Nepo Baby of the Week: Blue Ivy Is the True Star of Her Mom’s Tour

Welcome back to Nepo Baby of the Week! If you come here often, you know how much I enjoy poking fun at the more detestable examples of Hollywood nepotism, whether it’s the Kardashians and their one-percenter problems or Brooklyn Beckham’s egregious cooking tutorials. This week, however, I'm a bit less cynical, as I was recently reminded of the value of certain nepo babies in our ever-declining celebrity ecosystem. Among them is the one and only Blue Ivy Carter.

Last week, I finally saw Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour in East Rutherford, New Jersey, after practically watching the entire show from every possible angle on my Twitter timeline over the past three months. (Yes, I know this column is technically long overdue!) That said, I mostly knew what to expect, aside from Beyoncé’s ever-expanding wardrobe of sequined jumpsuits and gowns.

I had hoped that maybe we’d get a Jay-Z appearance, given that many of the concertgoers, like myself, were traveling from New York. I even had the brief thought that Beyoncé would announce the long-awaited Renaissance visuals at my show in honor of the album’s one-year anniversary—before I immediately remembered that she never drops anything when you’d expect it.

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