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The singer, who gave birth to her son, Egypt—with music producer-husband Swizz Beatz—in October, sat down with The Daily Beast to discuss the film, growing up in rough and tumble New York, play dates between Egypt and Jay-Z/Beyoncé’s daughter, Blue Ivy, and much more.
I hear you’ve known Beyoncé since you were a teenager? How did you two meet?
We were both signed to Sony and I was about 15, I think. We did these different showcases and all these things together, and Destiny’s Child was there. We talk about that now, too, how we’ve known each other for so long and now we’re both married and have kids. It’s pretty crazy how life is.
Are your son Egypt and Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy going to be hanging out?
They’ve hung out on a couple of occasions! I think they like each other very much. They get along very well.
How has becoming a mother changed your life?
It’s made me so much hotter. I’m so much better and so much smarter, I feel like. I have a bigger capacity to feel. And I’m more fun, and the world is more fun. When I was traveling before I was a mom, I’d just go from city to city. But now, I’m like, “What can we do in this city that will make us remember this city together?” You want to live more in the moment.
Is your son, Egypt, named after that formative trip you took in 2006 when you were going through a very tough time?
Yes. I didn’t even think of it, my husband [music producer Swizz Beatz] did. He said, “You always talk about how Egypt changed you and how big of an impact it had on your life, so what do you think about naming the baby Egypt?” So he’s been named ‘Egypt’ since I was four months’ pregnant. But that trip was my first step into freedom; into claiming my own power and taking time to realize I could change things and make them the way I want to be. When you start out young, you get swept away and forget that you can make a life that you can be happy with, and I was losing that, and I found that on that trip. That was just the beginning of becoming a girl on fire.
You’ve got two pretty huge gigs booked—President Obama’s Inaugural Ball and singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Which one are you more nervous about?
Oh man. When it comes to these things, particularly the Super Bowl, I view it like an animal and I just plan to tear it all up.
Are you going to try to break Whitney Houston’s record for the longest National Anthem at the Super Bowl?
Listen: there’s only one Whitney, but there’s only one me, too, so hopefully I can do it in my style and my way. That’s what I want to achieve: to do a very special version of it that only I could do.
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I wonder if the rumour of Blue punching him is true.
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cute
