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Had to hide in the closet, so she medicate.' A still of Gloria in the music video is seen
When Jay-Z released his thirteenth studio album, 4:44, in 2017, the rapper revealed that his mom was a lesbian through the lyrics of one the songs.
In the track Smile, he says, 'Mama had four kids, but she's a lesbian.
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He said he had long known she was gay, but the pair only had their first conversation about it last year.
Their chat came about while Jay-Z was making his latest album 4.44.
"This was the first time we had the conversation, and the first time I heard her say she loved her partner," he said.
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I don’t even know what that is.”
Watch JAY-Z discuss his mother’s coming out story in the video below. I don’t even believe in crying because you’re happy. She juggled - sometimes we’d pay the light bill, sometimes we paid the phone, sometimes the gas went off,' Jay-Z once recalled to Vanity Fair. but for me, this was the first time that I spoke to anyone about who I really am,' she shared.
'Love gave me the courage to take the power that I allowed other people to have over my life for fear of them revealing my secret that wasn’t really a secret.'
Gloria tied the knot with her longtime partner, Roxanne, at a star-studded wedding in Manhattan on Sunday, which was attended by a slew of celebrities like Tyler Perry, Kelly Rowland, and Robin Roberts.
Like Gloria, Roxanne, who was born in Trinidad, is a philanthropist.
And you think you’re protecting your kids. I believe that you work for what you want - you don't sit around and wait for someone to give it to you.'
Gloria's impressive work ethic didn't falter when Jay-Z became famous - and she went on to launch an organization with the rapper dedicated to providing education to underprivileged kids
Gloria and Jay-Z founded the Shawn Carter Foundation in 2003, an organization that is committed to helping underprivileged kids receive an education
Gloria's impressive work ethic didn't falter when Jay-Z became famous.
I said, "I have to give this everything."'
She also told USA Today in 2014: 'I'm an old-school person. The rapper’s episode of “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” begins streaming on Netflix this Friday, April 6.
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Jay-Z's mum has spoken of how supportive her son was when she told him she was gay.
Gloria Carter told an audience at the GLAAD Media Awards that it was the first time she's spoken to anyone about who she really was.
The mother-of-four was presented with a special recognition gong for her contribution to his song Smile, released last year.
She said: "Smile became a reality because I shared with my son who I am."
"My son cried and said: 'It must have been horrible to live that way for so long.'"
"My life wasn't horrible," she added.
"I chose to protect my family from ignorance.
She serves as the co-founder and president of the Wiltshire foundation - an organization that focuses on helping underserved communities address inequalities when it pertains to academics, environmental, financial and more, through the help of literacy. That was a leap of faith for me. The rapper noted that he recorded “Smile” the day after they spoke.
“This was the first time we had the conversation,” Jay-Z said.
It was Gloria who got him his first boombox after she noticed he had an interest in music, and when he unfortunately got involved in selling drugs during high school, it was her words that eventually inspired him to 'let the street life go.'
Gloria now spends much of her time giving back to others - she serves as the CEO to a foundation that she started with the Roc Nation founder in 2003, which is dedicated to helping underprivileged kids get an education.
As Gloria weds the love of her life, FEMAIL went ahead and rounded up everything we know about the woman who raised Jay-Z - from her own inspiring story and impressive career path to how she stuck by him through thick and thin and the moment she told him she was secretly gay.
After her husband abandoned them, Gloria was left to raise four kids on her own, working multiple jobs to make ends meet - but her determination was what inspired Jay-Z to become a musician
Gloria was forced to raised Jay-Z (seen as a kid) and his three siblings by herself, after her husband-of-13-years and the musician's father, Adnes 'AJ' Reeves, abandoned the family
Taking care of four children on her own wasn't easy, but a determined Gloria (seen in 2016) soon started working two jobs to ensure that her kids had food and shelter
Gloria was forced to raised Jay-Z and his three siblings by herself, after her husband-of-13-years and the musician's father, Adnes 'AJ' Reeves, abandoned the family when he was only 11.
Taking care of four children on her own wasn't easy, but a determined Gloria soon started working two jobs to ensure that her kids had food and shelter.
And while Jay-Z has admitted that there were certainly some 'tough' moments during his childhood, he has continuously credited his mother's strength with helping him become who he is today.
'We were living in a tough situation, but my mother managed.
This is the life that I lived."
'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. Had to pretend so long that she's a thespian. “And for her to sit in front of me and tell me, ‘I think I love someone.’ I mean, I really cried.
“Imagine having lived your life for someone else.
Beyoncé, her mother, Tina Knowles, and her daughter, Blue Ivy, are seen at the wedding with an unidentified woman
Gloria also reflected on it while speaking on the D'Ussé Friday podcast. Watch below.
David Letterman sits down with JAY-Z on the upcoming new episode of his Netflix talk show “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,” and the discussion includes a brief moment where the rapper gets candid about his mother’s emotional coming out story.
What is that?”
Letterman’s full interview with Jay-Z will premiere Friday, April 6th on Netflix.
With a rhyme career going since the late Eighties, Jay-Z’s songs have been reflective, pop, confessional, and hard-edged. I don’t even know what that is.
I cried because I was so happy for her that she was free.”
JAY-Z told Letterman that his mother spoke to him about her sexual orientation only eight months ago during the making of his album, “4:44.” The rapper admits he knew beforehand that his mother was gay, but that she never opened up to him about it one on one until last year.
“This was the first time we had the conversation,” JAY-Z explained.
"For her to sit in front of me and tell me, 'I think I love someone'.