(ThyBlackMan.com) Blue Ivy Carter is the daughter of the famous rapper Sean ‘Jay-Z’ Carter and Beyonce Knowles. Blue Ivy found herself making headlines and breaking records before she was even born, when Beyonce announced that she was pregnant at the 2011 MTV Music Video Awards. In fact, the news sparked an unbelievable 8,868 tweets per second from people eager to share the news. Finally Blue Ivy Carter was born on Saturday 7 2012 in New York, at the Lenox Hill Hospital. As soon as she was born, she topped music charts through music by her father Jay-Z.
Top facts about Blue Ivy Carter’s birth
- A normal birth: Despite what the tabloids reported, Beyonce did not have a caesarean section. While making the birth announcement, the words ‘delivered naturally’ were used, meaning the birth was normal.
- Healthy baby: Blue Ivy Carter was born a healthy baby of 7 pounds with no physical deformities, medical complications or rare birth conditions, at the Lenox Hill hospital in New York. Beyonce was in the Executive suite of the hospital.
- Dedication song: The baby’s father, also a multi-Grammy award winning rapper, was so moved by her birth he dedicated a song called “Glory” to his daughter. The song features Blue Ivy crying, and Pharrell Williams. It topped charts as soon as it was released.
- Tight security: Blue Ivy Carter was born under very tight security. Beyonce’s security team held a big strategy meeting days following the birth. Hallway cameras were blacked out, attending nurses were asked to turn in their phones, and windows were darkened.
- Wine & food for the waiting room: Jay-Z and Beyonce’s families allegedly order food and wine for everyone in the waiting room that day. Deliver was from Spotted Pig, Buttermilk Channel or Philippe Chow.
The big conspiracy of Blue Ivy Carter’s name
As soon as Blue Ivy Carter was born, conspiracy theorists came out in full force claiming that the baby has become a member of the Illuminati to follow her family’s example. In fact, according to these people, IVY stands for Illuminati’s Very Youngest. These theorists focused on the name Blue Ivy, claiming it is the name of Lucifer’s daughter. How did they come to this conclusion? Well, apparently, if you take the name Blue Ivy Carter and
write it backwards, you get EulbYvi, which is the name of Lucifer’s daughter in the Latin language. However, people see what they want to see.
The truth is that, the couple had their reasons for naming their daughter Blue Ivy Carter. Blue’s first name refers to Jay-Z’s The Blueprint album franchise. Blue also has four letters, which happens to be the favourite number of the couple. The colour symbolizes Virgin Mary, and represents inspiration, spirituality and sincerity. Ivy stands for IV the Roman letter for 4, which happens to be the name of Beyonce’s album of 2011. Ivy is also derived from a plant, which symbolizes eternity. The Romans and Greeks believed the plant was a symbol of longevity and hardness, and that it facilitated fertility.
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