Jay-Z Reveals Blue Ivy's Original Name Before He & Beyonce Changed It

Beyoncé — dropped a new trailer for her much-hyped concert film “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé.” “To close my eyes and travel through realms of space and time, reality holds no power or control of my state of mind on my voyage to find a source to charge my inner being,” she intones over a moody montage of scenes from her epic 2023 tour at the beginning of the film’s third trailer.“Welcome to the Renaissance,” a choir of Beyoncé’s sings, as if you didn’t already know that said tour was the subject of this concert film.The film is set to be released on December 1, World AIDS Day, in honor of Beyoncé’s late Uncle Jonny — her inspiration for “Renaissance,” who died from AIDS-related complications early in her career.Then, some stadium stage-slaying and private family feels find Beyoncé reflecting on just how fierce she has run the world — as well as the household.“In this world that is very male-dominated, I’ve had to be really tough to balance motherhood and being on the stage … It just reminds me of who I really am.”Finally, after a nod to the “Renaissance” visuals that the fans have been clamoring for since the album dropped in July 2022 — “You are the visuals, baby,” she teases — Beyoncé makes it clear that the revolution has just begun, y’all.“It’s a new birth.

Beyoncé‘s daughter Blue Ivy was reportedly only supposed to perform for one show on the ‘Renaissance‘ tour.In an interview with Sherri Shepherd, Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles revealed that she was initially “in tears” watching Blue Ivy, adding that Jay-Z “was grinning so hard, I thought his face would hurt.”Knowles added she was “nervous” when Blue Ivy came out to perform on the first night: “To get in front of 70,000 people at 11 is huge.”Beyoncé’s daughter made her ‘Renaissance’ debut in Paris, where she danced along to ‘My Power’.According to Knowles, Blue Ivy didn’t really understand the “magnitude” of what she was doing, instead saying that “she just loves to dance.” In fact, Knowles revealed that Beyoncé was initially against putting Blue Ivy on stage, but later changed her mind. “She was watching the girls rehearse and she said, ‘I think I’m ready to go on stage.’ And her mom said, ‘No, no, I don’t think so, Blue.’ And then she thought about it and she said, ‘If you work hard and you really come with it, then we’ll let you go one time.’ So it was supposed to be a one-time thing.”Eventually, that turned into the whole tour, with Knowles concluding: “It was magical.

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Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, has jokingly recalled how the singer can get “really mean” when she’s backstage at her shows.During a recent interview with Sherri Shepherd, Tina was asked what it was like being backstage at Beyoncé’s shows – to which she playfully revealed that the pop star can get “mean”.“We laughed about this recently because I was saying, ‘Girl, you get really mean back there,’” Tina told the host as the audience laughed along. “And I am really happy that I don’t have to be back there anymore because I used to do the quick change.”She continued, adding that it was something they both used to joke about in the past and the multi-Grammy-winner is always apologetic when she lets the fast pace of the show affect her “in the heat of the moment”.“We laugh because she used to do [2007 song] ‘Flaws and All’, and she would say, ‘I’m a bitch in the morning.’ And I be like, ‘And the evening too,’” Tina added.

Blue Ivy was the talk of social media while performing every night on the Renaissance World Tour over the summer!

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Blueprint‘ albums. However, in a new interview with Gayle King, the Brooklyn rapper revealed a very different reason. At around 17 minutes 50 seconds, King asks Jay-Z why he named his daughter Blue Ivy.In response, Jay-Z said: “Her name was meant to be Brooklyn.

Jay-Z couldn’t be prouder of his and Beyonce‘s daughter, Blue Ivy.

Jay-Z and Beyonce shocked the world when the singer announced her pregnancy at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. And they were again taken aback by her unique name when she arrived five months later on January 7, 2012.Now, the proud dad is revealing what the couple initially were going to name the 11-year-old.“It was supposed 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 New York City borough where the record producer was born. The pair, however, ultimately went for Blue because they called her “Blueberry” when the “Drunk in Love” musician was still pregnant.“You know, it was like a nickname,” he told King, 68.

Jay-Z‘s 2001 album ‘The Blueprint’.Courtney – who claimed to be an associate of ’60s gangland criminals the Krays – was found at his home in Plumstead, south east London last Sunday (October 22) after reportedly dying by suicide. He was 64 years old.The Metropolitan Police said his death is currently being treated as unexpected and is under investigation.In a statement, Courtney’s family paid tribute to his “incredible, colourful, rock ‘n’ roll life”, and said he had experienced the “pain of both cancer and arthritis in his later years”.

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Ethan Shanfeld Jay-Z has weighed in on one of social media’s favorite debates, or, the half-million dollar question. When asked by CBS News’ Gayle King if it’s smarter to take $500,000 in cash or have lunch with Jay-Z, the rapper and entrepreneur said bluntly: “You’ve gotta take the money.” When King explained the other side of the argument — that the insight one might glean from a meal with Jay-Z could be valued higher than half a million dollars — Hov insisted that all his wisdom is embedded in his records.

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“Believe” the allegation that she once hired men to kidnap her troubled son, Elijah Blue Allman. “I didn’t do it, and if I did it, I wouldn’t say I did it,” Cher, 77, bluntly told The Post on Friday during a lengthy interview.The icon’s matter-of-fact response stems from a report that surfaced last month claiming the “Strong Enough” singer hired four men to kidnap Allman, 47, from a New York City hotel room in an apparent intervention in November 2022.Allman’s estranged wife, Marieangela King, included the accusations in divorce papers filed last December. Allman allegedly struggled with substance abuse, and while Cher didn’t divulge any further information on the alleged incident to The Post, she shifted the conversation to the never-ending worrying that comes with motherhood.

Maluma is about to become a father. The singer confirmed that he is expecting his first child with his girlfriend, Susana Gómez.

Married At First Sight UK's Luke Worley is facing fresh drama as he has been forced to deny being a cheater in the wake of his bust-up with Jordan Gayle. Luke is rumoured to have been booted from the E4 dating show over a heated row with Jordan, whom he apparently "punched", in scenes yet to air from the couples' retreat. An episode on Thursday, 19 October, showed the beginnings of a spat between Luke and Jordan, where Luke appeared to stick up for groom JJ Slater – who had been accused of cheating for flirting with another bride, Ella.

Bravo has revealed the first seven minutes of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ upcoming 13th season premiere.

Penske Media Corp. has promoted George Grobar to the role of company President, effective immediately. Grobar, who has been at PMC for 14 years, previously served as Chief Operating Officer with oversight of the company’s operating units and many of the corporate departments. He most recently led the integration of The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard into PMC and oversaw a portfolio of PMC’s music and entertainment brands, in addition to corporate planning functions.  

The Woman in Me, Britney Spears reveals that she became pregnant with Justin Timberlake's baby during the couple's three-year-long relationship, and had an .“I always expected us to have a family together one day,” writes in the book, which hits shelves October 24. "This would just be much earlier than I’d anticipated.” published the exclusive quotes from her memoir on October 17, noting that Timberlake's team did not respond to a request for comment.Spears says that she “never” would have chosen to terminate her pregnancy were she alone, but was “so sure that he didn't want to be a father.” The singer, now 41, adds that she considered the pregnancy “a surprise” but not “a tragedy.”“I don’t know if that was the right decision.