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Formation was a taste of what was to come in Lemonade. (Parkwood)
Lemonade, Beyoncé’s rumination on infidelity, generational trauma and the resilience of Black women, is five years old today.
In 2014, video footage emerged of Solange Knowles punching and kicking her brother-in-law, Jay-Z, in an elevator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. While a third party held her back, her sister Beyoncé, Jay-Z’s wife, appeared largely calm, and even smiled at photographers who lay in wait outside.
For months, the only acknowledgment given was a statement confirming that the family had “worked through” their issues – and a wry lyric from Beyoncé about s t going down “when there’s a billion dollars on an elevator”. Rumours suggested the fight was caused by infidelity on Jay-Z’s part, but they remained just that. Until