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"Daddy&amp;apos;s little girl, indeed! In his &amp;quot;most revealing interview ever,&amp;quot; Jay Z covers the November issue of Vanity Fair and opens about being a first-time dad to 20-month-old daughter, Blue Ivy, and why she&amp;apos;s his &amp;quot;biggest fan.&amp;quot; Sharing how he first pursued now-wife Beyonce and addressing rumors that she wasn&amp;apos;t really pregnant with Blue, Jay Z gets personal with the magazine.&amp;#xA0;\r\nThough Beyonce, 32, has said Blue likes Jay Z&amp;apos;s music better than hers, the 43-year-old rapper says &amp;quot;that&amp;apos;s not true,&amp;quot; but admits his daughter did fall in love with his twelfth studio album, Magna Carta . . . Holy Grail.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;She does like her mother&amp;apos;s music -- she watches [Beyonce&amp;apos;s concerts] on the computer every night. But my album came out and I don&amp;apos;t know if Blue ever heard any of my music prior to this album -- she&amp;apos;s only 18 months old and I don&amp;apos;t play my music around the house,&amp;quot; Jay Z explains. &amp;quot;But this album was new, so we played it. And she loves all the songs. She plays a song and she goes, &amp;apos;More, Daddy, more . . . Daddy song.&amp;apos; She&amp;apos;s my biggest fan. If no one bought the&amp;#xA0;Magna Carta&amp;#xA0;[album], the fact that she loves it so much, it gives me the greatest joy. And that&amp;apos;s not like a cliche. I&amp;apos;m really serious. Just to see her -- &amp;apos;Daddy song, more, Daddy.&amp;apos; She&amp;apos;s genuine, she&amp;apos;s honest, because she doesn&amp;apos;t know it makes me happy. She just wants to hear it.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThough Jay Z doesn&amp;apos;t have to work hard to win over his daughter&amp;apos;s affection, he says he &amp;quot;of course&amp;quot; had to pursue Beyonce. Jay Z reveals that he and Beyonce &amp;quot;were just beginning to try to date each other&amp;quot; when they were both featured on the cover of Vanity Fair&amp;apos;s 2001 Music Issue. &amp;quot;Well, you know, you&amp;apos;ve got to try first,&amp;quot; he explains. &amp;quot;You got to dazzle . . . wine and dine.&amp;quot;\r\nIf Jay Z hadn&amp;apos;t been the Grammy-winning artist that he was, does he think Beyonce would have fallen for him? &amp;quot;If I&amp;apos;m as cool as I am, yes. But she&amp;apos;s a charming southern girl, you know, she&amp;apos;s not impressed . . .&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;But I would have definitely had to be this cool.&amp;quot;\r\nThe couple tied the knot in 2008, and Jay Z says his wife has changed from from the good girl that she was. &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s gangsta now,&amp;quot; he said with a laugh.\r\n\r\nAll kidding aside, Jay Z was quick to defend his wife against rumors that she wasn&amp;apos;t really pregnant with Blue back in January. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s just so stupid. You know, I felt dismissive about it, but you&amp;apos;ve got to feel for her. I mean, we&amp;apos;ve got a really charmed life, so how can we complain? But when you think about it, we&amp;apos;re still human beings,&amp;quot; he explains. And even in hip-hop, all the blogs -- they had a field day with it. I&amp;apos;m like, We come from you guys, we represent you guys. Why are you perpetuating this? Why are you adding fuel to this ridiculous rumor?&amp;quot;&amp;quot;\r\nOne rumor that turned out to be true, however, was the couple deciding to trademark their daughter&amp;apos;s name. Jay Z explains that they got the trademark so others couldn&amp;apos;t exploit the name for profit. &amp;quot;People wanted to make products based on our child&amp;apos;s name and you don&amp;apos;t want anybody trying to benefit off your baby&amp;apos;s name,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;It wasn&amp;apos;t for us to do anything; as you see, we haven&amp;apos;t done anything.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFor more of Jay Z&amp;apos;s interview, pick up the November issue of Vanity Fair on newsstands nationally Oct. 9."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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