Jay-Z, Beyonce and Solange were all smiles at the Met Galla on May 5, but as soon as the trio entered an elevator after the party, things went south. A video has been leaked of Solange violently punching and kicking Jay-Z despite a body guard’s attempts to restrain her. Because the clip has no audio it is not clear why Solange was so upset. This week we asked BYU students why they thought Solange and Jay-Z were fighting.
“Probably some past conflict that had to do with Beyonce because she wasn’t a part of (the fight) she just kind of stood back. So it was probably about her. Nobody really knows.” — Michael Jeppesen, Exercise science, Sugar City, Idaho
“Maybe Solange was jealous of Beyonce and wanted to date Jay-Z.” — McKenzie Sant, Special education, Riverton
“If I had to take a guess it’s that they had Solange over for dinner one night and (Jay-Z) made something that she really didn’t like … and she took it out on him in the elevator. I don’t know, probably homemade pizza. That’s probably what he made.” — Abby Evans, Food science, McLean, Virginia
“I have no idea. Maybe Jay-Z made a comment about Chris Brown and Rihanna and that got Solange uptight.” — Justin Ellsworth, Global studies, Bokchito, Oklahoma
