BEY'S LITTLE DIVA
Who is Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s daughter, Blue Ivy?
Blue Ivy was once touted as "the most famous baby in the world"
THE RELATIONSHIP between Beyoncé and Jay-Z blossomed into marriage and children.
The union between the two music superstars resulted in a brood of three children, starting with the couple's first daughter Blue Ivy Carter.
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Who is Beyoncé and Jay-Z's daughter, Blue Ivy?
On August 28, 2011, Beyoncé and Jay-Z attended the MTV Video Music Awards.
While performing at the ceremony, the singer unbuttoned her jacket and shocked the audience by revealing she was pregnant with her first child.
In the wake of the announcement, a rep for the star couple told , "I’m happy to say it’s true, they told friends in the last month.
"She’s never been happier. Seriously it’s all she’s been waiting for. And Jay is like an excited kid. They’re adorable."
On January 7, 2012, Beyoncé and Jay-Z welcomed their first child together.
The singer gave birth to their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
Although still a child, Blue Ivy holds a number of accomplishments to her name.
When she was only two days old, Jay-Z featured her vocals on the track Glory, earning her a Guinness Book of World Record for being the youngest person to have a song chart on Billboard.
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She is reported to be one of the wealthiest children in the United States and is the youngest person to ever win a BET Award.
At the 2021 GRAMMY Awards, she became the second-youngest person ever to win the evening's accolade, only nine years old at the time.
Blue Ivy is also front and center in her famous mother's music videos for Spirit, Formation, Blue, and Brown Skin Girl, the last song she has a writing credit on, which earned her the aforementioned GRAMMY.
Her famous father also featured her in his promotional clips for his songs like Blue Ivy Freestyle, for which she also has songwriting credits.
The award-winning kid was paid homage to by Beyonce when the singer named her athleisure clothing line, Ivy Park, in honor of the former.
Blue Ivy also joined Beyonce's Renaissance World Tour, in which she danced alongside her mom for performances of My Power and Black Parade.
It was initially supposed to be a one-off, but Blue Ivy continued on with her performances and got better each time.
“It makes me super proud, and I still get goosebumps seeing her walk onstage. It’s because Blue was born into a life she didn’t [choose],” Jay-Z told CBS Mornings. “Since she was born, she’s been in scrutiny and in the public eye and everybody having an opinion. Even [as a] little girl and how she keeps her hair.”
“So for her to be on that stage and reclaim her power, and the song is called ‘My Power,’ you can’t write a better story,” he continued. “And then watching her grow in it. She came out in front of 80,000 people.”
“I know how nervous she was and how frightened she was. She wanted to do it. She wanted to do it the first night."
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How long have Beyoncé and Jay-Z been married?
The two performers began dating after collaborating on Jay-Z's 2002 single, '03 Bonnie & Clyde.
On April 4, 2008, Beyoncé and Jay-Z tied the knot and held their wedding ceremony in New York City.
They opted for a smaller, intimate ceremony, with Beyonce telling Essence that it was because she's not a "traditional" woman and she didn't want it to make "her day."
"It's been my day so many days already," she shared.
The Cuff It singer also added that the two of them were not interested in the media covering their nuptials.
"We decide everything," she added. "My word is my word. What Jay and I have is real. It's not about interviews or getting the right photo op. It's real."
Who are Blue Ivy's siblings?
Since marrying and giving birth to Blue, the couple welcomed two more children.
Blue Ivy became a big sister when her twin siblings, Rumi and Sir, were born on June 13, 2017.
"Rumi is our favorite poet, so it was for our daughter," Jay-Z shared in an explanation of their names. "Sir was like, man, come out the gate. He carries himself like that. He just came out, like, Sir."
Like Blue, the twins have also been featured multiple times in the projects of their parents, including an Ivy Park advertisement and behind-the-scenes footage of Beyonce's photo shoots.
In Beyonce's Cowboy Carter track, Rumi is featured at the beginning of the song, saying, "Mom, can I hear the lullaby, please?" making it her music debut.
Rumi and Sir aren't in the spotlight as much as their older sibling, but according to their grandmother, Tina Knowles, they're growing up to be fashion lovers.
"Well, they are little fashionistas, and they have definite determination about what they like and what they don't like. When Beyoncé's doing the first samples, they get them, and some things they love, and some things you can tell are not their favorite," she shared with .
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"We recently went to Disneyland, and she put on her Mickey Mouse shorts. Then she wanted to put on a sparkly printed top, which had the same colors. It actually looked really cute," she added.
"But her sister came in and Blue was like, 'My mom would be mad because she's doing too much.' And Rumi said, 'This is my style.' She's 5. I was impressed."
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