12 FUN FACTS ABOUT BLUE IVY CARTER AS SHE TURNS 12 YEARS OLD!

Happy 12th Birthday to Blue Ivy Carter!& Today, we celebrate not just the daughter of music royalty Beyoncé and JAY-Z, but a young star who has already left an indelible mark on the world. Here are 12 fun facts about the talented and accomplished young star: Birth of a Star: Blue Ivy Carter was born on January 7, 2012 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Two days later, TIME magazine dubbed her “the most famous baby in the world.” Name Origin: & Jay-Z revealed in a recent interview that Blue Ivy’s name was originally intended to be Brooklyn. He said, “Her name was meant to be Brooklyn. That was the name we had in theory, but when we got the sonogram, it was super small and we was calling her blueberry. Like, ‘Look at the little blueberry!’ It was a nickname. For nine months, we were like, ‘Look at the little blueberry,’ so it was natural. We just took the ‘berry’ off and called her Blue.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by WGCI Chicago (@wgci) Musical Debut at 2 Days Old: JAY-Z recorded Blue Ivy’s cries just two days after her birth and incorporated them...