Solange Knowles Fires Back After Being Told to Stop Dancing at Concert

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Solange Knowles Fires Back After Being Told to Stop Dancing at Concert

Solange Knowles is firing back at "haters" after she was reportedly treated rudely by a group of women at an EDM concerrt.

The 30-year-old singer-songwriter took to Twitter to share an interaction she had with a group of "4 white women" at a Kraftwerk concert at Orpheum Theater in New Orleans on Friday night. After the women reportedly told her to stop dancing and even went so far as to throw a lime at her, Beyoncé's little sister explained what it is like being a black woman in "white spaces."

The star said she was among "about 20 black concert goers out [of] 1500" attending the electronic dance music event. She was there to listen to some of her favorite music with her husband Alan Ferguson, her 11-year-old son Daniel Julez Smith, Jr. and Daniel's friend.

But according to Knowles, things took a negative turn after the women complained about her dancing at the concert.







































Knowles has spoken out in the past about her experience as a black woman. She most recently took to Instagram to share a photo with the caption, "It's profitable to be black and share your black stories to entertain, but not profitable to talk about your black experience. They want us to 'let the work speak for itself' but not the the work speak for itself. Or let the worth speak for itself."

And in July, she announced that she joined a black-owned bank – and encouraged others to follow her.