Date of Birth

24 December 1986, Houston, Texas, USA

Birth Name

Solange Piaget Knowles

Nickname

Sol
Solo
Solly
Sol-inky
S

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Trivia

• Beyoncé's little sister and Nixon & Koi Knowles' older half-sister.
• Former back-up dancer for Destiny's Child.
• Her ex-husband was a football player at Texas Southern University.
• Tina Knowles-Lawson & Mathew Knowles' youngest daughter.
• Sister-in-law of rapper Jay-Z.
• Her father is of African-American descent. Her mother is of Louisiana Creole ancestry - mainly African and French, with ancestors from Louisiana, and, before that, Canada.
• Releasing her first solo album, Solo Star [2003]
• (November 16, 2014) Married for the 2nd time to her fiancé of 4 months, Alan Ferguson at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans, Louisiana in front of about 200 family and friends.
• Has a son: Julez Smith (b. October 18, 2004) with ex-husband, Daniel Smith.
• Richard Lawson & Gena Avery's stepdaughter.
• Step-sister of Bianca Lawson.
• After announcing she wouldn't be performing at Afropunk Fest in South Africa on New Year's Eve to ring in 2018, Solange revealed the reason behind her decision: she has been battling an autonomic disorder for the past five months.
• (June 24, 2014) Got engaged to her boyfriend of 5 years, Alan Ferguson.
• Blue Ivy Carter, Rumi Carter & Sir Carter's aunt.
• (November 1, 2019) Separated from her husband of nearly 5 years Alan Ferguson.

Quotes

• You get educated by traveling.
• I felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable.
• Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.
• Traveling is definitely something that your average 17-year-old doesn't get to do. One week we're in Japan, one week we're in Australia, one week we're back home going to football games.
• I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion.
• It is always an honor to work with those that share your passion for music and just enjoy making great music.
• I actually love my natural hair when it's in a twist out and it's been slept on for five days and revived by the steam of the shower.
• The Hadley Street Dream is a tribute to making a vision come to life. My father built a compound on a dessert city block, he saw something in that space we couldn't see. It was years later the album was born right there on Hadley St. He built the studio I started recording the album at.
• When you're younger, you get shoved a lot. You don't really have a say-so.
• We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world.
• You're just so excited that you have this record deal or this movie opportunity that you don't stand up for yourself and say, This is what I want to do.