Gloria Carter

ABOUT GLORIA CARTER

Mother of the rapper Jay-Z . She raised her son as a single mother after her husband abandoned the family. She worked as a clerk in an investment firm. She made her red carpet debut with her new fie in July 2023.

Her son released his first album in 1996.

Her life and influence on her children have been discussed in interviews with Oprah Winfrey and USA Today. She and Jay-Z launched the Shawn Carter Foundation in 2003. Her son remarked on her sexuality, stating that she is a lesbian, in his song "Smile."

She has four children. She married her partner Roxanne Wiltshire in July 2023.

Beyoncé is her daughter-in-law.