Beyonce, Jay-Z welcome baby girl Blue Ivy
US: Music royalty Beyonce and Jay-Z are the proud parents of a
baby girl named Blue Ivy, media reports said, breaking the news of one
of the biggest celebrity births in years.
Pop diva Beyonce, 30, gave birth by caesarian section on Saturday
night in a private wing of the Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan with
rapper Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, by her side, E! Online reported.
Initial reports had the baby's name as Ivy Blue, but those close to
the couple confirmed later it was the other way around.
The Houston Chronicle, Beyonce's hometown paper, was alone in
spelling it Blu Ivy, without the “e”.
The Twitterverse was abuzz as celebrities and fans alike delighted in
news of the star couple's first child.
“Welcome to the world Blue! We love you already,” Hollywood A-lister
and close friend Gwyneth Paltrow wrote, before clearing up the name
issue in a second tweet: “It's Blue Ivy Carter!” “The most beautiful
girl in the world,” Beyonce's sister Solange Knowles tweeted, before
adding, in another probable reference to the name mix-up: “Information
that goes through the telephone and the net always gets delivered
wrong.” Fellow pop diva Rihanna also weighed in on the momentous showbiz
arrival, tweeting: “Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih.”
AFP |