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23-03-2025 Vol 19

Jay-Z, Beyonce appear on ‘Mufasa’ red carpet during rape case

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LOS ANGELES − The Carters sent a message loud and clear at the premiere of “Mufasa: The Lion King” amid potential legal trouble for Jay-Z: The family that sticks together, stays together.

Mother-daughter duo Beyoncé and 12-year-old Blue Ivy Carter posed for photos on the red carpet at the Dolby Theater, notably home of the Academy Awards. The two dazzled in metallic gold gowns and were later joined by Jay-Z, dressed in a chocolate brown suit.

The family arrived with almost no fanfare among hundreds of guests and staff roaming the red carpet. After the step and repeat, the Carters apparently left as quickly as they came — without walking the rest of the carpet or talking to the media.

Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, also joined the trio for a photo on the red carpet. Beyoncé and Jay-Z were not listed as expected guests ahead of the premiere of the film, which hits theaters on December 20.

Other “Mufasa” stars on the red carpet included Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, director Barry Jenkins and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Inside the theater, the “Beautiful Liar” singer and Blue Ivy joined Jenkins, Miranda and the rest of the cast on stage to introduce the film. As the rest of the group left the stage to return to their seats, the mother and daughter duo left the side stage holding hands.

On InstagramAfter their premiere red carpet appearances, Beyoncé gushed over her “beautiful baby girl.”

She wrote: “This is your night. You worked hard and you did such a beautiful job as Kiara’s voice. Your family couldn’t be prouder. Keep shining.”

“Mufasa,” the prequel to 2019’s “The Lion King,” tells the story of Mufasa (voiced by Pierre) and Taka (Harrison Jr.) — later known as the villain Scar — who befriend each other as kids and grow up together. Rafiki (John Kani, and voiced by Kagiso Lediga for young Rafiki) tells the saga to Kiara (Blue Ivy), who is Mufasa’s granddaughter.

Beyoncé briefly reprises her role as Kiara’s mother, Nala, as does Donald Glover, who plays Kiara’s father, Simba.

The Carters were drawn into legal drama this weekend when a woman who had anonymously filed a lawsuit alleging Sean “Diddy” Combs raped her at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards after-party amended the complaint to claim , that Jay-Z was the other. celebrity who had raped her. Jay-Z responded with a scathing statement, calling the allegations “heinous” as well as “an attempt at extortion.”

He emphasized the “heartache” this has caused his family of five: “My wife and I will have to put our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the species of these asserts and explains the cruelty and greed of men.”

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