Beyoncé and Jay-Z made a rare red carpet appearance at the Los Angeles premiere on Monday night. Mufasa: The Lion KingPosing with daughter Blue Ivy Carter and Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles.
The 12-year-old plays a major role in the film, voicing the lion Kiara, the daughter of Simba (voiced by Donald Glover) and Nala (voiced by Beyoncé), who they played in the 2019 live-action film The character appears again lion king.
Blue Ivy and Beyoncé both appeared in gold gowns at the Hollywood Boulevard event, with the young star first photographed alone and then joined by her parents. Beyoncé is known for eschewing most red carpets, often doing her own photo shoots at events like the Grammy Awards or the premiere of her concert film Renaissance: The Films of Beyoncé. Although three family members are involved in the event, it has not been previously announced that they will be attending the event.
The appearance comes just a day after Jay-Z was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000, a lawsuit that also alleged Sean “Diddy” Combs was involved in the act, according to NBC News . The rapper issued a forceful response, calling the claims “silly” and part of a “blackmail attempt.”
In the lawsuit, the plaintiff, identified only as “Jane Doe,” claims Carter and Combs raped her at a house party after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York. The lawsuit, first filed in the Southern District of New York in October and initially naming Coombs as a defendant, was refiled Sunday to include Carter. Tony Buzbee, the attorney who filed the lawsuit, has also filed multiple lawsuits against Combs over the past few months.
Jay-Z responded via his company Roc Nation’s X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday, saying attorneys “have calculated the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle.” No sir, it Had the opposite effect! This makes me want to expose your fraud in a very public way. So no, I won’t give you a dime! !
He added: “My only heartbreak is for my family. My wife and I are going to have to sit our kids down, one of them has arrived and her friends will definitely see the media and ask about these claims. of nature and explain the cruelty and greed of people at an age. I mourn yet another loss of innocence that children should not have to endure at a young age trying to understand inexplicable malice aimed at destroying families and the human spirit. , this is unfair.
