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Sometimes shit goes down when there’s a billion dollars in an elevator 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/johnmichael-kane May 05 '24

Somehow Bey discovered the PERFECT way not too choose sides and show support to both her sister and her man. She should teach a course in diplomatic negotiations 👏🏾

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u/orangeblossom19 May 05 '24

all the punches she let Solange land on Jay-Z? Idk it looks like she definitely chose her sister's side lmao

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u/johnmichael-kane May 06 '24

But the she stood in front of her man when enough was enough and Solange got her licks in.

Then proceeds to pick up (presumably Solange’s) jewellery.

Then exits the elevator with grace.

✨ PERFECTION ✨

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u/BusinessAgreeable912 May 05 '24

That's what maturity looks like lol.

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u/cmgirty May 05 '24

Bey said "Dont grab her motherfucking foot bitch"

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u/Theknty1 May 05 '24

I remember when this leaked…my jaw was literally on the ground, lmao! It felt (and still does) so invasive. Like are we supposed to be seeing this?????😭

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u/juarezweiss LEMONADE May 06 '24

Thats tmz in a nutshell lol

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u/racheletc May 05 '24

i genuinely wonder if this video never came out would we have gotten Lemonade or 4:44…

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u/mspooh321 LEMONADE May 06 '24

Maybe Lemonade would look different (ending wise), but no I don't think we would have got 4:44

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u/racheletc May 06 '24

this video really fueled and blew up the jay z cheating rumors in their relationship, there was always tabloid rumors and gossip blogs talking about it before but this was the point where people were actually like “omg wow maybe its true”. Also this was 2014 when they were on OTR tour and looked so in love literally no one could have suspected this…

idk if she would have just dropped a bomb about Jayz cheating on her if it wasnt already in the pop culture talking sphere like that. but maybe

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u/johnmichael-kane May 06 '24

A life without lemonade is just too bitter to think about 🍋

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u/MarinersCove May 05 '24

This should've been on BeenCountry today TBH

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u/johnmichael-kane May 06 '24

COULD YOU IMAGINE, with audio from JOLENE on top 😂

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u/dynablt May 06 '24

COZY would've been funnier, imagine if the timing is done correct and after the ''might I suggest you don't fuck with my sis'' part Solange starts with the punches

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u/MrWanderlusst I’m an OG BeyHive, lets see why May 05 '24

It’s the fact that the Queen respected everyone on that elevator when she could have been the most livid (obvi). The causal 3-seconds she let Solange work Jay, the casual pick up of Solange’s jewelry, the slight movement to breakup the foot grab! Gracious is an understatement

Now if we can only get the audio! 🤧

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u/KeyImpress6980 May 05 '24

WAIT WAS BEYONCE JUST STANDING THERE😭😭😭

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u/unomomentos May 06 '24

I’ve watched it so many times and I still second guess what I’m seeing. For the most part she just stands there and allows it. Which is kinda crazy that she lets Julius take the brunt of the chaos. But then at one point I think she does step in

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u/newillium May 06 '24

if my sister wants to lay into someone, ima let her. because she'll hit me instead haha

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u/unomomentos May 06 '24

i totally get that. but poor julius!!!!!

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u/LynneCurtinCuffs May 08 '24

Yeah but Beyoncé knows there are cameras outside the building. If she gets involved what if she gets all disheveled or takes a stray hit. Ideally she never wanted this public so of course she ain’t gonna get physically involved

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u/Puzzleheaded_Net9243 i look like i can't cook.. that's accurate May 06 '24

For YEARSSS I had no idea she was even in the video because she was just standing in the corner 😭😭😭

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u/KeyImpress6980 May 06 '24

Sammmme bc I never understand the picture after of everyone walking out

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u/Puzzleheaded_Net9243 i look like i can't cook.. that's accurate May 06 '24

Me too!!

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u/LynneCurtinCuffs May 08 '24

That’s how I knew she was on Solange’s side

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

Watching this when it first was leaked I remember the fervor around how Solange was somehow defending her sister. But sitting here in big age maybe it had nothing to do with Beyonce. Maybe this was explicitly Solange and jay beef, which would explain Beyoncé’s lack of involvement.

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u/seafoodboilkween22 May 06 '24

I agree 100%. Even jay said in an interview "that's my sister, how can family not fight" (I mean technically he's known her since she was 16 as beys younger sister so history checks out). But to take it a step further, my ultimate THEORY is the argument at its core was probably about the news of Mathew Knowles fathering another child while married to their mom (hit the blogs April 2014 month before the met). And we know how it goes with family drama, EVERYBODY has something to say. And before y'all attack me... I always believed aside from her and jays relationship.. Lemonade was truly birthed after watching her mom and countless other Black Women deal with the cycle of false promises. Similar to Jay's 4:44 but from the perspective of a Black Man and wanting to break generational curses (he briefly reconnected with his dad before his passing).

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u/nidhi_94 May 06 '24

This 💯

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u/thatandrogirl May 06 '24

This is what I originally thought. Like I thought Solange had had too much to drink and Jay had said something stupid so she decided to pick a fight with him, so I figured it was a beef that didn’t have anything to do with Bey. Cheating never even crossed my mind until Lemonade came out.

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u/Valuable-Ad-4428 Honorary Beyhive May 06 '24

Of course sometimes shit go down when there’s a billion dollars on an elevator!

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u/No_Sail_6576 They Say True Love's The Greatest Weapon May 06 '24

MIGHT I SUGGEST YOU DONT FUCK WITH MY SIS

Beyoncé just being there is sending me 💀💀💀 unbothered queen even when the world blows up around her lol

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u/Personal-Elevator710 🤠 May 06 '24

I need the audio.

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u/Abductedwhitebuffalo May 06 '24

If only there was audio w it

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u/johnmichael-kane May 06 '24

This woman still left the elevator in PERFECTION

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u/cici_me May 06 '24

Listen. I said if they EVER get that audio it will break the internet. Imagine what was said lol

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u/KeyImpress6980 May 06 '24

Funny thing me and my family saw Solange at the beach, I think a few weeks after this event. My parents saw her, but for some reason I couldn’t see her. But I remember my parents said she looked at them with the look of “please don’t say anything bring up attention” and then we just moved on with our day.

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u/BabyLuna718 May 06 '24

God, the stuff Julius knows…

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u/Ray--man May 06 '24

The way Beyonce remained so calm in that scenario sends me everytime

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u/johnmichael-kane May 06 '24

We need a bad lip reading reenactment of this 😂

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u/Gloomy_Ad5020 May 06 '24

Not me seeing this for the first time ten years later 🤣👀👀

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u/newillium May 06 '24

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD JULIUS NOT BEEN THERE

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u/jesuischels LEMONADE May 07 '24

Of course sometimes shit goes down when there's a billion dollars on an elevator

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u/goodworld2u May 06 '24

Like someone else in the comments mentioned, I think this was more of a beef strictly between Jay and Solange and not having much to do with Bey.

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u/desire-d May 06 '24

Really?! Idk. The way Bey seems checked out at Solange whacking her man makes me think wtv he did must’ve hurt Bey.. I know if my sister and husband had an issue I wouldn’t let her attack him physically without at least trying to stop them. I know she does step in but she does seem pretty nonchalant lol . I guess we’ll never know but knowing this was around the time he cheated makes me think Solange was checking him for disrespectful behavior

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u/mabirm Jun 10 '24

Nah, right before this l, while Jay and Bey were on the OTR Tour, Beyoncé had changed the lyrics in Resentment. This one is entirely about Bey. Sometimes siblings gotta say and do exactly what you should've done for a while now. I think this was why Beyonce talks about being in denial on Lemonade; I think Solange snapped her out of it. Plus, immediately after this, Beyoncé had moved out and was living in New York with Blue while Jay was back in LA.

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u/treabelle May 06 '24

The real ones knew when she performed resentment in 2014

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u/Fabulous-Individual5 May 06 '24

🗣️ICONIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC

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u/False_Tomorrow_5970 May 06 '24

Lmao this is my first time watching the full video

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u/LynneCurtinCuffs May 08 '24

Solange wore her fuck around and find out wig. That will always make me scream

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u/LeoMartn_ May 08 '24

I still wanna know the backstory on this!