By now, you’ve probably seen the grainy black-and-white video of Solange Knowles attacking her brother-in-law Jay Z in an elevator while Beyoncé looks on. You may have even participated in a discussion about it or overheard various people speculating about the situation (which just happened to me at the pharmacy). What started as a private family matter captured on a security camera over a week ago has now spiraled into our very own Watergate. Here’s how quickly things escalated:
TMZ released the footage on Monday at 11:22 ET. It immediately made its way into the news, and was initially made light of with the trending Twitter hashtag #WhatJayZSaid that had people joking about what could have caused the altercation.
After the initial jokes, people started realizing that the situation could be indicative of a larger issue, either with Solange personally or the Knowles-Carter family. Page Six quotes sources who said that Solange was drunk at the time and had gotten into other arguments earlier in the night. The Daily Mail asserts the attack was the result of “months of tension about Solange’s stalled career” and the fact that Jay Z wanted to go to Rihanna’s post-Met Gala part without Beyoncé. Even more fuel was added to the fire when Solange deleted all photos of Beyoncé from her Instagram account.
Are Beyoncé and Jay Z Consciously Uncoupling? was originally published on wzakcleveland.com
