United Kingdom, Feb. 13 -- Beyonce's nephew Julez Smith wants to "protect" his younger family members.

The 20-year-old model - who is the son of Solange Knowles and her ex-husband Daniel Smith - has just started to emerge on the fashion scene but his "main goal" is just to be someone that the children around him can look up to.

He told TeenVogue: "It's been protector mode since everybody was born. Just trying to be a positive role model as they get older. I think that's been my main goal.

"And it's cool, they know their cousin is a model now, so it's like, all right, that might rub off on one of the kids. I'm really close to my family, so being the oldest is like, I got to set the tone, set the standard for them, make sure I'm in the s...