JAY-Z and Gloria Carter.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/WireImage
Jamie McCarthy/WireImage
Congratulations are in order forJAY-Z’s motherGloria Carter!
The Carter family matriarch tied the knot with her longtime partner Roxanne Wiltshire in a ceremony that took place in the Tribeca neighborhood in New York City over the weekend,according to TMZ, which published photos from the event.
Beyoncé.Instagram/beyonce
Instagram/beyonce
Beyoncé showed off her look for the festivities ina post to Instagramwhere she modeled her peach-colored ensemble that featured a corseted Dolce & Gabbana bodysuit and a matching skirt. She completed the look with a feathered jacket, a lace handbag and a pair of shades.
Blue Ivy, whom the “Renaissance” artist shares with the “Empire State of Mind” rapper, wore a floor-length sage green colored silk Reformation gown. She added a chain necklace and a pair of strappy heels to finish off her ensemble.
Back in 2017, JAY-Z first opened up abouthis mother coming out to him as a lesbianon a track called “Smile.”
During an appearance onDavid Letterman’sMy Next Guest Needs No Introductionseries on Netflix, the “Run This Town” artist revealed that he actually did shed tears of joy when his mother shared that she had fallen in love.
JAY-Z and Beyoncé in 2019.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Sean Combs
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Sean Combs
“Imagine having to live your life as someone else and you think you’re protecting your kids,” he explained in 2018. “For her to sit in front of me and tell me ‘I think I love someone,’ I really cried…I cried because I was so happy for her that she was free.”
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While having a conversation on theD’Usse Fridaypodcast in 2017,Carter recalled the momentshe came out to her son from her own perspective.
“I was sitting there and I was telling him one day. I just finally started telling him who I was. Besides your mother, this is the person that I am, you know? This is the life that I lived,” she said. “So my son started actually, like, tearing because he was like, ‘That had to be a horrible life, Ma.’ I was like, ‘My life was never horrible. It was just different.’ So that made him want to do a song about it.”
source: people.com
