Blue Ivy Carter

Background

Blue Ivy Carter was born on January 7, 2012, in New York, United States. Two days after her birth, she featured on her father’s single, ‘Glory,’ which he released to celebrate her birth, and she was dubbed the “New Princess of Pop” by “Rolling Stone” magazine. ‘Glory’ made Carter the youngest person to chart on the Billboard charts. Since her birth, her parents have helped secure trademarks of her name for numerous products. The race for trademarks led to her mother’s argument that Carter is a cultural icon. She later featured as part of the choir on the Coldplay song ‘Up & Up’ in 2015. In 2018, she began attending West Hollywood’s The Center for Early Education.

In 2020, Carter appeared on her mother’s track ‘Brown Skin Girl.’ As a result, she became the youngest winner of a Grammy Award. She also received the Soul Train Music Award for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award. In November 2020, Carter read Matthew A. Cherry’s book, “Hair Love.” The book describes an African-American father’s experience as he styled his daughter’s hair, and advocated for the celebration of black hair.

In January 2023, Carter joined her mother onstage to sing ‘Brown Skin Girl’ at a private show in Dubai and she was well-received. In May, she also joined her mother on her 2023 Renaissance World Tour as a dancer and showed off her incredible dancing skills.

Carter has enjoyed fame and the many problems that come with it. Just before her eighth birthday, Vanity Fair film critic K. Austin Collins wrote a disparaging tweet about her looks and Violet Lucca, Web Editor and Digital Director at “Harper’s Magazine,” joined the conversation. This young star has experienced the best of both worlds: the applause from fans and unfair criticism from people who should know better.