etta James unhappy with Beyonce's 'At Last'

Jazz legend Etta James reportedly is quite unhappy with Beyonce and President Barack Obama.

According to the New York Daily News, James told an audience at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle last week that she's upset that Beyonce performed "At Last" at the Neighborhood Ball on inauguration night.

"I tell you that woman he had singing for him, singing my song, she gonna get her [expletive] whupped," James said, sarcastically calling her "the great Beyonce."

"I can't stand Beyonce," she continued, adding that the young star "had no business ... singing my song that I been singing forever."

The 71-year-old James went on to voice her displeasure with Obama as well. "You know your President, right? You know the one with the big ears?" she asked the audience. "He ain't my President."

James' response to Beyonce's performance comes as a bit of a surprise because she coached Beyonce in preparation for her role as James in the movie "Cadillac Records."

A spokeswoman for Beyonce said she had no comment.

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