Remember Solange, Beyonce’s less famous sister with more attitude? She recently tweeted that her son Daniel, who turns six on Saturday, was bragging that he got a peek at Katy Perry’s “California Girls” video on YouTube. Solange then went on to call the video “porn” and complain that Perry was “polluting children.” Then she tried to play it off that she was making a joke and mocked the fans who were flaming her for it. Here are the relevant tweets.

[From Solange Knowles' Twitter]

Why is a six year old using the Internet unsupervised? I have a very tech savvy six year old, and we have a website for him with icons linking to the sites he’s allowed to visit along with Net Nanny installed. Little kids should not be surfing the net without filtering software and/or an adult with them in the room at all times. Sometimes kids videos on YouTube have “related videos” across the bottom that are inappropriate, though, in which case it’s up to an adult to make sure they only see kid-friendly content.

Solange sounded serious in her complaint against Katy’s candy-filled but adult-themed video but then she tried to take it back and got defensive about it. There are a ton more tweets from Solange in between the ones I posted. She’s one of those twitter-obsessed celebrities that seems to be sticking her foot in it. I don’t like Twitter. There are very few celebrities using it constructively to communicate with fans, like Kellie Pickler and maybe Kate Walsh, and way too many using it to broadcast TMI about their lives and have public conversations that should be conducted in one-on-one text messages. Solange probably doesn’t mind the backlash, though. It’s the most publicity she’s received in months if not years. I tried to look up some of Solange’s videos to see if they’re similarly too sexy for kids, but she has precious few to chose from and the ones I saw looked pretty tame.

Solange is shown on 6/13/10. Credit: WENN.com

Thanks to Bossip for the heads up on this story – as hopefully many of you remember, Beyonce has a younger sister named Solange. Solange does a lot to try to get noticed, to try and pull focus away from her sister, who is probably one of the biggest celebrities in the world. Solange is a singer too! And she’s got style – sort of. She’s not House of Dereon, Solange is more “Grace Jones David Bowie Lady Gaga”. And she’s got a new album, and she’s gotta do some press. Thus, this new interview with Refinery 29 about her style influences, her music, and her family (complete piece here). The quote everyone will be talking about is this:

Refinery 29: You mentioned being inspired by Janet Jackson’s “Pleasure Principle” video. Janet was a famous younger sister who really carved out her own identity and sound. Do you ever feel you have to work harder to differentiate yourself from your older sis?

Solange: “If anything, I feel like if I didn’t have a sister who was a huge star, no one would think twice about how I look, because they would have no one to compare it to. I would just be another gal who wears loads of vintage or counts Grace Jones as inspiration. But because I’m Beyoncé’s sister, I’m an easy target to say, ‘There’s no way those two had the same parents, and have one be naturally this way…this has to be a ploy for her to appear cool!’ It makes me want to pull out pictures of five-year-old me next to nine-year-old her wearing a tutu over polka dot stockings and an old scarf over my head. It would be so much easier for me to put on a little black dress, straighten my hair, and sing about dancing in the club, but it’s not my job to prove anything. I’m here to make music, to inspire myself. I’m not selling my likeability, I’m sharing my journeys. If you don’t like it, believe it’s real, or understand it…then keep my name out of your mouth.”

[From Refinery 29]

Bossip thinks Solange might be disrespecting Bey with the bit about “It would be so much easier for me to put on a little black dress, straighten my hair, and sing about dancing in the club, but it’s not my job to prove anything.” I don’t know – sure, Solange could be talking about Bey, for sure. But she’s probably lumping her sister in with many other pop stars (Rihanna, for one). Here’s a little more from the interview:

Who are your style heroes?
“My mom in the ’70s and ’80s! She was a bad bitch. Sex and the City totally jacked her steez on the camels. I have a pic of her on a camel ride in Egypt in the ’80s serving the hell out of that desert! Also, Diana Ross, The Fela Kuti Queens, Björk, ’70s-era Chaka Khan, Chloë Sevigny, ’90s Erykah Badu.”

What inspired the bold new ‘do? You mentioned you can no longer hide with that hair, has it changed the way you see yourself?
“When I was recording, I was staying in a house with five guys and two showers. I knew there would be a shower wait everyday and with my natural cropped hair, it’s mandatory that I wash it otherwise it gets stuck to my head like glue! I wanted to get something that I could literally roll out of bed without looking nuts. I watched so many Chaka Khan YouTube videos and became sort of obsessed with her during the process. I went to my stylist and said ‘Give me the fro.’ I walk differently now, sing differently; This hair has spirit and soul.”

You’ve got such unique style, would you ever consider being involved in the family fashion business, House of Deréon?
“Why thank you very much! It’s funny you ask because I initially was involved as the spokesperson, but the clothes just didn’t reflect my personal style and I decided to hand that over. That’s the great thing about my family. We work together so closely that if something’s not working out, we can be honest about it and there won’t be any grudges or issues. I wrote a couple of songs on my sister’s last album and if there’s a line she doesn’t like, she changes it and we keep on moving. I will say though, they did just do a bedding line that I am extremely in love with and I was like, ‘Can I model that… in my house?’”

[From Refinery 29]

Ha! I told you she wasn’t into that House of Dereon bullsh-t. And Beyonce needs to get out of it too, because that junk is FUG. Like, trashy Vegas-wear, and even in expensive advertising, the clothing looks cheap. But I like how Solange is all “I decided to hand it over.” Like if their mom had the choice between putting Solange in the ads or Bey in the ads, mom would ever choose Solange. But sure, it was her “choice”!

Photos courtesy of Refinery 29.

Solange Knowles is known mainly as Beyonce’s little sister. Maybe if you follow these things closely, you might remember some kind of shotgun wedding when Solange was a teenager, and a very uncomfortable interview Solange did where she complained to a reporter after the station showed a clip for a story about Jay-Z’s club that she misinterpreted as somehow being related to her interview. And that’s about it.

Now add another funny-ish detail to the old memory database. Solange passed out at LAX last week, and Radar Online has the hilarious picture to prove it. Now, I wouldn’t be laughing if someone actually got hurt, but if it’s just some funny picture of some sort of famous sister of someone who is really famous face-planted on the floor of LAX, it’s pretty funny. And guess why Solange passed out? Nyquil! Seriously? Radar Online has more:

Talk about a dramatic entry. Before boarding a flight to New York last Tuesday, Solange Knowles passed out on the floor of the Los Angeles International Airport after taking too much flu medication. RadarOnline.com brings you the gripping photo from the scene.

“Never taking Nyquil again. I feel so weird.” Knowles wrote on her Twitter page shortly before the incident. It’s as if she knew what was around the corner!

Hours later, she added: “Woaah…How’d I end up in the hospital” and “Woke up to 8 random people over me, laid out on the floor in baggage claim!”

Suffering from dehydration, Knowles was hooked up to an IV. Shortly after her mother arrived at the hospital, she was released to go home to fully recover.

From Radar Online

Alright, dehydration is no joke. But blaming the whole thing on both Nyquil and dehydration is funny. It sound like a cover, right? Yeah, I take “Nyquil” when I fly too. Only it comes in pills that have the effect of horse tranquilizers. Seriously, I’ve overdosed on Nyquil before (the real stuff), and all that happened to me was I spent like two hours staring at a chair that was moving all by itself. Nyquil’s so much fun.

Can you imagine if workaholic Beyonce was on “Nyquil”? Her body would try to pass out, but if she fell, she would bounce right back up, and go back to being Sasha Fierce.

Solange is shown at Fashion Week on 2/13, 2/16 and 2/17, thanks to WENN

The women of the Knowles family are legendary divas. The kind that are best left together only at Thanksgiving dinners and occasions where lots of other people are around to calm them down and not give in to their demands. Unfortunately little sister Solange Knowles will be joining big sister Beyonce on her upcoming 110-date round the world concert tour.

Solange had made a big deal about carving out her own identity in the music world and would freak out if anyone even mentioned Beyonce to her. Clearly she’s learning to take what she can get, since I’m guessing people are going to have a lot to say about her big sister on her own tour.

Last week, Mathew Knowles broke the news that Beyoncé will embark on a 110-date world tour that will begin in April 2009 and trek through Canada, Europe, the U.S. (with a one-week stint in Las Vegas), Mexico, South America, Japan, Africa, and Australia. But what you didn’t hear was that Beyoncé won’t be the only Knowles on the road.

Discussions are under way for Solange to join her big sis’ on tour. After seeing the elder Knowles rock arenas, fans would be able to go to a more intimate location and watch Solange perform at an official “after-party.” Specific details have yet to be announced.

Beyoncé is scheduled to release her third album I Am… on November 18th, while Solange’s sophomore release SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dreams is available now.

[From Rap-Up]

I cannot even imagine the kind of dramatics and hysterics that are going to come from this. It will be legendary. It will be the epic stuff that movies are made about twenty years later. I imagine a lot of House of Dereon clothes will be thrown out windows and lit on fire during fights. Along with the traditional hair pulling and crystal vase throwing.

They’re probably both lovely in their way, but Beyonce and Solange strike me as the kind of sisters that need their space. Definitely not the kind who should be working together in any way, shape, or form. Solange used to work as a backup singer for Destiny’s Child back in the day, and that seems to have created some resentment. But if nothing else I’m sure it’ll also create some great gossip.

Here’s Beyonce at the MTV Studios in New York City on October 14th. Images thanks to Fame. Header of Solange presenting her second album at a private concert in Madrid yesterday. Images thanks to WENN.

Solange Knowles got all pissy with a reporter on Fox 5 LA. Knowles, 22, was on a live interview yesterday to promote her new album, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, which was out Tuesday. She got confused by a segment the news ran ahead of her interview about Jay-Z’s 40/40 club closing that was not related to her interview and was just supposed to be general entertainment news.

The news anchor then did an introduction for Solange on camera that didn’t mention anything about 40/40, and only said that she has a “famous sister,” but is stepping out on her own like Ashlee Simpson.

Solange started the interview with “I have to say that was not a very professional introduction before. Please don’t tie me in to family and my brother in law’s establishment.”

The reporter look confused, looked off camera and answered, “I do apologize. I don’t know if we talked about your brother in law’s establishment. Are you talking about with TMZ?”

She answered, “No, just a few minutes ago,” and then you hear someone off camera say “that wasn’t live Solange, that wasn’t on TV.”

Then the anchor picked up very nicely, saying she apologizes again and bringing up a quote Solange gave to Billboard about not wanting to be compared to her sister anymore.

Solange talked about her album, which is a throwback to the 60s and 70s music she said she listened to with her mom when she was growing up. Solange was pretty pissy throughout the interview and just kind of talked in an annoyed monotone about her album. She’s going to have to work on that attitude if she wants to really step out of her sister’s shadow. You have to think that she would be more successful at becoming known as a singer if she would be gracious about it and say some bs like “it’s an honor because Beyonce is so talented, and I admire her.” Otherwise she comes off as the grumpy less talented one riding on her sister’s coattails and resenting it.

Like “26 year-old” Beyonce, it’s hard to believe that Solange is just 22. She seems much older. She is a mother to a nearly four year-old son, Daniel Julez, and says she brings him with her on the road with help from her family.

Thanks to Just Jared for the heads up on the video.

Beyonce’s little sister, Solange, who you just know totally wishes she were Beyonce, was recently interviewed about her experience as a teen mother. Solange seems to think that she is famous for something other than being Beyonce’s little sister and that her opinion matters to anyone, but I digress. Anyway, she was just 18 when she had her son, along with a quickie marriage to the baby’s father that ended almost as soon as the kid was born. Jamie Lynn, pay attention to that last part!

Solange Knowles knows the challenge of being a famous teen mother.

Knowles, now 21, welcomed son Daniel in 2004 at the age of 18 (she split with husband, former college football player Daniel Smith, after the baby was born).

“I’m sure a lot of people perceived that I was gonna be a young, irresponsible mom,” Knowles told Usmagazine.com during a recent visit.

But Knowles pointed out, “I think that there are some moms who are 35 who are just as irresponsible.”

What advice does she have for the 17-year-old mom-to-be Jamie Lynn Spears?

“You just have to make the best decisions for you,” Knowles said. “You have to decide what’s best for you.

“Who are we to say what’s right and wrong for a person?”

To focus on raising her son, Knowles said she “moved to the country for a year” without any nannies or babysitters.

“My parents lived on a whole opposite part of the world,” she said. “My son has been my focus ever since the day he was born.”

“He’s been the light of my life,” she added, “the inspiration behind everything.”

[From Us Weekly]

It’s an inspiring story and all, but let’s be real: nobody knew who the hell Solange Knowles was before she was a knocked up teen. Unlike Jamie Lynn, who will be followed all over Louisiana by the paparazzi until she gives birth, and then after the birth, she will be hounded just like her sister was, just waiting for her to screw up this kid. And I have to take issue with the statement “You have to do what’s best for you.” No, you have to do what’s best for YOUR BABY. Because once you are pregnant and have a baby, you don’t come first anymore. You know what? I think I am going to pay a little visit to US Weekly so I can give Jamie Lynn some parenting advice she can actually use.

Jamie Lynn Spears is shown in Louisiana on 4/10/08, thanks to Splash. Solange Knowles is shown at 40/40 Club Grand Opening in Las Vegas on 12/30/07, thanks to PRPhotos.

It must be nice for Beyonce Knowles to have little sister Solange to help guide her in the baby department. Or – better yet – to call up People magazine and tell them how much more she knows about babies than her older sister. That tends to happen when you have a kid at 17. Solange had her son Daniel Julez, 3, while managing to stay mostly out of the media’s spotlight. She says that she’s left Daniel with Beyonce for a weekend a few times, and her older sis had no idea what to do.

First came Crazy in Love, then came the hush-hush marriage – could the baby carriage be far behind?

“Whenever Beyoncé decides to have a child, I definitely think she’ll be banging on my door,” younger sister Solange Knowles tells PEOPLE. In fact, when it comes to kids, Solange – single mom to 3-year-old Daniel Julez – claims Beyoncé has a lot to learn.

“She’s kept my son over the weekend,” says the 21 year-old singer and actress. “She’ll call me like, ‘How do you get this stroller out? And what about the car seat? I don’t know how you do this!’ And I’m like, ‘People do it every day.’ “

[From People]

Solange refused to confirm or deny whether Beyonce and Jay-Z got married this weekend, insisting that “You’d have to ask them.” Isn’t a lack of a denial pretty much the same thing as a yes in this case? It’s utterly ridiculous. If nothing else, Solange said she wouldn’t be dolling out any marriage advice. She got married at 17 to her son’s father, and was divorced by 20. At this rate, I could see Beyonce popping out a kid and refusing to confirm or deny a birth.

Here’s Beyonce and Solange Knowles at the Grammy Awards on February 10th. Header of Solange a the Verizon and People Honor Timbaland event on February 8th. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Beyonce’s father/Svengali Mathew Knowles is launching a line of hip-hop inspired toys for tots called Baby Jamz.

The venture offers a chance for children to combine their love of music with the ability to learn while reciting popular nursery rhymes, according to the Music World president and CEO, who revealed that Baby Jamz was inspired by his [Matthew Knowles’] grandson Juelz.

“Baby Jamz allows children to have toys that they can identify with and enjoy,” Knowles said in a statement. “Many children love music and dancing to Hip-Hop, so we have creatively combined great toys with the Hip-Hop versions of popular nursery rhymes.””

[From Hip Hop Elements]

All of the songs will be sung by Beyonce’s younger sister Solange, who’s son Juelz inspired the project. Juelz will also be the spokesbaby/model for the line of toys, appearing in the ads, packaging, and website for Baby Jamz. Matthew Knowles is also the creator of Kids Rap Radio. Apparently he’s a pioneer in creating child-friendly music. Who knew? Not that Beyonce’s stuff is ever offensive, but I really wouldn’t be a fan of my (hypothetical) kids singing “Bootylicious.” Okay that’s a lie; it would be funny as sin. That would be the problem, I’d tell them not to do that while laughing my butt off.

I think this is a very cool idea, but I’m wary of celebrity-created items. It doesn’t seem like many of them are actually created or designed by the celebrities themselves, they simply lend their name to the product. Didn’t that used to be called “celebrity endorsed?” The products are pretty cute, with musical cell phones and dance pads. Considering how much I hate my cell phone, I’m already thinking about switching. Plus this one will sound sorta like Beyonce!

Header image from AOL BlackVoices.