Beyonce now a mum
Pop diva and Jay-z rent hospital’s entire floor for birth
R&B diva and hip-hop star Jay-z are reportedly proud parents of a baby girl now.
NEW YORK: US pop diva Beyonce has given birth to a girl named Ivy Blue Carter, media reports said. The baby and mother are doing well.
The New York Daily News reports the singer checked into Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan’s upper East Side on Friday night under the name Ingrid Jackson.
Beyonce and her husband, hiphop star Jay-z, rented out the hospital’s entire fourth floor for Us$1.3mil (Rm4mil), the report said.
On Saturday night, people were seen bringing bags of food and bottles of red wine onto the heavily guarded hospital wing, apparently for celebrations, The Daily News noted.
Several security guards were spotted patrolling the perimeter of the hospital, the paper said.
There has been no official confirmation of the birth.
Friend and music mogul Russell Simmons was among the first to celebrate the arrival, tweeting the new parents: “Congrats to my good friends Beyonce and Jay-z”.
And singer Rihanna tweeted: “Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih.”
Beyonce and Jay-z, 42, got married in April 2008 after dating for six years.
In November, he told E! News: “Your child could come to you and have any type of conversation. I always hope for that kind of open relationship.” — Agencies