Jay Z
reportedly went shopping with his sister-in-law Solange Knowles on
Tuesday, the day after a video emerged showing her viciously attacking
him in an elevator.
The pair allegedly stopped by Mr. Flawless in midtown Manhattan, where they spent 20 minutes perusing women's jewelry, reports TMZ.
Sources
told the website the duo showed 'no signs of strife' during the outing,
and were shown around by the store owner, Greg Yuna, a.k.a. Mr.
Flawless.
Putting on a good show: Jay Z and his
sister-in-law Solange Knowles allegedly went shopping for women's
jewelry in NYC on Tuesday, the day after the elevator attack video
surfaced
Jay Z, 44, and Solange, 27, reportedly tried nothing on and left the shop without buying anything.
According to TMZ, they didn't speak much when inside and 'browsed quietly'.
The
alleged jaunt comes a day after a hotel surveillance video was leaked
showing Solange - Beyonce's younger sister - lashing out wildly at her
brother-in-law, with both her arms and her legs, while her sister stood
beside them looking curiously impassive.
The
famous family were in an elevator descending from a soiree that
followed the annual fashion fest at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last
week.
The seemingly unprovoked attack plays out in footage obtained by TMZ.
Solange
can clearly be seen kicking and swinging violently at Jay Z, the father
of her two-year-old niece, Blue Ivy, after the trio step into the
elevator.
Solange
was screaming at her family member when the fight erupted and can be
seen in the footage mouthing what appears to be a diatribe at the hip
hop legend, according to TMZ sources.
In
the footage, a man who looks to be a bodyguard tries to hold Solange
back but she manages to rain blows on the rapper several times, and even
hits him with her purse.
Annoyed: Solange seemed upset by something as
she posed for pictures with her sister at the Standard Hotel's Boom Boom
room following the Met Gala last week
According to the New York Daily News, the
blazing row was sparked by Jay Z, who snapped at Solange when two of
her friends tried to use his name to get into the starry after-party at
The Standard hotel in Manhattan following the gala last week.
And it was when Solange demanded they leave that Jay Z said he was heading off to Rihanna's bash without Beyoncé', prompting Solange to hit out at him.
A source said Solange's pals 'wouldn't leave and
kept name dropping Jay Z. They were pretending they were guests of his
and not hers. Management went to Julius (Beyonce's bodyguard) and said
there's a problem.'
Jay
soon got wind of it and snapped at Solange, saying 'don't use my name'.
This in turn prompted Solange to insist that she wanted to leave the
bash.
On
the way out, Jay said he'd be heading to Up & Down on West 14th
Street, where Rihanna was holding her own post-Met Ball bash, a second
source said.
Allegedly, the star said he didn't need extra security because Beyoncé was not joining him.
Row over Rihanna: It's reported that Solange was
furious that Jay-Z planned to attend Rihanna's Met Gala after-party
without Beyonce. Rihanna is seen here at the Met Gala on Monday, May 5
in Manhattan
Close: Rihanna and Jay-Z, performing together on
stage in London in June 2012, are good friends and Rihanna is signed to
his label, Roc Nation
The
source said Solange, who seemed 'drunk and irritated', said: ‘Why can't
you go home?' telling Beyonce: 'Why does your husband need to go to the
club right now?'"
But
Jay Z replied: 'You're one to talk', which sent Solange into a rage.
Once inside the elevator, she started punching and kicking her
brother-in-law - an attack that was caught on surveillance video and
leaked to TMZ.com on Monday.
Ultimately, the rapper decided against going to Rihanna's party and he was seen getting into a separate car as Beyoncé and Solange left together.
Jay
Z and Rihanna are longtime cohorts. While president of Def Jam, he
signed the Barbados beauty in 2004 and just days ago she signed to his
label Roc Nation. She is also managed by Roc Nation.
Reps for Beyoncé, Jay Z and Solange did not return requests for comment.
Crazy night: Kim Kardashian's pal Rachel Roy
(left) 'publicly argued with Solange' (right) before singer attacked Jay
Z in an elevator at Met afterparty, according to UsWeekly
MailOnline told how Jay Z has reneged on repeated promises to help boost Solange boost music career, according to sources.
And
a family friend today revealed the simmering tensions that has led to
the family feud, saying: 'He
hasn’t kept his promise to help her. Jay keeps telling her to give him
some time and he will sit down and write with her and then get her into
the studio but he hasn't done it yet.'
The source added: 'Solange's
album is coming out soon but there is no buzz about it, which is a bad
sign within the industry.
'Solange wants a major career like her sister and she's tired of living in her shadow. She's jealous.
'Jay Z promised he would help take her to the next level but he never found the time to keep his word.'
UsWeekly has reported that Solange first lost her temper with fashion designer Rachel Roy, a close friend of Kim Kardashian.
The
publication claims that Solange 'yelled' at Rachel - who recently
attended Kim's baby shower - on the night of the Met Gala after-party.
Beyonce is believed to have got in the middle of an argument between the pair, although it is unclear what it had stemmed from.
It was also reported that Solange was seen arguing with a number of other people at the bash.
Rachel
is considered to be one of Kim Kardashian's closest confidantes and was
even invited to Kanye's proposal to Kim last year.
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Inner circle: Rachel Roy is one of Kim Kardashian's closest pals, and the pair are seen here together in March 2012
Always
in Beyonce's shadow despite her own immense talent, Solange had a few
stints in Destiny's Child, before signing with her father's Mathew's
Music World Entertainment label; he and he girls' mother Tina had quit
their jobs to focus on their eldest child's career.But it paid off for Solange initially, too, as her her first studio album Solo Star - released when she was just 16 in 2003 - was a quiet success.
Just a year later, however, she married Daniel Smith, and after giving birth to their son Daniel Julez J. Smith Jr, moved to Idaho, where she occupied herself with writing music for her sister and ex Destiny's Child stars Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
Laughing it off?: Beyonce and Jay Z attended the
Brooklyn Nets vs. Miami Heat game in New York on Monday, hours after a
video of Solange Knowles attacking her brother-in-law surfaced
It paid off as her second album, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, hit No. 9 on the Billboard 200 and garnered positive reviews.
She set up her own label, Saint Records, and recorded the album, True, in 2012 and has plans for a follow up later this year.
While no Beyonce, Solange is recognised as fashion icon and her Motown songwriting roots are respected throughout the industry.
The formerly solid family was rocked in 2009 when the girls' mother Tina filed for divorce from Mathew, who was then still Beyonce's manager, after it emerged he'd fathered a child during an extra-marital affair with Alexsandra Wright.
No sign of drama: This just released photo shows Jay Z and Beyonce at the Met Gala afterparty... where the attack took place
The Crazy in Love singer singer later
ended her business relationship with her father, and neither sister
attended his wedding to Gena Avery last year.As a family unit, they've still remained strong it had seemed, with Solange mentioning frequently in interviews that her son Juelz and her niece Blue are more like siblings than cousins.
Beyoncé
and Jay Z have remained silent on Twitter following the incident, but
Solange rather oddly tweeted on Sunday: 'This might have been top 10
days ever in life.'
A
few days after the Met Gala, the sisters apparently made a getaway to
Costa Rica, where they apparently joined Kelly Rowland for her secret
wedding.
A STATEMENT FROM THE STANDARD HOTEL
While
there still has been no word from either Beyonce or Jay Z's
representatives, a spokesperson from The Standard Hotel in New York City
has made a statement. Following calls regarding the leaked CCTV
footage, reps for The Standard Hotel told MailOnline, they were 'shocked
and disappointed' in what had been a 'clear breach of our security
system'.
They said in a statement: 'We are investigating with the utmost urgency the circumstances surrounding the situation and, as is our customary practice, will discipline and prosecute the individuals involved to our fullest capacity.'
They said in a statement: 'We are investigating with the utmost urgency the circumstances surrounding the situation and, as is our customary practice, will discipline and prosecute the individuals involved to our fullest capacity.'
According to Us Weekly, Kelly's wedding took place on Friday and was a 'quick, simple ceremony - only around 30 people'.
On
Thursday, three days after the attack in an elevator at The Standard
hotel in New York, Beyoncé and Solange arrived in Costa Rica onboard a
private plane around 7:56pm, according to E!.
It
comes after it was reported in local paper La Nación that their mother
Tina Knowles, Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams and Kelly's
fiance Tim Witherspoon were also in Costa Rica, suggesting it was for
Kelly and Tim's nuptials, which has now been confirmed by UsWeekly.
Beyonce added further fuel to the fire by posting a picture on her
Instagram, looking as though she was dressed in a bridesmaid outfit.
Judi says: 'The singer's lack of physical
reaction implies that she has in all likelihood witnessed this type of
behaviour from Solange before'
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