Jay-Z & Beyonce’s Baby Arrived!
Edited by Samantha Lim
Beyonce checked into Lenox Hill Hospital on NYC’s upper east side late Friday night (they supposedly rented the entire hospital floor for $1.3 Million!) and at 2AM this Sunday morning January 8, she has officially given birth to her and Jay-Z‘s daughter Blue Ivy Carter. Checked into the hospital under the name Ingrid Jackson, the couple went through large measures to ensure that the labor was a private affair. They covered up security cameras with tape, took away employees cell phones when entering the floor, and had security guards checking the perimeter. The color blue is Jay-Z’s favorite and the roman numeral supposedly has a special meaning to Beyonce, hence the name Ivy. The hip-hop royal has already gotten twitter love from Auntie Rihanna, Uncle Russel Simmons, and one social media savvy vixen who has already jumped the gun on taking over the Blue Ivy Carter twitter handle, feeding us funny quips and clever RT’s. Judging by the time at which we are posting this and the list of twitter topics at the moment (Aunty Gaga, Uncle Kanye, Godmother Nicki to name a few) we are sure to see a LOT of the new baby Blue Ivy. Congrats!
While there has been continued talks of a post-retirement album, Hip-Hop veteran LL Cool J has not set a exact time frame for his next album. During a recent interview with Extra, LL says that he refuses to allow pressure from fans and critics to dictate what type of music he makes. LL also says that he will not allow the commercialism in music today influence his own. “I’m starting to think about it and I am going to do it,” LL told Extra when asked about a possible musical comeback. “The key is for me is that when I do it, it has to be really important and it has to be something original. It can’t be me trying to sound like what’s acceptable because this is what is played on the radio today because that is so tired and boring and no one really cares about it…It has to be something with some substance and some depth…Until I can create that kind of record I’m not putting anything out. I don’t care how many years it takes.”