Beyonce and Jay-Z have welcomed their first child - a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter. The 30-year-old singer's daughter arrived via scheduled caesarean section in a hospital in New York City. Beyonce's 42-year-old rapper husband Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, was by her side during the birth.
A source revealed that mother and baby are doing fine.
Beyonce, who was spotted out with her mother on Thursday night, is said to have booked the entire fourth floor of a New York city hospital for the birth, allegedly spending $1.3million. Celebrities have already started tweeting their congratulations to the couple, including hip-hop mogul
Russell Simmons and
Rihanna.
Rihanna posted: 'Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih.' Russell posted: 'Congrats to my good friends Beyonce and Jay-Z.' The baby's middle name Ivy may be in reference to Beyonce and Jay-Z's love of the number 4 - Roman numeral for 4 is IV.
Beyonce and Jay-Z were married on April 4, 2008.
Jay-Z's birthday is December 4.
While Beyonce's birthday is September 4.
Beyonce and Jay-Z have matching IV tattoos on their wedding fingers.
The singer.s latest album is called 4, which was her fourth solo studio album.
Jay-Z has a trilogy of albums under The Blueprint banner, which could have inspired his daughter's name. He has released The Blueprint, The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse and The Blueprint 3.