JAY-Z’s mother, Gloria Carter, recently married her longtime partner in a same-sex marriage ceremony in New York City.
As we reported previously, JAY-Z’s 2017 album “4:44” includes the track “Smile,” on which he discusses his mother’s coming out to him.
“Mama had four kids, but she’s a lesbian/Had to pretend so long that she’s a thespian/Had to hide in the closet, so she medicate/Society shame and the pain was too much to take,” he raps. “Cried tears of joy when you fell in love/Don’t matter to me if it’s a him or her/I just wanna see you smile through all the hate/Marie Antoinette, baby, let ’em eat cake.”
When Jigga appeared on David Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction series on Netflix, the hip-hop star said he cried when his mother revealed she had fallen in love with a woman.
“Imagine having to live your life as someone else and you think you’re protecting your kids,” he explained, People reports. “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.”
Meanwhile, Diddy is another member of the hip-hop community who has spoken of his gay uncle, who inspired him to enter the world of fashion. Cardi B also has a queer family member, her sister Hennessy Carolina.
As Mogulcom.com reports, here are two other hip-hop artists with an LGBTQ family member.
1..Chance the Rapper
The Chicago rapper’s younger brother, fellow artist Taylor Bennett, announced on Twitter in January 2017 that he is bisexual, Billboard reported.
“Growing up I’ve always felt indifferent about my sexuality & being attracted 2 one sex & today I would like to openly come out to my fans,” Bennett wrote. “I do recognize myself as a bisexual male & do & have always openly supported the gay community & will keep doing so in 2017. #ThankYou.”
Following Taylor’s statement, Chance the Rapper tweeted: “Love this man right here, through any and all. He has grown into a great man. He’s got God and me behind him, he cannot fail he cannot fall.”
2. 50 Cent
In August 2012, 50 Cent revealed in an interview that his mother, Sabrina, is queer. “Yeah, she liked women. My whole childhood was like that,” the New York rapper revealed during an interview with gossip blogger Perez Hilton. “My mom was a lesbian.”
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