Megastars Beyoncé and Jay-Z Carter are perfect for one another, so what’s this about their first-born daughter being named after Jay-Z’s ex?
Though it’s hard to imagine a time before Bey and Jay, the “99 Problems” rapper reportedly dated a singer named Blu Cantrell circa the ’90s, according to HuffPost.
This was all pre-TMZ, so we don’t know too much about their romance. And while the Grammy-nominated singer is known for hits like “Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)” and “Breathe” feat. Sean Paul, she has nowhere near the industry cachet of Jay-Z.
Music accolades aside, the hitmaker was said to be “smitten” with his girl and devastated when she ended things between them, at least according to SheKnows.
Shortly after Jay-Z and Cantrell fell out of touch, he met Beyoncé, and the rest, as they say, is history. The power couple’s relationship weathered its biggest test when they were hit with cheating rumors, and Bey infamously sang about her husband’s infidelity in her 2016 album, “Lemonade.”
But in this case, true love really did conquer all, and the couple reconciled. “That’s my soulmate. It’s the person I love,” Jay-Z gushed to CNN in 2017.
Bey and Jay’s love is held up as a fairy-tale example in the industry, so their decision to name their daughter Blue Ivy baffled fans. Given her name is so similar to Mr. Carter’s ex, could it be that he’s still hung up on the Blu of his youth?
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