The Real Reason Why Solange Knowles Separated From Her Husband

Publish date: 2024-03-27

Before linking up with Ferguson, Solange had already been through a wedding, pregnancy and divorce, all at a strikingly young age. 

In 2004, when Solange was 17, she married her high school sweetheart, Daniel Smith, in a ceremony in the Bahamas. Later that year, Solange gave birth to their son Daniel Julez J. Smith. According to The Spokesman-Review, Smith attempted to play college football for Houston's Texas Southern University, but he was redshirted. After transferring to Los Angeles Pierce College for two years, Smith eventually landed at the University of Idaho. Solange followed her husband west to the small town of Moscow, Idaho with her young son in tow.

"It was one of the most bittersweet moments of my life, because I was so in love with (my son) Julez, and having spent a lot of time on the road, I yearned to be in one place, to have the opportunity to really ground myself with him," she told ELLE in 2017. "But it was isolating and lonely, and so cold and dark. And it was just Julez and me most of the time. It was hard to imagine being able to progress in my career in any way."

Solange filed for divorce in 2006, telling Harper's Bazaar in 2014 that the whole experience gave her "an insane amount of perspective on life." After experiencing such a romantic trial at a young age, it's not a surprise that Solange was unafraid to exit her relationship with Ferguson. 

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