Everyone reading this can probably recall two or three news events that impacted you so much that you’ll always remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you first heard about it.
These occurrences, forever etched into our consciousness, can be split into two different types, and both types have to do with how we felt when we first became aware of them
Type 1. “This is some historic sh*t.”
Type 2. “Damn. I didn’t realize it at the time, but earlier I witnessed some historic sh*t. I should probably make sure I remember this.”
For instance, I was sitting on the couch at my parent’s house during the infamous Pacers-Pistons brawl, and from the moment Ron Artest jumped into the stands I knew I was watching something I’d always remember. I immediately knew it would be a landmark event, immediately knew it would dominate any conversation I had for the next 72 to 96 hours, immediately knew it would have a transformative impact on the NBA, immediately knew that I’d always remember exactly where I was when it happened, and immediately knew it would cement Ron Artest’s status as the highest-functioning crazy motherf*cker on the planet.
On the other hand, the “etchededness” of 9/11 — an event I’m sure would be on most American’s lists — wasn’t as immediate. Sure, I remember exactly where I was when first hearing that tower one was hit by a plane, but it wasn’t until later that morning that I realized exactly how historic of an event that would be. (The first thing I said after my roommate woke me up to tell me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center? “They need to stop letting Harlem n*ggas in flight school.”)
The news of the birth of Blue Ivy Carter does neither. I will not remember where I was when I first heard saw it trending on Twitter, and if anyone outside of the Carter/Knowles circle has “Where I was when I first heard Beyonce had a baby” forever etched into their brains right now, they must have some sh*tty-ass brains.
With that being said, I wonder if, 20 to 25 years from now, the birth of Blue Ivy Carter will be an historically relevant moment. I realize this seems like hyperbole — she’s not even two days old and it sounds like I’m already reserving her star on the Walk of Fame — but she’s already made history. She’s the first African-American ever who was famous before she was even born.
Think about it. There have been black child stars (Michael Jackson, Emmanuel Lewis, Raven Symone, etc), black stars who had children at the height of their fame, famous children of uber-popular black people (Malia and Sasha Obama) and even established black stars who had children while at the height of their fame and saw those children become famous while they were still children (Willow and Jaden Smith).
But, never has there been a child produced by an African-American couple while both mother and father were A-list celebrities; a baby whose potential first name, last name, size, facial features, complexion, future, inherited traits, musical talent, business acumen, connection to the Illuminati, and existence (Remember, there was an actual debate a few weeks ago over whether Beyonce was even pregnant.) was discussed, debated, joked on, and theorized about by hundreds of thousands of people before she was even here.
With all that being said, I have no idea what all of this means. I have no idea if her birth is truly the most “post-racial” moment ever. I have no idea if Blue Ivy Carter is truly the most post-modern baby ever. I have no idea what her birth signifies, or if it even signifies anything at all. .
And, aside from the likelihood of Blue Ivy Carter being the first African-American baby to cause a multi-million dollar bidding war for the rights to print her pictures first, I (obviously) have no idea how the life of the first black celebrity baby will play out. I know it won’t be “normal” but I’m not going to assume it’s going to be completely abnormal either.
But while I don’t know what any of this means, I do know that the birth of Blue Ivy Carter definitely matters. How, you ask? I don’t know. I know that it matters/will matter, but I don’t know why. Ask me again in 20 to 25 years.
—Damon Young (aka “The Champ”)
I just want to say that I don’t give a sh!t about Beyonce having a baby.And they gave their child a dumb a$s name!!! The f*ck is a Blue Ivy Carter? A watch?….get out of here with that “celebrities” are dumb… Let’s hope that child ever has to look for a job…
I said the same thing on FB earlier about the baby’s name and caught shade!
The f*ck is a Blue Ivy Carter? A watch?
Solange’s middle name is Piaget.
Blue= for Jay-Z’s blueprint albums
IV(y)= Roman numeral for “4″ which is Beyonce’ favorite number..b’day, her wedding, husbands b’day, mom’s bday all are on the 4th
…Now if this infants parents weren’t celebs we’d say this is ratchett.
You lie!?! Piaget? That’s some tricked up mess.
Well that’s the thing… will her name ever really be a hindrance to her success?
Nah. Plus Beyonce’s name is Beyonce… and look where she ended up.
I think they meant when it came to a regular job. I don’t think it will be as big a deal as it would be if they named her Tanishinaquasha.
#JustSayin.
Condoleezza did just fine. I have never had an issue there are many successful people with questionable names.
other than the fact that my twitter feed went crazy, i am more impacted by the 80 yard touchdown that took denver past the steelers. I mean really?????
RIGHT?!?!!
how in the heezy did the steelers d let that happen!!!?!?!
I’m thinking Blue is a step up considering Bey’s best friend named her child Apple. Regardless, can’t say my life has been all that impacted by the news. And by all that I mean not at all.
“Regardless, can’t say my life has been all that impacted by the news. And by all that I mean not at all.”
+1!!!
Ivy Blu, Blu Ivy, Bluevy, Iv’B… Whateva..
Smhl
“Ivy Blu, Blu Ivy, Bluevy, Iv’B… Whateva..”
A *dead* +1.
Don’t get me wrong–a baby is a beautiful thing.
My thing is, there were literally hundreds…nay thousands of babies born around the world on the same day. All of them equally as special in the grand scheme, and many of them with normal names.
I say we all just start saying congrats to people we don’t know who happen to have babies on any given Monday.
Its the same damn thing.
“Let’s hope that child ever has to look for a job…”
are you being ironic?
LOL, hope so. Her job will be EXISTING. lol
she has a single already (they have her vocals on the end of the song) I put this down thread
http://hypebeast.com/2012/01/jay-z-featuring-b-i-c-glory/
LOL, yup, heard it earlier today. It’s very sweet. Father/daughter relationships make me weak. *faints*
She HAS to be. I’ll accept nothing else.
@Iamnotakata Blue= for Jay-Z’s blueprint albums
IV(y)= Roman numeral for “4″ which is Beyonce’ favorite number..b’day, her wedding, husbands b’day, mom’s bday all are on the 4th
…Now if this infants parents weren’t celebs we’d say this is ratchett.
Celebrity or not, it’s ratchett.
yeah, it still kind of reeks of ratchetness
I honestly don’t consider this name very ratchet. But this is coming from a guy who’s seen names such as Queentiana, Oliveralosha, Granolayesha, and others I’ve had the displeasure of witnessing.
My favorite comment over the weekend was that Blue Ivy sounded like a dodgy nightclub.
I gotta hand it to Jay-Z though….he’s got some big cojones to name his daughter after his ex.
haha “dodgy nightclub” yesss
That poor poor Baby…thats all I have to say…
The pressure. Must be cray!
“The pressure. Must be cray!”
tu motherf*ckin shea
Being a the child of celeb parents can be rough. Case in point: one would think that if you’re the daughter of supermodel Iman and skinny-azz NBA player Spencer Haywood, you’d be tall and thin, instead of chronically obese even after gastric bypass. You never know, Blue Ivy could have no rhythm and look like her dad
Excellent point. Sometimes people lose out on the genetic lottery.
“You never know, Blue Ivy could have no rhythm and look like her dad.”
…Ouch.
I. Just. Died!
I was sitting in the family room with my uncle when the Pistons – Pacers fiasco popped off. Epic.
But I do argee. Conspiracy theories aside, there does seem to be something significant about the birth of this little girl. But not as significant to me as the birth of the next door neighbor’s pitbul puppies. *shrug*
But not as significant to me as the birth of the next door neighbor’s pitbul puppies. *shrug*
i take it you’re going to be installing an electric fence soon?
lol No sir. I just want to coo over them for a while before they’re sold off.
Little Blue has to be the first person to be a #1 worldwide trending topic on Twitter while she was in the womb, and then again within hours of birth. That’s boss.
signs i’ve been listening to too much rick ross? every time i hear the word “boss,” i think of him. ***
***comment filed under “pause-worthy comments that the champ considered editing but just said “f*ck it” and posted it”
hahahaha Living life on the edge ehh?
living on the edge of deez
lol
I’m excited that Blue Ivy is here, but primarily because I wanna see Bey in concert.
Let the concert tours begin!!
P.S. the funniest tweet I saw re Blue Ivy came from Conan O’Brien:
“Thank God Beyonce had her baby and can go back to work. For the past 6 months that family’s had to live entirely on Jay-Z’s salary.”
P.S. the funniest tweet I saw re Blue Ivy came from Conan O’Brien:
“Thank God Beyonce had her baby and can go back to work. For the past 6 months that family’s had to live entirely on Jay-Z’s salary.â€
sidenote: is jimmy fallon a better host than conan? i think he might be.
Sidenote: Is jimmy kimmel a better host than those 2?
no
Fallon is. Way better.
jimmy fallon is the best. then jimmy kimmel. then… well conan doesn’t register with me. lol
absolutely! fallon is funny and has, dare I say (I rarelyyy do), swag. conan is bleh as hell.
I told somebody as soon as I heard about the birth, now that she’s here, she’ll be on stage again in like 6 mos!
I read today that the Grammy folks were approached by Bey’s people asking for a spot if she decided to perform.
All I have to say is, now that Bey finally sat her azz down and had a baby, Keri Hilson can finally get her shine
*tries to hold a straight face*
*falls on the floor laughing hysterically*
Who is this Keri Hilson person?
“Who is this Keri Hilson person?”
a singer/songwriter who the good people of pittsburgh, pa paid $100 bucks to hang out with at savoy nightclub on NYE
$100????? Dammit, why haven’t I done anything with my sub par talent and light-skinnedness?
It’s never too late, ya know *lol*.
lmfao
a singer/songwriter who the good people of pittsburgh, pa paid $100 bucks to hang out with at savoy nightclub on NYE
Was this $100 paid collectively?
LMFAO!!
*dead*
“Aye Pookie, call up Ray-Ray n’em and see if they all got $5 on this Keri Hilson bird coming to the club on NYE.”
That’s it? Hotels in podunk towns command more than that on NYE with NO celebrity.
wait. she was in Pitts? I saw Toronto flyers with her name/face as host on it.
BWAHAHA. FAILURE.
No, really, who is Keri Hilson? Is she famous or something?
you ain’t s*** for that lmao
“All I have to say is, now that Bey finally sat her azz down and had a baby, Keri Hilson can finally get her shine”
These were my same thoughts when I thought about that other Beyonce post here! Where were Keri Hilson, Kelly Rowland, Ashanti, Keisha Cole, Ciara, Syleena Johnson, Christina Millian, Nivea, Cassie, Letoya Luckett, Amerie, Fantasia and everybody else who supposedly didn’t get a chance to have their ultimate shine because of Bey….why didn’t they make themselves relevant while she was pregnant? Are there currently any R&B artist out at this time? I ask because I’m kinda gettin old and I’m not on top of what’s out now.
I see your point…
…but I think some of those people just didn’t show up during Bey’s pregnancy because they have no talent. Here’s looking at you, Ashanti.
And Beyonce…that tricky little thing…she released like, 3 singles and even more videos during her pregnancy. She produced videos that would work in regular rotation in multiple radio/video genres before and early in her pregnancy and then released them sporadically throughout her gestation. I.E. no room for anyone else & the most brilliant music marketing ever.
What’s SAD is that some of the people you named DID release music during her pregnancy–and they still didn’t catch on.
It’s B-L-U and if you see the e’ drop em.
Bodied the whole alphabet, so bury me a “G”.
Ron Artest may be a crazy mug, but Metta World Peace will always hold a spot in my heart. I thought Blue Ivy was another conference merger in NCAA Football, and Ivy Blue would be the color of the Brooklyn Nets’ jerseys. Either way, blessings to that child.
Either way, congratulations to the Carters.
Now, I must get on with my life. Which may or may not include a scholarship for Harlem cats to get into flight school…
and Ivy Blue would be the color of the Brooklyn Nets’ jerseys
sh*t, don’t be surprised if that happens
Homie you were alive and living outside your parents home in 1945??? You are so much more awesome than I thought. Ofcourse if you really meant to type twin towers then you’re really not that awesome. Lol
lol, nothing like a smart-aleck comment to let you know you need to edit
Here’s a cyber hug { }
I thought of the nicest way to point it out though. That was it
But yeah in other news regarding their birth.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/dad_stopped_from_seeing_premature_O9b4QvPU1BVqNheQ8o6ieI#.TwpXOMd3ftw.facebook
Smh. Not like I really expect Beyonce or Jay-Z to care about the other patrons at the hospital but damn. Preventing people from seeing their children just so others can see yours? Such is the world we live in where celebrities are treated modern day gods.
I don’t think we can blame that on them, I’m sure that wasn’t their intention. That seems to me to be a hospital systems failure- not a “we’re terrible people and don’t care if y’all kids” moment.
That’s tricked up. I’d sue. Seeing your kid in the hospital is a once in a lifetime event. You can’t take that away from people. The hospital shouldn’t have allowed it. I’m sure that some ambulance chaser of a lawyer would take on the case.
I forgot to mention that. They said they rented out a hospital floor…how is that even allowed?? LOL, seems like they could have just hired a doctor, midwife, nurse, etc. and had the baby at home for a lot less.
The fact they actually rented a hospital wing…smh…that turned my stomach…like the audacity…but then you gotta figure…they let them…so really….yeah. *goes back to work*
It is actually a common practice at that hospital. There are many super rich folk who give birth there. The only reason we know about it this time is because it was B and Jay.
You mean they couldn’t deliver at home?
I thought the same thing!
I’m sure 20-25 years from now, the birth of this child will not be as remembered & revered as some of the stans would like it to be. I just feel bad that most people expect this child to grow up & be some entertainment showstopper like her parents, and that may not even be in her future. Negros were predicting her future before the umbilical cord was cut.
yeah, the expectations for her are going to be insane. not that she’d want to, but she’ll never be able to hold a “normal” job without people considering her a fail at life.
So in actuality her name is The Blueprint Four. I see what you did there Jay-Z. *starts slow clap*
yeah, that hova and the thundergoat sure are some clever motherf*ckers
The term “thundergoat” gets me everytime I see it *lol*.
That IS pretty clever.
*slowly stands up to clap as well*
ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
And the reason for naming a child “Blue”???? If Beyonce wasn’t questionable name enough for child!!!! If Be’yawn’ce and the world’s oldest rapper want to keep up with Gwyneth and Chris Martin with naming their child a color, as oppose to fruit, then whatever, cuz whatever B & J do, it’s like the next best thing next to toilet paper!!! Glad to not be subjected to BBD Countdown while watching the news or surfing the net. Oh, BBD stands for Be’yawn’ce Baby Drop.
f Be’yawn’ce and the world’s oldest rapper want to keep up with Gwyneth and Chris Martin with naming their child a color, as oppose to fruit, then whatever, cuz whatever B & J do, it’s like the next best thing next to toilet paper!!!
i mean, little apple does need someone to play with while in the waiting room when her parents are at Illuminati meetings
Yes, the birth of Blue Ivy Carter is definitely significant for the reasons already stated. It’s definitely not something that stopped the world from spinning, but Beyonce and Jay-Z have broken barriers as a power couple. This is truly the first time a African American Baby was so famous I guess since Boby Christina and this probably eclipses that because Both Beyonce and Jay-Z are super novas. I think the hardest thing for Blue Ivy will be expectations. Looking at Willow smith makes it kinda easy to assume Blue Ivy will follow. I’m sure what ever Blue Ivy does with her life, she will be very successful and provided with a happy life. Good for her.
Bobby Christina was famous?
I concur with Jetty. People might not remember since Bobbi Christina was born almost 20 years ago but I was 9/10ish at the time and remember it being a BIG deal. And in the early 90s, Whitney was hot shet and Bobby Brown wasn’t yet the crazy mofo we think of when we hear his name today. Overall, news is very different today than 20 years ago. Social media/internet sometimes gives everything way too much play.
I don’t care that much. I am a fan of both Jay-Z and Beyonce.
All I can say is congrats……..^_^
Blue used to be a nickname of the dude you knew who was so dark, he was blue. Days before this birth, my aunt was reminiscing about her sexy high school boyfriend whom we knew as Blue.
Historic? No. People are going to remember their own child’s birth more than this.
“Historic? No. People are going to remember their own child’s birth more than this”
+1 THIS!
Yeah I’m pretty sure the birth of my kids, my sister’s kids, my cousin’s kids, my home girls’s kids, and pretty much everyone else’s kids has been and will be 1000% more significant than the birth of this “Blue” character. I don’t know these people.
I cosign this all the way. I mean this happened yesterday and I can’t tell you exactly where I was or what I was doing when I heard/saw the news. Most likely in transition…possibly the car, IDK.
In my mind it doesn’t have staying power like the OJ Verdict, now that was some historic shyt.
As a fan of Beyonce’ and an even bigger fan of Jay-Z, I still didn’t care very much for the birth of this baby. I mean, I’m happy for them and wish them the best, but I just flat out didn’t care. I actually kinda mad that my “Roxy Reynolds Night” was interupted because a friend of mine wanted me to confirm whether or not the baby was actually born.
I was like….really?
…and no one gives not one damb about Fantasia or Superhead’s babies. *sigh*
*teardrop* One day, when I get bored and visit a strip club, maybe I’ll care.
I just want to know how long before the House of Derion launches its baby lace front line.
Wrong, just wrong.
What if Baby Blue has long luxurious locks like Big Mama Bey? In vitro lace fronts!
*PushingUpDaises*
Omg…
lollllll
“But, never has there been a child produced by an African-American couple while both mother and father were A-list celebrities”
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.
Champ I take it that you’ve never heard of blackcelebkids.com?
Will & Jada
Vanessa Williams & Rick Fox
Hell, Pepa & Treach
Biggie & Faith
*snickers*
I would argue that only 1/2 of those couples were actually A-List stars but I could be wrong.
Hence my snickering lmao
perhaps on Lovetron X — the only planet in the universe where bobby brown is considered a superstar
LMAO!!!! +1000
I’m just glad this is over. Now we can get back to more exciting news…TEBOW!
are you trying to get banned?
Coulda sworn they said that child’s name was Ivy Blue…Ivy’s a pretty name! Anyway, glad she’s here. I’m happy for the couple.
Yay n sh*t.
yeah, that’s what everyone thought at first
I know. I SO wish the child’s name were “Ivy Blue” (which is quirky but still cute) i/o “Blue Ivy”, but alas…
Beyonce had a baby!?!
Okay En Squared. Okay.
I suppose i will never understand the negative feelings towards this couple. Some people are bitter and petty just becaue they can be. Oddly named, cleverly named, whatever, that kid is a blessing. Congrats to the parents and prayers of health an healing for the family.
Yea thats about the size of it.
In the multitude of strange names I have heard, does Blue Ivy really raise eyebrows?
“I suppose i will never understand the negative feelings towards this couple. ”
I actually feel this same way and the name blu isn’t that horrible considering some of the names I’ve come across.
If we’re to believe a certain gossip blogger, the baby was given birth by a surrogate…so the kid might not look like either one of them…and have no talent whatsoever.
Didnt Mariah and Nick have a couple of offsprings recently…
the difference is nobody cares about Nick Cannon
“…the baby was given birth by a surrogate…so the kid might not look like either one of them…”
I just want to clarify that “surrogate” does not necessarily imply that the baby is not genetically Beyonce and J’s child. Their fertilized egg can be implanted in someone else.
Oh my god!! Thank you. I wish people knew what they meant when they attempt to throw shade!!
As long as the baby is healthy & looks like her momma, I’m happy for them all. She’ll fit right in w/ all the other oddly named rich kids.
and if she looks more like daddy?
Stans will lover her all the same?
“love” that is.
If she looks more like daddy, at least she’s been born into $!
I’m picturing blue baby footprints with the Roman numeral IV between them on the cover of the Blueprint IV album.
The idea of the first black celebrity baby is an interesting one. It is a fairly new phenomenon. Up until recently the only famous babies were child stars and their careers often went down tragically. But here we have children who don’t HAVE to become stars, they’re just famous because their parents are. It will be interesting to see if they send her the traditional route of education or usher her into stardom the way the Smith’s have. Very few wealthy celebrities outside of music tend to do that, the kids live in anonymity.
“But here we have children who don’t HAVE to become stars, they’re just famous because their parents are”
yeah. although i’m not particularly invested at all in blue ivy carters life, from a pop culture arbiter perspective, i am interested to see how her life turns out
Make sure Jay gives you a creator credit on that album cover….
I just wish it would stop here, but from now on it’s going to be “where did Beyonce take Ivy for her birthday? Details inside!” or “Ivy Blue’s got Swag – a look at the outrageously expensive nursery of Ivy Blue.” And knowing America, that’s going to get more reads than, say, a political piece, an expose on WalMart and possibly the help wanted section.
*smh and walks off*
can’t stop, won’t stop
Her birth only matters on the internet.
I was thinking the same thing. People who follow celebs on twitter, fb, and who read the gossip magazines care about this birth.
“Her birth only matters on the internet.”
yeah, and you can say the same thing about facebook. and google. what’s your point?
Hearing about this yesterday just made me have mad flashbacks of that old “what would Beyonce and Jay-Z’s baby look like” picture from back in the day…..http://www.prgoretti.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bey-baby22.jpg..
Cut and paste damn you!!!!!!!!!!!…http://crazyhottracks.com/images/jay-z/beyonce-jay-z-kid.jpg
some things you wish you could just unsee
I don’t think there is anthying wrong with a first name of Blue for a job look at blu cantrell #strikethat I really believe that the name is just an acronym for bic lighters as new evolving campaign to bring lighters back at concerts instead of people using cell phones #IJS
Don’t say Blu Cantrell in a conversation about JayZ
*snickers*
Lest you forget Bobby Christina?
And I sure don’t like that name; who wants to be named Blue?
When I heard it was a girl, I thought about all the jokes people made saying they hoped it wasn’t a girl and how the baby would look. Po’ baby got people hypothesizing her ugliness before she was even born. That’s pretty rough.
I don’t think this will matter though and I’m sure they will have more. Does anybody care about Brangolina’s kids? Also, there was a man on Hoarder who had two famous parents looked how he turned out.
“Does anybody care about Brangolina’s kids?”
yes, lol
Oh
Blue Ivy is gonna be juuuust fine. Right now she’s probably awake for the third time this morning, stretching her multi-million dollar arms and preparing for another feeding. LOL!
It’s been said before, and I totally agree, that I was kind of hoping Jay-Z had kept his promise and named the girl Brooklyn Carter, but I’m almost certain Bey said, “HAYLE NAW.” LOL!
One more thing…folks are speculating about the baby’s features, but given the past, we’ll never know. We have yet to see their wedding pics; we’re never gonna see that baby. LOL
One more thing…folks are speculating about the baby’s features, but given the past, we’ll never know. We have yet to see their wedding pics; we’re never gonna see that baby. LOL
good point. we might not even see her for the first time until she’s 16
She’ll be like MJ’s kids always covered up with a lacefront over her face while out in public.
But i can understand.
lol
we didn’t see MJ’s kids til he died…just saying…..
EXACTLY!!!
and the way ppl are fass up in other people’s biz to make a penny or two from tmz – them renting out the floor falls in line with them ACTUALLY trying to have some privacy unlike most other celebrities who cry to be left alone, while leaving the curtains open. -_-
“It’s been said before, and I totally agree, that I was kind of hoping Jay-Z had kept his promise and named the girl Brooklyn Carter,”
I thought that was such a cute name. I love the name Brooklyn period, though. #noNewYork
Anywho, yea, I wanted to hold him to that one as well.
“Brooklyn” is 200 times better than “Blue” especially for a girl.
So much for “Guess what I’ma call her? ‘Brooklyn Carter’”
It will be interesting to see the significance of this beybey is down the road. Also interesting, how wrong our memories of those “so significant we can never forget them” generally are. I think I read that hurr: http://www.amazon.com/Being-Wrong-Adventures-Margin-Error/dp/0061176044
that looks like an interesting read
That it was/is. It’s one of those riveting books that you can’t help but put down. I’ll finish it one of these days
Her premise makes a lot of sense to me, though. Society’s fear of being perceived as wrong is pretty fascinating
I kinda like Blue. People would be throwing shade at an ordinary name. What if they called her, oh, I don’t know, Sharon. Sharon Carter. Wrong. Right? It has to be unique. Best wishes for health and happiness for Blue, Bey and Jay.
i actually would have preferred if they went with jill or jane
I felt more impact when Bey shared her pregnancy news than during the birth announcement of Blue Ivy Carter. I didn’t expect it when Bey initially broke the news, nor did I imagine the awesome way she would do it. However, I already expected the baby to arrive, and the parents didn’t share this one directly, yet. Good for them. I don’t know if the birth of Blue is historically relevant. Still, it can be.
Blue Ivy Carter has a nice ring to it, and it looks nice on print. I sense strength, love, care, and wealth in it. It is fitting for the little girl. It doesn’t seem like this name will hold her back from any career path she chooses.
The expectation of her filling her parents’ shoes, career wise, is less than Blue will have to worry about. She’ll have to face the mean spirited children and adults who already boldly demonize her, share ill thoughts, wish violence, or death upon her before birth behind their computer screens. I wish Blue a lot of emotional and spiritual strength, if not more than her parents, to navigate away from the bunk of the negativity, and the tenacity to pick her battles.
I’m glad Blue is a girl. She has her parents and elders on both side of the family tree to help guide her. Blue Ivy Carter got this.
Amen.
This. Totally & unequivocally this!!
well-written.
*makes it rain in ya collection plate.
+1
Perfectly said.
“She’ll have to face the mean spirited children and adults who already boldly demonize her, share ill thoughts, wish violence, or death upon her before birth behind their computer screens. I wish Blue a lot of emotional and spiritual strength, if not more than her parents, to navigate away from the bunk of the negativity, and the tenacity to pick her battles.”
+1
“With that being said, I wonder if, 20 to 25 years from now, the birth of Blue Ivy Carter will be an historically relevant moment.†I am hoping that you wrote this to be simply sarcastic. You cannot believe that this birth will be of historical significance. Or maybe you are referring to the historical significance of hot trending topics for 2012. The list will be on the internet forever so any kid that is writing a paper on trending topics of the 2010’s will be able to say that B had a baby. I am almost positive, that kids will not learn about this in any history book. I mean, people are taking this way too far. Who has this kid made history for?
Is it possible that the reason why people want this to be significant is simply b/c our community is so jaded with seeing black people doing crap that when we finally see something positive coming from famous black people of this level, we need to cause a big hoopla over it? Like a “look at what OUR 2 major stars have done! They had a kid.†And positive in this sense is 2 MARRIED black people having a kid. If B and Jay weren’t married, and she had his kid, would your article still have the same tone?
I don’t understand caring about what child any celeb has. I mean I get the whole voyeurism factor of it all and living one’s life vicariously through a celeb but you wrote this piece as if it was the second coming of Christ and that this WILL matter. Even you couldn’t give a reason as to why it should or will matter which makes me believe that you don’t believe in what you wrote.
“I don’t understand caring about what child any celeb has”
regardless of whether or not you understand it, you can’t deny that people, many people, do care. and, if many people care about something, it matters.
and while you’re right that she probably won’t end up in any history text books, from a pop cultural standpoint, this is a significant occurrence, a first.
also, while this is a black thing — ivy blue is the first black celebrity baby — this isn’t a “black” thing. don’t believe me? google suri cruise.
i hate to be like this (i really don’t) but a lot of people need to get a f*cking life. i really hate pop culture sometimes. it dominates people’s lives. why do you care so much what that child’s name is? i’ve witnessed mothers and fathers on twitter speculate and fret over blue ivy more than i’ve seen them worry or talk about their own children. not saying that their bad parents but i see real disconnect.
there are way better things to be worrying about than what that child’s name means in latin or if beyonce’s c-section. how about trying to figure out how to keep obama in the white house? how about occupy (insert street)? no one seems to be talking about that anymore. the attention span of people today. smh
“there are way better things to be worrying about than what that child’s name means in latin or if beyonce’s c-section.”:
how do you define “better?”
better being something that might improve you. whether physically, mentally or emotionally. i doubt her c-section scar touches anyone of those.
I’m with you all the way on this one. Soundbites have taken over the (lack of) attention span of the country.
Totally agree. The heat with what some ppl discuss stuff like this vs. topics that really affect us as a people is disheartning.
this is why i heart Bowtie. always comes in with a “fck what yall talking about.” lol.
lol am i that predictable?
You seem to think paying attention to pop culture and political news are mutually exclusive. *looks at Washington Post and VSB tabs*
Ummm I’m kinda disappointed that this is topic of the day (and on both my fav blog sites!). Like seriously I’m sure something of significance happened in the world that we could have spoken about.
No evil or ill intent toward the couple or their child, but about a few thousand other children were born this weekend also and if they were in an area not America, their name will probably be weird to us as well. And really though, with a mother named Beyonce, an aunt named Solange and a deceased great grand name Dereon, did anyone really think this child would escape such hood-tastic naming?!?
What I’m trying to say is…my nephew is gonna be two at the end of this month. He can count up to about 20, he can count backwards, he is so loved that when he laughs it sounds just like the canned baby laughter on tv shows and commercials. That is what is significant to me. That is just one of the births that mattered to me.
Sadly, this one does not. But I wish them the best.
“Ummm I’m kinda disappointed that this is topic of the day (and on both my fav blog sites!). Like seriously I’m sure something of significance happened in the world that we could have spoken about.”
so on a blog where maybe 30% of the content deals with pop culture, we’re supposed to ignore news dealing with two of our biggest cultural icons?
You can write about whatever you feel; its your thoughts and your blog. For me a blurb on her birth would have sufficed because again its not that significant to me.
Like Tunde mentioned above, people are so caught up in pop culture and the happenings in other peoples lives, but unless we knew for certain that this particular child held the cure for one of mans deadliest diseases or viruses, I don’t see the need for every source of media to have a page dedicated to her birth. Its just not that serious.
“Its just not that serious.”
I think that’s the point, though. Well, at least with non-stans. *runs away for a minute and hides*
Like, this blog HAS talked about the more serious topics before and I’m not sure how this is any different than any other more light-hearted topics that blogs cover.
I do like the approach taken here though. It’s not so much about the birth itself so much is it about the effect the birth has on society. Other than those who are extreme with it, I don’t think folks who discuss “trivial” matters such as this one doesn’t — by default — ALSO care about more “serious” topics.
I get all that. I promise I do! But mostly my problem is that this “news” is everywhere. It is inescapable. I remember when PJ did his post on what we thought would happen if/when this exact situation occurred and my response then was about how the information and “sensation” of it all would have me having a “bug-a-boo” moment.
All I want to know is, isn’t there anything else to talk about?
I’m certain there is but until the world (it seems) is ready to move on from this, I won’t be doing much media browsing.
I getcha. I mean it can be annoying when something you don’t particular to care much about is everywhere you look.
It’s just that the mere fact that people are reporting it doesn’t really bother me. Especially if it’s media outlets that I EXPECT that from anyway. One that talk about pop culture anyway. Now I would side-eye a media outlet that presented itself as someone who reported more serious topics primarily focusing more on this news than “real” news…
Happy for them.. Now we can shut down all this ‘is she-isn’t she’ and surrogate talk. Strangely enough, I read last night on MTO (yes, I know) Yandy from Basketball Wives tweeted that Bey’s baby was actually born last month…. SMH
http://cdn.mediatakeout.com/53452/shock-claim-yandy-from-love-and-hip-hop-claims-that-beyonce-faked-her-delivery-that-the-baby-was-born-last-month.html
Oops I meant Yandy from Love and Hip Hop lol.
She’s a moron.
Of course we could all discuss Occupy Wall Street or getting the POTUS re-elected. But like it or not Beyonce & Jay-Z are cultural icons too and it is okay to have discussions about the birth of their child. Like it or not them waiting until after marriage to have their child, well into their marriage, also will influence popular culture. No we didn’t have this much fanfare over anyone else’s child because most Black celebs who have children either had them before they became the celebrities they are now or they had them w/a pseudo celebrity.
Will the birth of Blue Ivy Carter reset the order of time? No. But the collective need to destroy or dismiss this baby’s birth asks a bigger question about our community: why can’t we honestly celebrate ourselves? Why do we have to put happiness for our own on the back burner? If you don’t care about Blue Ivy Carter, why are you spending precious moments of your life that you clearly can spend on something so much more important, diminishing the birth of a black child?
“Will the birth of Blue Ivy Carter reset the order of time? No. But the collective need to destroy or dismiss this baby’s birth asks a bigger question about our community: why can’t we honestly celebrate ourselves? Why do we have to put happiness for our own on the back burner? If you don’t care about Blue Ivy Carter, why are you spending precious moments of your life that you clearly can spend on something so much more important, diminishing the birth of a black child?” I am not diminishing the birth of any child…nor am i celebrating the birth of a child simply b/c they were born to someone famous. It has nothing to do with being black or white, i don’t care about any of them b/c i don’t know them. When i say i don’t care, what i actually mean is, if this weren’t in the news, i wouldn’t know any difference so it doesn’t impact my life. Let those two and their families be ecstatic for them. As for me, i will be ecstatic for the kids I know being born from the couples that i know, love, and adore. I will not go around praising every little thing that someone does b/c then it diminishes from when something truly significant happens. This event isn’t one of them.
But the time you’re taking to say its not important?
I see what you are saying but that is the thing that I like about this site and the reason why i continue to come back, the fact that I can comment and say that something isn’t important and join in the conversation. If people didn’t voice their opinion when they didn’t agree or saw a different perspective then there would never be a debate or open dialogue.
It also takes just a few minutes to write my comments but I get your point.
They are Michigan fans who secretly root for the Cubs. You heard it here first.
i don’t think it’s particularly historical. at least not in my life. unless she grows up and cures cancer or something… i don’t see how she can impact our lives in a huge way.
as far as the name…i like the name. i don’t get the uproar. Our president’s name is Barack. Condoleeza had Bush on her pinky.
celebrity baby names don’t surprise me. Denim, Diesal, Apple, Seven, Pax, i even read Marmaduke as someone’s son’s name. Rob Morrow’s daughter’s name is TU. as in Tu Morrow. yep. horrid.
but these children will be fine.
Marmaduke…as soon as I was old enough I’d whoop my parents’ a$$es.
LOL right. the other son’s name is like OliverTwist or something.
Silence is more damning than paragraphs.
Know what’s funny. People’s name hardly are factors anymore far as job hunting is concerned. I work at a fortune 500 and maybe because its soo big you have people form all over the world. Unique names are the norm. **shrug** I work with people named ‘Apple” “Skye” etc.
She already is featured on a track….
http://hypebeast.com/2012/01/jay-z-featuring-b-i-c-glory/
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Nigga this article is weak and wack come up with something else. You’re getting horrible on us with all this weak articles lately!!!!
Blue Ivy Carter’s birth matters to the Knowles & Carter families and friends. Outside of that, I say wish the new parents, friends, and both sides of the families well and move on about your business. Babies are blessings. Baby Blue is a blessing just like every child who was born that day. The fans are BEYOND crazy – taking to social media sites arguing with people, blowing up message boards, over two people who don’t know you. It’s okay to be a fan but some people are going way overboard.
I, for one, think celebrating someone’s happiness is important. I do it for my friends/family when they marry, get engaged, have children. I do it for public figures about whom I care. Nothing more, nothing less. Not saying you SHOULD CARE (nonchalance is great), but if their happiness (and others’ resulting happiness) makes you ACTIVELY MAD…. I don’t know what to tell ya. Have a Coke and smile.
*throws the rest of my wallet in the collection plate.
you don’t have to care, but to get worked up ONE way OR the other is just… exactly what you said.
can’t i exchange the coke for a water with lemon though? thanks!
REALLY THAT’S NOT WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE? BUT IT IS “BLUE IVY” IS A GREAT POLE NAME..