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Beyoncé and Jay-Z's daughter Blue Ivy lives the ultimate showbiz life - and she's only nine years old. The famous offspring made music history as one of the youngest people to ever win a Grammy Award just days ago.
Without doubt, Blue lives a lavish lifestyle as her parents have cemented their status as a power couple in the showbiz world.
It's reported Blue and her siblings Sir and Rumi Carter have an estimated worth of $778,950,000 (Sh87billion) because of their mega trust fund, according to GQ magazine.
She has embarked on a path to follow her mum's footsteps to a sparkling showbiz life. Already she has music and modelling credentials to her name.
Music career
She was honoured with the Best Music Video Grammy for her starring role in her mum's Brown Skin Girl video. Queen Bey, who also made history for winning the most ever Grammys on receiving the best R&B performance gong, gave a speech where she gave Blue a shoutout.
Speaking at the Grammy Awards, she said: "Two daughters and my son, they're all watching. Blue, congratulations, she won a Grammy tonight.
"I'm so proud of you and I'm so honoured to be your mommy, all of your mommy's. Y'all are my babies, and I'm so proud of y'all. I love you so much, my rock."
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Red carpet life
Blue is an extraordinary nine-year-old and she's been attending showbiz extravaganzas from the age of two. She's walked the red carpet holding hands with her mum Bey. And her first ever music event was the 2014 MTV VMAs.
Among the biggest stars in the music industry, Blue has sat front row with Beyoncé and Jay Z at the Grammys in 2017 and 2018.
Modelling stint
Blue has already shown she's one to watch in the fashion circles. The little girl joined her designer mum Beyoncé in modelling her Ivy Park's latest collection earlier this year.
Bey's mum Tina Knowles-Lawson gushed over her granddaughter's modelling on social media. Tina also revealed Blue has star quality, having inserted herself into the shoot when she wasn't originally meant to be in it.
She wrote: "My Beautiful grandbaby Blue Ivy looking like a little super model in her Ivy Park. Swing your hair Blue!!!!! She inserted herself into this shoot. No she was not supposed to be in it!
"She was just hanging out and got dressed and I guess she said 'I'm not gonna tell you what I could do I'm gonna show you.' I love that aggressive spirit My Blue Blue!!!!"
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Sweet showbiz personality
Speaking in an interview, Beyoncé shared some rare insight on her daughter Blue in November last year.
The singer gushed her daughter was "very smart" and "aware" for her age.
She told Vogue: "Blue is very smart, and she is aware that there is a shift, but it is my job as a parent to do my best to keep her world as positive and safe as can be for an eight-year-old."
Beyoncé also revealed her daughter's true sweet nature and how proud of her she is.
She added: "Blue saw some of the reactions to the Brown Skin Girl video, as well as some of the videos from the philanthropic work I’ve done this year.
"When I tell her I’m proud of her, she tells me that she’s proud of me and that I’m doing a good job. It’s teeeeeew much sweetness. She melts my heart. I believe the best way to teach them is to be the example."
Beyoncé shared a sweet detail that Blue leaves "the most beautiful letters" for Santa Claus each year.
Meaning behind her unusual name
In June 2012, the Crazy In Love hitmaker hinted at the meaning behind Blue's unusual name. The singer shared an extract from Rebecca Solnit’s 2005 novel A Field Guide to Getting Lost on her tumblr account.
With references to Blue, the passage read: "The world is blue at its edges and in its depths. This blue is the light that got lost. Light at the end blue end of the spectrum does not travel the whole distance from the sun to us.
"It disperses among the molecules of the air; it scatters in the water. Water is colorless, shallow water appears to be the color of whatever lies underneath it, but deep water is full of this scattered light, the purer the water the deeper the blue."
