SHE shocked fans with her uncanny resemblance to Beyoncé’s legendary mom, and there’s no doubt that Blue Ivy Carter is on her way to becoming a star in her own right.
Appearing at a basketball game with dad Jay-Z this week, the 10-year-old looked grown-up and sophisticated, dressed in an all-black ensemble with a leather jacket and oversized hoop earrings.
It’s no surprise that Blue, who was only two days old when Time magazine called her “the world’s most famous babe,” is garnering attention even before she hit her teens.
Here we take a look at her already extraordinary life as one of the most famous “teenagers” in the world…
“Cultural Icon”
Even before she was born, Blue Ivy was destined for big things.
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When overjoyed newbie parents Beyoncé and Jay Z announced her birth, they also trademarked her name, calling her a “cultural icon” in legal documents.
The trademark covered everything from mannequins to cosmetics, online shopping and entertainment such as video games and jewelry.
At the time, the claim was challenged by American wedding planner Veronica Morales, who owns Blue Ivy Events, but Beyoncé and Jay Z won the case.
Jay Z insisted they didn’t want to cash in on Blue, but wanted no one else to, telling Vanity Fair, “You don’t want anyone trying to capitalize on your baby’s name.”
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Blue has already built her own career away from her parents.
In her first solo project at the age of eight, she narrated the audiobook version of The Love for Hair by Oscar-winning director Matthew A. Cherry.
award show pro
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Last year, at just nine years old, Blue, who is the older sister of four-year-old twin brothers Rumi and Sir, became only the second youngest person to ever win a Grammy and the youngest person to win an MTV Video Music Award.
The awards were presented for Beyoncé’s music video for “Brown Skin Girl”. She received the award along with her mother, co-creator Wizkid and video director Jenn Nkiru.
Blue’s appearance in the video also earned her an NAACP Image Award, a BET Award, and a Soul Train Award.
Speaking about how her daughter feels about the song’s success, Beyoncé told Vogue, “Blue saw some reactions to the Brown Skin Girl video.
“When I tell her that I am proud of her, she tells me that she is proud of me and that I am doing a good job. This is cute”.
Back in 2014, she also commanded the red carpet and MTV VMAs with her first event when she was just two years old.
She also joined her parents, who have a net worth in excess of £1 billion, on the front row of the Grammys in 2017 and 2018 and is a red carpet pro.
Born to perform
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Incredibly, even before Blue Ivy could speak and tie the sentence, she was ready to sing glory.
She was only 10 days old when, in January 2012, dad Jay Z released his track Glory, which featured her screams.
The rapper recorded her vocals 48 hours after her birth and Blue was credited on the track.
She became the youngest person to have a song on the US Billboard 100.
A year later, the baby took part in her mother’s song Blue, dedicated to her daughter.
To date, Blue has lent her voice to at least five of her parents’ solo tracks.
fashion forward
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When your parents are literally cultural and fashion icons, it’s no surprise that Blue has had her own stylist and personal shopper since she was six, if not before.
Manuel Mendez started working for Beyoncé as her personal assistant in 2009, but he’s also been responsible for some of Blue’s most iconic looks, including the white suit Valerie Kowalska once wore to the Grammys.
Accessories she has worn in the past include a £1,230 Louis Vuitton handbag and a £1,765 Valentino studded clutch.
Blue was even considered one of the best-dressed at the 2016 MTV VMAs when she wore an £8,000 blush-colored tulle gown and a diamond tiara to complement her mum’s outfit.
Beyoncé revealed her daughter is fashion savvy when she told Vogue in November that her second Ivy Park clothing collaboration with Adidas was inspired by Blue during quarantine.
Beyoncé said: “During the lockdown, fashion has been a place of refuge for me.
“My kids and I came up with Fashion Friday. Every Friday we dressed up in my clothes or sewed clothes together and took pictures.”
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Promising movie star
Blue also made her screen debut in Beyonce’s autobiographical Life Is Just a Dream in 2013 and has since become a star in her mom’s films.
In 2016, she appeared in her visual album Lemonade which sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide and in the 2019 concert film Homecoming released on all major streaming platforms.
Blue also starred with Pharrell Williams and Childish Gambino in her mom’s 2019 documentary Beyoncé Presents: Making a Gift.
But it was her starring role in Beyoncé’s visual album Black Is King that helped Blue stand out in her own right.
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famous friends
Of course, Blue is accustomed to a life of luxury, living in a modern £71 million Bel Air mansion with eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, four swimming pools, a cinema, spa, staff quarters and a 15-car garage.
In addition, the family often travels by private jet to their other properties, including an £18.5 million home in Hampton, New York.
She once even offered £14,000 for a piece of art at just six years old, so it’s no wonder she moves in some very stellar circles and already has a group of famous friends.
Her buddies include Apple Martin, the 18-year-old daughter of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay’s Chris Martin, and she’s been spotted with Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s twins, Moroccan and Monroe. eleven.
Blue is “extremely close” to Beyoncé’s Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland’s eldest son, seven-year-old Titan, and Kelly says, “That’s the cutest thing.
“That’s the best thing about friendship, when you can grow up together and your children grow up together. They act like cousins.”
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However, there are rumors that Blue may have a very famous “nemesis” in Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s equally famous eldest daughter North West.
While things could change, in 2016 Kanye West himself sparked the rumor when he revealed during a concert in Seattle, speaking of Jay Z, “Our kids never even played together.”
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