Jay-Z’s mother Gloria Carter marries her longtime partner Roxanne Wilshire

Gloria Carter, mother to Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z, has officially tied the knot with her longtime lesbian partner, Roxanne Wilshire, whom she has been dating since 2018.

The ceremony was held in New York over the weekend, and it was attended by Gloria’s friends and family including her son, Jay-Z and his wife and fellow artiste, Beyoncé, along with singer, Kelly Rowland; Beyonce’s mum, Tina Knowles-Lawson; movie mogul, Tyler Perry and Robin Roberts.

Recall that Jay-Z first opened up about his mother coming out to him on his 2017 track, ‘Smile’, It was the first time either of them had publicly addressed her sexual orientation.

During an interview with David Letterman on Netflix’s ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction”, Jay-Z revealed that he was happy when he discovered that his mother fell in love with Wilshire.

“Imagine having to live your life as someone else and you think you’re protecting your kids”, he said 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.”

Jay-Z continued by describing what happened next was extremely emotional for him: “I cried, that’s a real story. I cried because I was so happy for her that she was free.”