<p id=”par-1_51″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/beyonce/”>Beyoncé</a> was said to be <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/beyonce-biggest-smile-shortly-solange-attacked-jay-z-elevator.html/”>smiling moments before her sister</a>, Solange, famously attacked Jay-Z in the hospital. But her father, Mathew Knowles, had a smile on his face during and after Solange’s unexplained assault on the rapper. If only because Knowles was used to that kind of behavior from his daughter.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-mathew-knowles-felt-solange-s-attack-on-jay-z-was-on-brand-for-his-daughter”>Mathew Knowles felt Solange’s attack on Jay-Z was on brand for his daughter</h2>
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<p id=”par-2_110″>It’s been over 10 years since footage was released of Solange attacking Jay-Z in an elevator. Still, it continues <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-that-moment-with-jay-z-in-an-elevator-is-still-talked-about-today.html/”>to be talked about today</a> despite how much time has passed. Things seemed to have calmed down between the Carter family considerably. But the true source of the fight has never been revealed. Many wondered if Jay-Z’s affair had something to do with the fight, but that has never been confirmed. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/what-we-know-about-jay-z-and-solanges-elevator-fight-6-years-later.html/”>What some know about the fight</a> is that fashion designer Rachel Roy was at the heart of the situation. Roy reportedly flirted with Jay-Z during an event the rapper attended with Beyoncé and Solange. Beyoncé confronted Rachel about her behavior.</p>
<p id=”par-3_58″> “Solange came over to have her sister’s back, and things got heated with her and Rachel,” the source said once alleged to <a href=”https://www.eonline.com/news/542213/did-flirting-cause-jay-z-and-solange-s-fight-real-reason-behind-their-elevator-brawl-revealed”>E! News</a>. “Jay said some disrespectful things to Beyoncé and Solange as the confrontation was going down. That’s why all hell broke loose in the elevator and why Beyoncé just stood back and let Solange hit Jay.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_36″>Jay-Z’s affair would later add more speculation to his elevator spat with Solange. Solange’s and Beyoncé’s father, however, wasn’t mad at all when he saw the footage. Instead, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-mathew-knowles-reacted-to-jay-z-and-solanges-elevator-fight.html/”>Knowles had a surprising reaction</a> to the footage.</p>
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<p id=”par-6_18″>“I laughed so hard because if you know Solange, that’s Solange”, he said on <em><a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVyyB1Wh3SQ&ab_channel=roulaandryan”>The Wendy Williams Show</a></em>.</p>
<p id=”par-7_20″>Knowing his daughters, Knowles also asserted that the two sisters reacted exactly how he thought they would in that situation.</p>
<p id=”par-8_41″>“You just never know what you’re gonna get – a firecracker. I don’t know where she gets that from,” Knowles said. “Then Beyoncé would be in the corner, quiet, just kinda, like ‘When y’all finish, let me know.’ So I laughed.”</p>
<p id=”par-9_22″>In an interview with <a href=”https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/beyonce-s-dad-mathew-knowles-addresses-solange-and-jay-z-s-lift-fight-on-good-morning-britain-a3765466.html”>Good Morning Britain</a>, Knowles felt confident that his two daughters would see what happened as a learning opportunity.</p>
<p id=”par-10_60″>“Mistakes are an opportunity to grow,” he said. “I hope and I feel very calm about this and comfortable that both Solange and Beyoncé were given the tools that they need to be successful. Are they going to make mistakes? Absolutely. But mistakes are an opportunity to grow, not a reason to quit. And so I feel comfortable about that.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-mathew-knowles-believed-jay-z-s-fight-with-solange-was-staged”>Mathew Knowles believed Jay-Z’s fight with Solange was staged</h2>
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<p id=”par-11_60″>There’s another angle Knowles introduced to Jay-Z’s fight with Solange that very few considered. In a 2014 interview with <em><a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVyyB1Wh3SQ&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmusic%2F2014%2Faug%2F29%2Fbeyonce-mathew-knowles-father-elevator-scuffle-a-pr-stunt”>104.1 KRBE Radio</a></em>, Knowles floated the possibility that Solange’s fight with Jay-Z was a publicity stunt. Knowles found it suspicious that the fight happened when Solange had a record out. Meanwhile, Jay-Z and Beyoncé were on a joint tour together.</p>
<p id=”par-12_61″>“[They needed something to] ignite that tour,” Knowles said. “It’s called a ‘Jedi mind trick.’ The Jedi mind trick fools you a lot of the time. So things you see, sometimes, are …” He gestured to evoke a puff of smoke. “All I know is: everyone is talking about it. Ticket sales went up, Solange’s album sales went up 200% …”</p>
<p id=”par-13_29″>Whatever the case, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/crazy-in-love-reflected-beyonce-jay-z-relationship.html/?swcfpc=1″>the “Crazy in Love” artists</a> have long since left the incident behind them. According to the married couple, their relationship has never been stronger since then.</p>
<p id=”par-14_54″>“Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred. They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in the public. They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family,” they released in a statement obtained by <a href=”https://apnews.com/general-news-music-c1731cc41d49462988453038f174246d”>AP News</a>.</p>