Beyoncé's 21-year-old nephew is dating a 41-year-old rapper who is older than his mother.
The Knowles-Carter family is the center of online discussion: this time, the spotlight is not on Beyoncé, but on her nephew. 21-year-old Julez Smith, the son of Solange Knowles (Beyoncé's younger sister), is dating 41-year-old rapper Tommy Lee, who is two years older than his mother. Western TikTok users are still speculating about how Beyoncé's aunt and her mother, Tina Knowles, will react to this choice.
Rumors of a romance sparked after Tommie Lee posted a short video on social media of Julez giving her a piggyback ride. "This is what happens when you like someone," Julez says in the video. Tommie responds by calling him "my baby" and "handsome."
The age difference between the rapper and Beyoncé's nephew is 20 years. Tommie Lee (real name Atasha Chiza Jefferson) is two years older than Julez's mother, 39-year-old Solange Knowles. The rapper is known not only for her appearance on the reality show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta but also for her scandalous reputation: as a mother of two, she has repeatedly come to the attention of police, and in 2019, she was charged with child abuse. According to investigators, Lee physically abused her daughter at school and pulled her hair. Tommie Lee previously revealed that she gave birth to one of her daughters while in prison, from where she was taken to the hospital.
She is also known to have struggled with addiction for many years.
Julez himself, whose parents divorced in 2007, is currently pursuing a modeling career. In a recent interview, he admitted that he first encountered bullying on social media at age 13, when his mother posted a photo of him in a suit, and people wrote offensive comments about him.
Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z, have recently surfaced in another context—in connection with the release of documents related to the case of billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The couple themselves deny any involvement in Epstein's affairs. However, Epstein's circle of friends was always extensive: his address book included the names of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Elon Musk, and many other members of the political and business elite.
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