Designer reveals why Solange Knowles attacked Jay-Z in 2014 elevator fight

the The infamous elevator fight The relationship between Jay-Z and Solange Knowles, the younger sister of his wife Beyoncé, has returned to the limelight, as a fashion designer revealed the reason for the dispute that received much media coverage.

In May 2014, surveillance video was leaked from the Standard Hotel in New York in which Solange is seen attacking Jay-Z in an elevator with Beyoncé standing next to them. The video was posted by TMZ and many rumors have spread about why Solange violently confronted her brother-in-law after the trio attended the 2014 Met Gala.

During a new interview with Daily MailOscar J Lopez claimed that Solange became angry after witnessing an interaction between Jay-Z and fashion designer Rachel Roy, who has been accused of having an affair with the rapper. Lopez, who designed Roy’s dress at the 2014 Met Gala, said Solange felt insulted after Jay-Z praised the dress.

Beyoncé apparently references the elevator incident with Jay-Z and Solange in her new album ‘RENAISSANCE’

“I think Jay complimented her on the dress, and Beyoncé’s sister felt like it didn’t fit, so it was kind of a drama there,” Lopez said.

A fashion designer revealed the reason behind the famous elevator incident between Jay-Z and Solange Knowles, Beyoncé’s sister. (TMZ/BACKGRID; Axel/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Nelson Barnard/Getty Images)

In the video, which has no sound, Solange is seen kicking and hitting Jay-Z while a bodyguard tries to restrain her. Jay-Z was not seen retaliating against Solange but instead raised his arms to block her blows and backed away from her into the elevator wall.

Meanwhile, Beyoncé He stood still in the corner of the elevator and did not interfere.

Within hours of the video being published, the incident made international headlines and dominated social media.

Lopez told the Daily Mail that widespread coverage of the incident helped boost his business. He explained that Roy was “late” to the event held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and missed the red carpet shoot in the dress he made for her.

Roy was photographed at the 2014 Met Gala. (Billy Farrell/BFA/Shutterstock)

However, Lopez noted that “ The dress was all over the news“After the scandal.

“Any press is good press,” he said. “It’s nice to have people talking about you.”

“Sometimes you benefit from a scandal, without even being part of it in a very direct way,” Lopez continued. “Let’s call it collateral damage. It was meant to be.”

He went on to tell the Daily Mail that he and Roy laughed about speculation that she was having an affair with Jay-Z. Lopez said they thought the rumors were “pretty ridiculous” due to Roy’s previous marriage to Jay-Z’s ex-boyfriend and Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash.

Fox News Digital has reached out to reps for Jay-Z, Beyonce, Solange and Roy for comment.

The couple, who married in 2008, were spotted at the 2014 Met Gala. (Nelson Barnard/Getty Images)

Roy and Dash were married from 2004 to 2009. They met while she was working at Rocawear, the clothing brand created by Jay-Z and Dash. Roy began her career as an intern at the company before rising through the ranks to become creative director of Rocawear’s women’s line.

Immediately after the elevator accident on May 5, 2014, Beyoncé and Solange left the hotel together in one car while Jay-Z left separately. A week later, TMZ published the surveillance video, and the Standard Hotel announced it had launched an investigation into the leak.

On May 14, the hotel confirmed that an employee had been fired due to the video leak.

A day later, Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Solange broke their silence in a joint statement to The Associated Press.

Solange was photographed at the 2014 Met Gala. (Axel/Power-Griffin/MovieMagic)

“There has been a great deal of speculation about the cause of the unfortunate incident, but the most important thing is that our family has dealt with it. Jay and Solange both bear their share of responsibility for what happened,” they wrote. They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has come to light. They both apologized to each other and moved forward as a united family.”

“Reports that Solange was intoxicated or exhibited erratic behavior throughout that evening are simply false,” the statement continued. “At the end of the day, families have problems and we are no different. We love each other and above all we are a family. We have left this behind us and we hope everyone will do the same.”

In 2017, Jay-Z addressed the incident with Solange during an appearance on The Guardian “Rap Radar” Podcast.

“We’ve never had one disagreement. Before and after we were calm,” he said. “She’s like my sister. I’ll protect her. This is my sister, not my sister-in-law. My sister. Period.”

The “Empire State of Mind” singer pointed this out Sibling fighting.

“I’ve fought my brothers and argued with my brothers my whole life,” Jay-Z said. “It just so happens that who we are, these things go to a different space. But it’s not nothing.”

“We’ve always had a great relationship,” he said.

Roy and Dash were married from 2004 to 2009. (Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Meanwhile, Roy poured fuel on speculation of an affair between her and Jay-Z after Beyoncé insinuated that the rapper was unfaithful on her April 2016 album “Lemonade.”

The album included the song “Sorry” which included the lyrics “He only wants me when I’m not there. He better call Becky good hair.”

Roy later posted a photo of herself on Instagram, writing: “Good hair doesn’t matter, but we’ll take good lighting, for selfies, or selfies, always. Live in the light #nodramaqueens.”

After a wave of online backlash from Beyoncé’s fans, Roy deleted the post and made her Instagram account private.

“I respect love, marriage, families, and strength. What no one should have to put up with, no matter what, is bullying, of any kind,” she later wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Roy denied it directly that she was the woman behind the infamous lyric in an interview with People magazine.

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“I want to put an end to speculation and rumours. My Instagram post was supposed to be fun and light, and it was misconstrued as something other than that,” Roy said. the people. “There is no truth to the idea that the song refers to me personally. There is no truth to the rumours.”

Jay-Z said that he and Solange are very close. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Naras)

In his album “4:44”, which was released in 2017, Jay-Z admitted to cheating on Beyoncé and expressed his remorse. He also referenced his alleged mistress “Becky” in his song “Family Feud” which included the lyrics “Let me alone Becky.”

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On the same album, he also referred to the elevator incident in his song “Kill JAY-Z.”

“You got Solange to / Knowin’ all the time, all you had to say was you were wrong,” Jay-Z sings to himself at one point in the song.

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In an interview with David Letterman in 2018 for his Netflix show, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,” Jay-Z explained how he and Beyoncé overcame their issues. Marital issues Including his betrayal.

“I have a beautiful wife who understands me and knows I’m not the worst I’ve ever done,” he said. “And like we did the hard work of going to therapy, and, you know, really — we love each other, right? So we really put in the work.”