411 Mania — It contains a lot of names.... more info

The Newsroom — Jay-Z has "99 Problems," and now he can't even say what "ain't one." The rapper retires the b-word for the sake of his baby daughter, Blue Ivy. more info

411 Mania — She says Jay-Z wouldn't have missed the birth for anything... more info

Guardian Music — The rapper's vow to stop using one word didn't impress me. Hip-hop has so much to answer for, not least hostility to womenSean Carter, who performs under the name Jay-Z, has apparently vowed never again to use the word bitch in the wake of the birth ... more info

Dlisted — NME posted a poem they say Jay-Z wrote about how the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy Carter has inspired him to stick a bitch word filter on the tip of his tongue. Jay-Z, who has said in the past that he regrets some of the lyrics about women in his o... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Someday when post-pregnancy Beyonce emerges, we might learn how she and Jay-Z came up with their daughter's colorful leafy name. A combination of Jay-Z's favorite color and Beyonce's favorite creeping plant? Beyonce's first choice for a band name bef... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — We all know that parenthood changes a person – usually for the better. In Jay-Z's case, the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy Carter means he'll be toning it down on the song front. The world-renown rapper says he'll never use misogynistic lyrics ag... more info

Dlisted — A natural reaction to this new promo picture for Beyonce's last album is: Because that looks like Beyonce as much as this pasty fat blob of depressing feelings over my stomach looks like Serena Williams' 10-pack. But some bitches aren... more info

NME - The Daily Download — The sounds rattling round the skulls of the NME staff this week [...] Read more! more info

ContactMusic — Beyonce has defended her decision to employ extra security guards at the hospital where she gave birth insisting she needed added protection for the sake of her daughter The superstar singer and her husband Jay Z welcomed their first child daughter B... more info