Solange Knowles was born in Houston, Texas, to Mathew and Tina Knowles. Her father is African-American and her mother is a african american and Louisiana Creole. She is also sister to singer Beyonce Knowles, who was a member of former R&B group Destiny's Child. She is the cousin to Angela Beyincé (song co-writer) and her maternal grandparents are Lumis Beyincé and Agnéz Deréon, (a seamstress).
Music career
2002-2006: Solo Star
Knowles' music career is managed by her father, Mathew Knowles. In 2000, Knowles appeared in " true love" with Lil'Romeo. In 2002, Knowles released her debut single, "Feelin' You", from her debut album, Solo Star, which was released on 21 January, 2003. Solo Star debuted at #49 on the Billboard 200 and #23 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Solo Star was re-released on 14 November 2006.
Knowles was also featured on the Destiny's Child holiday album 8 Days of Christmas (released on 29 October 2001) along with her cousin Tré Gordon, on the tracks "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Proud Family" (included on the special edition and later on the The Proud Family soundtrack album). She is also featured on the Disney Party Mix of "Jumpin' Jumpin'" , and has duetted with Kelly Rowland on the title track of her album, Simply Deep.
She has recently appeared in Beyoncé's video for "Get Me Bodied", which featured Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Solange also appeared in Destiny's Child's "Soldier" music video when she was pregnant with her son Daniel.
Solange Knowles has written and co-written songs for Destiny's Child , Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Trin-I-Tee 5:7, and Beyoncé. Her most recent lyrical hits include Beyoncé's "Get Me Bodied," "Upgrade U," and "Flaws and All" from the multi-platinum selling album, B'Dayand "We Break the Dawn" from Michelle Williams upcoming album Unexpected. Additionally, she wrote "Home For The Holidays" for Wal-Mart's national holiday commercial campaign.Solange is currently in the studio recording her forthcoming album.
2007-Present:2nd album Sol-Angel And The Hadley St. Dreams
Knowles recently confirmed on her MySpace page that she will be releasing a second album, August 26,2008. No details of producers, release dates, titles except the first single "I Decided" to be released from Sol-Angel And The Hadley St. Dreams, have been confirmed at present. Four of Solange's new songs: "ChampagneChronicNightcap", "White Picket Dreams", "God Given Name", and more recently "Sandcastle Disco" have been leaked to the internet and she also co wrote on Teairra Maris second album.[5] It is unknown if these songs will be included on Sol-Angel And The Hadley St. Dreams. From Columbia Records, Solange moved to Geffen Records Solange's first single, the Neptunes-produced "I Decided", was posted on her Myspace page recently.
Soundtracks
She appears alongside Murphy Lee on the soundtrack to Scooby-Doo with the song, "Thinking About You," which was recycled and put on Solo Star. "Dance With You", featuring B2K, also appeared on the Like Mike soundtrack. She also appears on the Proud Family soundtrack The Proud Family, featuring Destiny's Child. A remix to "Crush" titled "Don't Fight Feeling," featuring Papa Reu, appears on The Fighting Temptations soundtrack. "Freedom" appears on Johnson Family Vacation. On Bring It On: All or Nothing, she sang "Bring it On Home."
Modeling career
She models for her mother's clothing line, House of Deréon, named after her grandmother, Agnéz Deréon. Knowles also helped to launch a sister line to House of Deréon, named Deréon, for younger customers. She and Beyoncé model for Deréon, and feature in most of its marketing campaigns. Solange and Beyoncé were featured in a "Got Milk?" campaign ad, while still wearing House of Deréon.
Entrepreneur
Knowles has been promoting Baby Jamz, a hip-hop/rhythm inspired toy line for preschoolers. She is executive producer of the CD, updated hip-hop inspired nursery rhymes, and the music featured in all of the toys. Knowles' son, Julez, is the face of Baby Jamz.[2]
She is currently working with a Private Equity firm to help finance special projects in distribution, promotions and marketing music with Music World Entertainment and Interscope. The Private Eqiuty firm is focusing on buying and selling music licensing rights to the movie industry and consumer products like Coca-Cola, Alcohol beverages and Proctor & Gamble Company products. The music for commercials will be the first deal of its kind for a female R&B singer.
Personal life
Knowles was married to football player Daniel Smith in February 2004 and by October 2004, the couple had their first son, Daniel Julez Smith Jr. who was born on October 18, 2004 in Los Angeles, California weighing 9lbs 4oz.
In October 2007, Solange confirmed in an interview with Essence magazine that she and husband Daniel Smith had divorced. She has been featured on Queen Latifah, Rosie O'Donnell and MTV's Mandy Moore Show and has graced the pages of Teen People, Seventeen, YM, Honey, and J-14.
She is currently rumored to be in a relationship with Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers.
Acting career
Knowles appeared in Johnson Family Vacation. She also appeared on the TV show One on One, as well as in The Brothers Garcia, in a special guest role. She then starred in Bring It On: All or Nothing alongside Heroes star Hayden Panettiere, which was released on August 8, 2006.
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