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JAY-Z is opening up about his emotional response to his mother Gloria Carter finally able to live her truth. Months after celebrating her sexuality in a duet titled “Smile,” from his June. As Gloria weds the love of her life, FEMAIL rounded up everything we know about the woman who raised Jay-Z - from her own impressive career path to the moment she told him she was gay. Jay-Z went on to say that he knew his mom was gay, but that was “the first time we had the conversation and the first time I heard her say she loved her partner.”.

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.

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Jay-Z recalls the moment his mother, Gloria Carter, came out as gay to him in a new clip from his interview with David Letterman on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. Jay-Z's mum has spoken of how supportive her son was when she told him she was gay. 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.

I was happy but I was not free. Jay-Z has previously told how he cried with joy when his mother spoke to him about being a lesbian and of being in love with her female partner. He told US talk show host David Letterman: "For my mother to have to live as someone that she wasn't and hide and like, protect her kids — and didn't want to embarrass her kids I mean, I really cried," he told the David Letterman Netflix show.

He said he had long known she was gay, but the pair only had their first conversation about it last year. Follow Newsbeat on Instagram , Facebook and Twitter. Listen to Newsbeat live at and every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.

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