By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 12:53 EST, 6 July 2013 | UPDATED: 07:53 EST, 8 July 2013
He divorced daughter Beyonce's mother Tina after more than 30 years of marriage
The 61-year-old married former model Gena Charmaine Avery last Sunday in Houston, Texas, but Beyoncé, 31, and her sister Solange, 27, were not in attendance.
Beyonce is currently in the midst of her Mrs. Carter tour, and Solange is touring to promote her new EP True.
She performed at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, the night before her superstar sister also took to the stage at the Super Dome.
He split from from wife Tina in 2009 after it was revealed he had an affair and a baby boy, Nixon, with actress Alexsandra Wright .
Mathew quit his job as a medical equipment salesman to manage Beyonce's early group, Girl's Tyme, which eventually morphed into Destiny's Child in 1990.
Ties were after all not easy to sever with Mathew having producer credits on many of his daughter's projects.
He also served as the founder of Music World Entertainment, a label that, through Columbia Records, has released albums by Beyoncé, sister Solange Knowles, Sunshine Anderson, and former Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
'My dad knew that I needed his approval,' Beyonce said in a recent documentary.
'And I think my father wouldn't give it to me. Because he kept pushing me. And kept pushing me. And kept pushing me. Every time my dad pushed me, I got better and stronger.'
Despite Matthew claiming it was joint decision for him to stop being her manager, Beyoncé - who has 18-month-old daughter Blue Ivy with her rapper husband Jay-Z - later revealed their split has taken a toll on their personal relationship.
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