Solange Son: Meet Daniel Julez J. Smith Jr.

Solange Piaget Knowles is an American singer, songwriter, performance artist, and actress. Expressing an interest in music from an early age, Knowles had several temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny’s Child, which featured her elder sister, Beyoncé Knowles, among its members, before signing with her father Mathew Knowles’s Music World Entertainment label. At age 16, Knowles released her first studio album Solo Star (2002).

Solange Son: Meet Daniel Julez J. Smith Jr.

Beyonce’s sister Solange welcomed her only child, son Daniel Julez Smith Jr. when she was a teenager.

The Grammy-winner gave birth to her only child, Julez, on October 18, 2004. At the time, Solange was 18, having become pregnant with her high school sweetheart, Daniel Julez Smith. The new parents had married when Solange was 17, only to divorce two years later.

Solange Knowles and her son Julez (center) decked out in ‘Soul Train’-attire for Beyonce’s 35th birthday party in New York City in 2016. The mom-son duo was joined by Solange’s husband at the time, Alan Ferguson, whom she went on to split from three years later.