Jay-Z Vows To Change Vocabulary After Birth of Daughter

The birth of Blue Ivy Carter has influenced Jay-Z to stop using “bitch” in his lyrics, according to the New York Daily News. The rapper, who topped the charts with “99 Problems,” where he famously proclaimed “I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one” over and over, recently wrote a poem dedicated to his daughter where he promises to axe the word from his vocabulary.

Jay-Z wrote, “Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich/I didn’t think hard about using the word bitch/I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it/Now with my daughter in this world I curse those that give it.”

This could be a shift in the rap game considering how influential Jay-Z is. Perhaps more will follow in his footsteps and find a more suitable and less offensive way to describe women in rap songs. He also wrote, “No man will degrade her, or call her name. I’m so focused on your future, the degradation has passed. I wish you wealth, health and insight. Forever young you may pass. Blue Ivy Carter, my angel.”

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