Jay-Z Recalls Blue Ivy Questioning His Flyness: “You Got Cool Parents”

Marc Griffin
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In a recent conversation with Gayle King, Jay-Z recalls Blue Ivy questioning his icon status. On Thursday (Oct. 26), CBS Mornings released part one of Hov and King’s interview as they toured his “Book of Hov Exhibit” at the Brooklyn Public Library.

In the interview, Jay recounted his rise from drug dealer to global icon, his relationship with Beyoncé, his duties as a father, and Blue not seeing him as the “cool dad.” He expressed that she has finally opened up to the idea at 11 years old and even looks to him for fashion tips.

“She used to be frontin’ on me a little bit,” the businessman said. “But [now] I catch her. I catch her in the corner, you know? Now she asks me, you know, if this is cool, if her sneakers [are cool]. There was a time where she was like, ‘Daaaaad.'” “‘I’m cool. I don’t know what you sayin. I’m cool! You got cool parents! At your house, your parents [are] cool.'”

Elsewhere in the interview, Gayle talked to Jay about his 13 albums. However, for Shawn Carter, it was 1996’s Reasonable Doubt that held a particular meaning to him. His debut was released on his own record label, Roc-A-Fella Records.

“I needed to grow into this album,” he told King. “And had I gone to a label, I don’t think I would’ve been able to fully explore what was really happening, because I had the freedom and the independence to really talk about the real stuff that was happening in the streets, and happening for me and my friends at the time.”

He also opened up about his album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. Jay honed in on the song “Streets is Watching” and explained that the track was the last song he played for The Notorious B.I.G. He recalled Biggie telling him “play it again” after each listen.

Additionally, Jay called Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life his most important album. “It was the album where I honed my craft as a songwriter, and that balance of creating exactly what I want and just as a writer, a technical song-maker, song-making skills with real stories is when it all came together on this album,” he admitted.

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