Baby Blue Ivy's Name Explained! Other Parents Still Upset With Beyoncé And Jay-Z!

This weekend we learned two wildly famous and wealthy people used their power and money for good. Just kidding! Beyoncé and Jay-Z used their fame and fortune to rent out an entire floor of Lenox Hill Hospital, inconveniencing others that also needed access to loved ones and medical attention. The couple were there for the birth of their child, Blue Ivy, and closed off the 4th (VIP pad) and 6th (delivery suite) floors, depending on where Team Carter was at the time. Problem is: they also closed access off to parents who needed to see their own babies in the neonatal intensive-care unit.

New dad Neil Coulin spoke out about the inconvenience this weekend, saying he was unable to see his premature, newborn twins. He told the Daily News, “This is the NICU. Nobody cares if you’re a celebrity. Nobody is star-gazing. They just want to see their children. To have that circus roll into town and ruin our parade was unpleasant."

The NY Post, who have already dubbed Blue Ivy a "diva," has more details on the couple's extravagant stay at Lenox Hill. The customization of "their" floor took two months, with bulletproof doors installed, window glass tinted, and curtains put up so no one could catch a glimpse of the royalty walking about the floor if they managed to make it past the security detail. The Post also notes that, "Last night, at least four security guards stood watch at the hospital’s fourth-floor elevator bank, where new parents and grandparents were still voicing their frustrations over security measures that delayed or completely prevented them from visiting."

But let's talk about THAT NAME, right? It turns out that Blue Ivy Carter was named for her dad’s album, Blueprint, "and her mom’s favorite number, 4—represented by the Roman numeral IV, or Ivy.” And look at that, pops has already recorded a song for her—because they probably installed a recording studio in one of the commoners' rooms in the hospital.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on January 9, 2012 2:50 PM

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lavonda williams

God dont like ugly....

Shakti

The comments here are disgustingly racist. Hate that they have money, sure. Hate that they inconvenienced people. But to bring it down to race is ridiculous. So offensive.

dd7

You are the only one bringing up race - not a single comment here before yours has anything to do with race.

dd7

No talent AND no class.

Red Ryder

Why are people upset at two self-important douches? Be angry at the hospital for allowing these cunts to get what they want.

whosonfirst123

Considering what they probably paid for the whole floor, I'm guessing that the hospital's administration would do it again. Care providers are always struggling with funding, and they'd be retarded to turn down such a payday. Find something else to get outraged about.

Zutronic

I can understand wanting privacy, however, a whole floor is most certainly not necessary, epically if it jeopardizes other patients in need.

Michael F. Longo

I don't understand that if she wanted all the privacy why didn't see have the baby at Weill Cornell where there is a whole VIP floor in the hospital devoted to private suites and rooms. King Abdullah took over the entire floor and wing back in 2010.

whiteiris

"The tune is a tribute to the couple's new baby, Blue Ivy Carter, who was born in New York late Saturday night.

In the song, Jay-Z, 42, talks about where
the child was conceived (in Paris) and even reveals that Beyonce, 30, had a lost a child one point.

'Last time the miscarriage was so tragic/We was afraid you'd disappear/But nah baby you magic.'

The sound of crying Blue Ivy can be heard at the end of the song.
The track was produced by Pharrell and credits the new arrival as 'B.I.C.'

Other
moving lyrics include: 'The most amazing feeling I feel, words can't
describe what I'm feeling for real / Baby, I paint the sky blue, my
greatest creation was you.'You're the child of destiny / you're the child of my destiny / you're my child with the child from Destiny's Child.'

Early reports claimed the singer gave birth via C-section, but the couple now say otherwise."

nunyadamn

Cause a C-section would leave a scar which we would not see when Beyonce wears bikinis in the future.

Morgan Hocking

Sounds like they got high and thought the name of the weed would be good as a kids name.

Freddi BuBu

Actually, what's more annoying than what they did is the dismissive attitude their kind usually has, as in "lookit all dem hatas out dare, son...."

bawlsdeep

Seriously had no clue that JayZ was still considered famous. And Blue Ivy is definitely the worst made-up name I've heard in a while. At least guys like Meat Loaf chose their ridiculous name, rather than having such greatness thrust upon them.