The Carters Welcome Blue Ivy Carter

At last the long-awaited hip-hop princess is born.  Rapper Jay-Z and wife Beyoncé finally welcome the heiress of the Carter throne: Blue Ivy Carter.  The super couple’s first child was born January 8th, 2012 via scheduled cesarean section at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City.

But when the little bundle of joy does arrive, don’t expect to catch a glimpse of Babyonce on the cover of a celebrity weekly.

Celebrity friends congratulated Jay-Z and Beyoncé via Twitter, beginning with the Carters’ close family friend Gwyneth Paltrow who tweeted: “Welcome to the world, Blue! We love you already!”.  Rihanna followed suit with “Welcome to the world, princess Carter! Love, aunty Rih”. Fellow rapper Diddy wrote: “Congrats to jay and B! God Bless :) ! And many more!”. Tyrese sent some Twitter love: “Congrats to you both.. You are loved! Beyoncé and Jay are new proud parents of a healthy baby girl.. Blessings!!”

The stream of celebrity well-wishers continued on Twitter, and there’s even a fake account formed using the baby’s misspelled name: @IvyBlueCarter. Speculations of when the official baby photos will surface has also been around the world wide web for quite some time now. We’ll keep our eyes and ears open for this.