Come again? Jay-Z and Beyonce shocked the world when the singer announced her pregnancy on the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. They usually were again greatly surprised by her unique name when she arrived five months afterward January 7, 2012.
Now, the proud dad is revealing what the couple initially were going to call the 11-year-old.
“It was purported to be Brooklyn,” Jay-Z, 53, told Gayle King during a “CBS Mornings” clip, which was released on Friday.
The moniker would have been a special nod to the Latest York City borough where the record producer was born. The pair, nonetheless, ultimately went for Blue because they called her “Blueberry” when the “Drunk in Love” musician was still pregnant.
“You understand, it was like a nickname,” he told King, 68. “It was just natural. We just took the berry off and called her Blue.”
Jay-Z and Beyonce went on to trademark Blue Ivy’s name in 2013 and welcome twins Sir and Rumi, now 6, in June 2017.
Despite having very famous parents, it took years until Jay-Z earned cool points along with his eldest daughter.
“Blue, she be frontin’ on me just a little bit,” he said through the teaser. “But I catch her. I catch her within the corner, you understand? Now she asks me, you understand, if that is cool, if her sneakers [are cool]. She’s come back.”
“But there was a time where she was like, ‘Daaaad,’” he added, doing an impression of Blue’s voice while covering his face in embarrassment.
“‘I’m cool. I don’t know what you sayin,’” he added of what he told her. “‘I’m cool! You bought cool parents! At your home, your parents [are] cool.’”
Blue Ivy is pretty impressive herself. She’s performed alongside her mom on countless occasions through the Renaissance World Tour because it kicked off in May.