Why Jay-Z Learned To Swim For Blue Ivy Carter

May 29 2021

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Fatherhood sent Jay-Z right into the deep end – literally! The hip-hop mogul revealed that he didn’t learn to swim until his and Beyoncé’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, was born, sharing on a recent episode of LeBron James’ HBO show “The Shop: Uninterrupted” that swimming wasn’t a skill he was especially interested in until he had the instinct to protect someone’s life that was more important to him than his own. I didn't learn how to swim until Blue was born. There goes everything you need to know. This is a metaphor for our relationship. If she ever fell in the water and I couldn't get her, I couldn't even fathom that thought. I gotta learn how to swim. That's it. That was the beginning of our relationship,” he said.