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<p>We&#39;re learning a lot from Jay-Z&#39;s new album, 4:44. The rapper admitted that he <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/music/jay-z-admits-cheating-beyonce-444-becky-good-hair/">cheated on his wife Beyonc&eacute;</a> and <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/music/jay-z-just-took-a-few-shots-at-kanye-west/">came after Kanye West</a>, but there&#39;s one more huge announcement. Jay-Z&#39;s mom, Gloria Carter, came out as lesbian in one of the tracks.</p><p>The track, called &quot;Smile,&quot; (which you can listen to <a href="http://tidal.com/track/75712982">on Tidal</a>) features Jay-Z and his mom talking about her sexuality. According to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gloria-carter-jay-z-mom-lesbian_us_5956425ee4b02734df31aef0"><em>The Huffington Post</em></a>, this is the first time either of them have publicly addressed Carter&#39;s sexual identity.</p><p>&quot;Mama had four kids, but she&rsquo;s a lesbian / Had to pretend so long that she&rsquo;s a thespian,&quot; Jay raps in the song. &quot;Had to hide in the closet, so she medicate / Society shame and the pain was too much to take.&quot;</p><p>He continues, &quot;Cried tears of joy when you fell in love / Don&rsquo;t matter to me if it&rsquo;s a him or her.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div> <div class="tidal-embed" data-id="75413014" data-type="t"> </div> <script src="https://embed.tidal.com/tidal-embed.js"></script></div><p>Carter herself is also featured on the track. She gives the song&#39;s spoken word outro.</p><p>&quot;Living in the shadow / Can you imagine what kind of life it is to live?&quot; Carter asks in the outro. &ldquo;In the shadows people see you as happy and free / Because that&rsquo;s what you want them to see,&rdquo; she continues.</p><p>&ldquo;The world is changing and they say it&rsquo;s time to be free / But you live with the fear of just being me... Living in the shadow feels like the safe place to be / No harm for them, no harm for me / But life is short, and it&rsquo;s time to be free / Love who you love, because life isn&rsquo;t guaranteed.&quot;</p><p>Jay-Z has publicly voiced his support for the LGBT community in the past. In a 2012 <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/14/jay-z-still-has-obamas-back/?hpt=hp_bn5&amp;utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=pubexchange_article">interview with CNN</a>, he advocated for the legalization of gay marriage.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;I&#39;ve always thought it as something that was still, um, holding the country back,&quot; Jay-Z said, referring to the fact that gay marriage wasn&#39;t yet legal in all states. &quot;What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love. That&#39;s their business. [It] is no different than discriminating against blacks. It&#39;s discrimination plain and simple.&quot;</p><p>You can listen to 4:44 streaming on Tidal.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Jay-Z's mom Gloria Carter comes out as a lesbian in song on her son's new album.

We&#39;re learning a lot from Jay-Z&#39;s new album, 4:44. The rapper admitted that he cheated on his wife Beyonc&eacute; and came after Kanye West, but there&#39;s one more huge announcement. Jay-Z&#39;s mom, Gloria Carter, came out as lesbian in one of the tracks.The track, called &quot;Smile,&quot; (which you can listen to on Tidal) features Jay-Z and his mom talking about her sexuality. According to The Huffington Post, this is the first time either of them have publicly addressed Carter&#39;s sexual identity.&quot;Mama had four kids, but she&rsquo;s a lesbian / Had to pretend so long that she&rsquo;s a thespian,&quot; Jay raps in the song. &quot;Had to hide in the closet, so she medicate / Society shame and the pain was too much to take.&quot;He continues, &quot;Cried tears of joy when you fell in love / Don&rsquo;t matter to me if it&rsquo;s a him or her.&quot;   Carter herself is also featured on the track. She gives the song&#39;s spoken word outro.&quot;Living in the shadow / Can you imagine what kind of life it is to live?&quot; Carter asks in the outro. &ldquo;In the shadows people see you as happy and free / Because that&rsquo;s what you want them to see,&rdquo; she continues.&ldquo;The world is changing and they say it&rsquo;s time to be free / But you live with the fear of just being me... Living in the shadow feels like the safe place to be / No harm for them, no harm for me / But life is short, and it&rsquo;s time to be free / Love who you love, because life isn&rsquo;t guaranteed.&quot;Jay-Z has publicly voiced his support for the LGBT community in the past. In a 2012 interview with CNN, he advocated for the legalization of gay marriage.&quot;I&#39;ve always thought it as something that was still, um, holding the country back,&quot; Jay-Z said, referring to the fact that gay marriage wasn&#39;t yet legal in all states. &quot;What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love. That&#39;s their business. [It] is no different than discriminating against blacks. It&#39;s discrimination plain and simple.&quot;You can listen to 4:44 streaming on Tidal.

Jay-Z's mother Gloria Carter announced she's a lesbian in a song called "Smile" on her son's new album, 4:44.