32-time Grammy winner Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and her eldest child Blue Ivy Carter donned stylish dresses for the lavish wedding of Jay-Z’s mother Gloria Carter at Tribeca 360° in Manhattan on Sunday.
The 11-year-old Grammy-winning producer – who currently serves back-up dancing duties for her famous 41-year-old mother – wore a green silk dress as she walked down a Big Apple street with her grandmother Tina Knowles Lawson,
Beyoncé – who relies on stylist KJ Moody – flaunted substantial cleavage in a peach-colored Dolce & Gabbana SS/23 dress, which she paired with a pink-feathered shrug and matching heart-print handbag.
Knowles-Carter’s husband of 15 years – Roc Nation rap mogul Jay-Z – opted for a sleek blue tailored suit and necktie as he entered the building ahead of the ladies.
It was an emotional day for the Brooklyn-born 53-year-old (born Shawn Carter) as he was instrumental in helping his mother Gloria come out as a lesbian six years ago.
The Shawn Carter Foundation CEO tied the knot on Sunday with Wiltshire Foundation president Roxanne Wiltshire – a Trinidad-born, New Jersey-based mother-of-two – after dating as far back as 2018.
Gloria spoke about ‘living two lives happy, but not free’ when she publicly came out as a featured artist on Jay-Z’s 2017 track Smile.
The 24-time Grammy winner – who was 11 when his father Adnis Reeves abandoned the family – rapped: ‘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 / 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.’
In 2018, Carter – who earned an honorary doctorate from Lincoln University in 2021 – was honored at the GLAAD Media Awards with a special recognition trophy for the rap track, and she gushed about finding her partner.
‘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,’ the former investment firm clerk said onstage the Hilton Midtown.
‘I am a human being who has a right to love who I love. So everybody, just smile, be free.’
That same year, Jay-Z recalled on My Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: ‘For her to sit in front of me and tell me, “I think I love someone,” I mean, I really cried. That’s a real story. I cried because I was so happy for her that she was free.’