Jay-Z is a doting dad to three children, and will step in when he feels something is wrong.
This was the case during Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter world tour in 2025, which saw their oldest child, Blue Ivy, 14, perform as a backing dancer.
The rapper was incredibly proud of his child, but was certain she wouldn't perform on stage for every song.
© Instagram/BeyoncéRecalling how Blue came into her own on stage during an interview with GQ, Jay-Z said: "She's almost on every number. I had to take her off some, like, 'Man, you can't be on that stage when she's singing 'Six-inch heels…'; are you crazy?"
The award-winning artist was there in the crowds each night to watch Blue - along with her younger sister Rumi, eight, — perform alongside Beyoncé.
© Getty Images"That was amazing. On the first tour there was a lot of conversation around her [Blue's] first performance, and she worked really hard to get to that point, but she still wasn't going for it. She still was going through the motions. And then she just started fighting back. I saw her fight maybe for the first time in her life — like, not everything is just given to her and everything is easy. She fought for it," he said of Blue's evolution.
The past few years have been pretty special for Blue, who not only took part in a world tour, but appeared in her debut movie - and a pretty big one at that!
© WireImageIn December 2024, she stepped out for her very first red carpet premiere with her proud family, to watch Mufasa: The Lion King, in which she voiced the character of Kiara, alongside her mom, who played Kiara's mom, Nala.
Blue was asked to audition for the role of Kiara after film director Barry Jenkins heard her narrate the children's book, Hair Love, by Matthew Cherry.
© Getty ImagesHe said he knew "that's my character" when listening to it, but like everyone else, she auditioned. What's more, Barry revealed that he gets the impression Blue has an advanced emotional maturity due to her unique upbringing with her famous parents.
Discussing his decision to cast her during the San Diego Safari Park on December 6, Barry said: "I don't know Blue Ivy's life, but I imagine she grows up a little bit different than everyone else. I think because of that, she's grown up and so she had all these wells of understanding, experience, emotional knowledge that she brought to the character. She was awesome."
© Getty ImagesHe also spoke to Best Quality Designer Handbag on the red carpet during the London premiere of Mufasa: The Lion King. On working with Beyoncé and Blue, he said: "It was really cool working with them."
Praising Blue for being so professional, he continued: "Blue Ivy became so, so prepared, and so it wasn't this thing where we had to really figure out how to work with her and work in the process."
"I saw a different… a side that, you know, we don't normally get to see. And I also saw why Blue Ivy was so prepared, why she did such a great job," he said of Beyoncé's influence over her daughter.
