--- title: Who Is Solange Knowles Jay Z Beyonce FIght in Elevator After Met Gala description: TMZ claims to have caught Beyoncé's younger sister Solange attacking Jay Z in an elevator canonical: https://time.com/96572/the-best-reactions-to-the-supposed-video-of-solange-knowles-and-jay-z-fighting-in-an-elevator/ author: Jessica Roy article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-12T19:29:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:44.257Z og:title: The Best Reactions to the Video of Solange Knowles and Jay Z Fighting in an Elevator og:description: TMZ claims to have caught Beyoncé's younger sister Solange attacking Jay Z in an elevator og:url: https://time.com/96572/the-best-reactions-to-the-supposed-video-of-solange-knowles-and-jay-z-fighting-in-an-elevator/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6bd73899c0890fa/69868efd1eebf733ba370da1/488338565.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3065 og:image:height: 1724 og:image:alt: "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Best Reactions to the Video of Solange Knowles and Jay Z Fighting in an Elevator twitter:description: TMZ claims to have caught Beyoncé's younger sister Solange attacking Jay Z in an elevator twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6bd73899c0890fa/69868efd1eebf733ba370da1/488338565.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Best Reactions to the Supposed Video of Solange Knowles and Jay Z Fighting in an Elevator > Sponsored content. 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What happened between Solange Knowles and Jay Z? That’s what everyone’s asking after TMZ posted a three-minute video seemingly of the duo getting into a physical altercation. Solange appears to kick, punch and scream at her brother-in-law._ by [Jessica Roy](https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy May 12, 2014 7:29 PM UTC  Solange Solange Larry Busacca—Getty Images by [Jessica Roy](https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy May 12, 2014 7:29 PM UTC The world halted on its axis Monday when TMZ published [surveillance footage](http://www.tmz.com/2014/05/12/jay-z-solange-fight-elevator-video-beyonce-met-gala/) that purportedly shows Solange Knowles, the younger sister of the one and only Beyoncé, getting into a fight with Jay Z in an elevator while Bey stands in the corner. TMZ claims the video footage comes from the elevator at the Standard Hotel, where along with an apparently much-needed security guard, the trio attended an after party following the annual Met Gala, a red-letter evening on New York’s fashion calendar. The hotel told[ _The Grio_](http://thegrio.com/2014/05/12/solange-video-jay-hotel-statement/) it is “shocked and disappointed that there was a clear breach of our security system,” but neither Solange Knowles nor Jay Z have commented. Since the clip has no audio, it’s unclear what started the confrontation. But Twitter, of course, took the news and ran with it. Within minutes Solange was trending on both Facebook and Twitter, and shortly thereafter the hashtag #WhatJayZSaidToSolange became Twitter’s top hashtag. Below, our favorite reactions: > [](https://twitter.com/samir/status/465894543549018112) > [](https://twitter.com/RealLifeKaz/status/465889118774640641) > [](https://twitter.com/DPD%5F/status/465896718157225984) > [](https://twitter.com/darth/status/465893802310258688) > [](https://twitter.com/theferocity/status/465899723116011520) > [](https://twitter.com/imfromraleigh/status/465887335700512768) > [](https://twitter.com/Tasha%5FNk/status/465917411896885249) > [](https://twitter.com/ItsDRecord/status/465936683721318400) ## Transcript So, what happened between Solange Knowles and Jay- Z. That's what pretty much everyone is asking after TMZ posted this 3 minute video seemingly of the duo getting into a physical altercation. Solange appears to kick, punch, and scream at her brother- in- law. Solange's sister and Jay's wife, Beyoncé was present too. The fight occurred in an elevator at New York Standard Hotel, May 5th, after the Met Gala. The three musicians were there for an after party. They all left the venue together but as the Daily Mail notes, Solange appeared visibly angry and Jay Z. Quote, shell shocked. But People reports the three did not leave the event together. Beyoncé and Solange took one car, while J took another. An onlooker said Solange's face quote, told it all. But Beyoncé doesn't appear to be taking sides. She was snapped at the Brooklyn Nets game after the altercation with J. The three stars have yet to speak out on the incident, silent on social media, with representatives yet to respond, to any outlet's request of comment. So it's all still a mystery, there didn't seem to be any strife between the sisters, inside the MET Gala event, and everything appeared fine between the family a few weeks. Back at Coachella. What we do is that the standard hotel is investigating how the security footage got out. The hotel released a statement saying, we well disciple and prosecute the individuals involved to our fullest capacity. Thanks for watching. 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