Jay-Z's innocent comment to designer sparked infamous elevator clash with Beyoncé's sister

The infamous elevator fight between Jay-Z and Solange Knowles the younger sister of his wife Beyonc is back in the spotlight again as a fashion designer exposed the reason for the highly-publicized clash In May a surveillance video leaked from the Standard Hotel in New York in which Solange was seen physically attacking Jay-Z in an elevator with Beyonc standing beside them The video was published by TMZ and numerous rumors swirled about why Solange had violently confronted her brother-in-law after the trio attended the Met Gala During a new interview with the Daily Mail Oscar G Lopez claimed that Solange became enraged 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 created Roy's Met Gala gown announced that Solange was offended after Jay-Z praised the dress BEYONC SEEMINGLY REFERENCES ELEVATOR CASE WITH JAY-Z SOLANGE IN NEW ALBUM RENAISSANCE I think that Jay complimented her about the gown and Beyonc 's sister felt that it was not proper so it was a kind of a drama there Lopez noted In the video which did not have audio Solange was seen kicking and punching Jay-Z as a bodyguard attempted 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 wall of the elevator Meanwhile Beyonce stood still in the corner of the elevator and did not intervene Within hours of the video's release the episode made international headlines and dominated social media Lopez informed the Daily Mail that the widespread coverage of the situation helped boost his business He explained that Roy was late to the event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and missed being photographed on the red carpet in the gown that he made for her However Lopez recalled that the dress was all over the news following the disgrace Any press is good press he commented It's good that people talk about you Sometimes you benefit from a controversy not even being part of it in a very direct way Lopez continued Let's just call it a collateral damage It was meant to be He went to tell the Daily Mail that he and Roy laughed about the speculation that she was having an affair with Jay-Z Lopez commented that they thought the rumors were so silly due to Roy's previous marriage to Jay Z's former friend and Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash Fox News Digital has reached out to representatives for Jay-Z Beyonce Solange and Roy for comment Roy and Dash were married from to The two 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 for Rocawear women s line Forthwith after the elevator situation on May Beyonc and Solange left the hotel together in one wagon while Jay-Z departed separately A week later TMZ published the surveillance video and the Standard Hotel declared that they had launched an inspection into the leak On May the hotel validated that an employee had been fired for leaking the video A day later Jay-Z Beyonce and Solange broke their silence in a joint declaration to the Associated Press There has been a great deal of speculation about what triggered the unfortunate circumstance the But the majority central thing is that our family has worked through it they wrote 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 society They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family The reports of Solange being intoxicated or displaying erratic behavior throughout that evening are absolutely false the announcement continued At the end of the day families have problems and we're no different We love each other and above all we are family We've put this behind us and hope everyone else will do the same In Jay-Z addressed the episode with Solange during an appearance on the Rap Radar podcast We had one disagreement ever Before and after we ve been cool he stated She s like my sister I will protect her That s my sister not my sister-in-law My sister Period The Empire State of Mind singer noted that siblings fight I fought my brothers and argued with my brothers my whole life Jay Z explained It just so happens who we are these things go into a different space But it ain t nothing We ve unfailingly had a great relationship he commented Meanwhile Roy poured fuel on the speculation of an affair between herself and Jay-Z after Beyonce alluded that the rapper had been unfaithful in her album Lemonade which was circulated in April The album featured the song Sorry which included the lyrics He only want me when I m not there He better call Becky with the good hair Roy later posted a photo of herself on Instagram writing Good hair don t care but we will take good lighting for selfies or self truths dependably Live in the light nodramaqueens After an outpouring of online backlash from Beyonce's fans Roy deleted the post and made her Instagram account private She later wrote on X formerly Twitter I respect love marriages families and strength What shouldn t be tolerated by anyone no matter what is bullying of any kind Roy directly denied that she was the woman behind the infamous lyric in an interview with People magazine CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER I want to put the speculation and rumors to rest My Instagram post was meant to be fun and lighthearted it was misunderstood as something other than that Roy stated People There is no validity to the idea that the song references me personally There is no truth to the rumors In his album Jay Z admitted to cheating on Beyonc and expressed his remorse He also referenced his alleged mistress Becky in his song Family Feud which featured the lyrics Let me alone Becky LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSOn the same album he also referred to the elevator affair in his song Kill JAY-Z You egged Solange on Knowin' all along all you had to say you was wrong Jay-Z sings to himself at one point in the song In an interview with David Letterman in for his Netflix show My Next Guest Requirements No Introduction Jay-Z explained how he and Beyonc had overcome their marital issues including his infidelity I have a beautiful wife who is understanding and knew that I m not the worst of what I ve done he disclosed 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