It’s a family affair for Beyonce.
On Tuesday the 37-year-old singer announced that both her husband Jay-Z and her daughter Blue Ivy would be featured on the soundtrack for The Lion King, which has been named The Gift. The release date is Friday.
Also on the track list are some industry vets such as Pharrell Williams.
The 37-year-old entertainer voices the role of Nala in the upcoming Disney film. The Texas native has also produced and curated an accompanying album to go along with the film.
Lion King: The Gift features a collaboration between Beyonce and Jay-Z, who have been married since April 2008.
And their daughter Blue Ivy Carter, aged seven, also pops up. She is featured on the single Brown Skin Girl with St Jhn, Wizkid and Beyonce.
In the past Beyonce has said that Blue Ivy has a deep interest in music; she has also shared videos of the child singing.
Beyonce and Jay also have twins Rumi and Sir, but at age two, they are too young to be incorporated.
And Beyonce will also have a collaboration with another A list singer: 32-year-old Compton, California native Kendrick Lama
Other names on the list include Childish Gambino, Jessie Reyez, Tierra Whack and Wale, and others.
‘I wanted it to be authentic to what is beautiful about the music in Africa,’ she said.
She added they used ‘a lot’ of drums and ‘incredible new sounds mixed with some of the producers from America.’
She added, ‘We’ve kind of created our own genre and I feel like the soundtrack is the first soundtrack where it becomes visual in your in your mind/
‘The soundscape is more than just the music because each song tells the story of the film.’
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Source: USA Today
