Blue Ivy Carter becomes an award-winning songwriter
- 18 Nov 2019
Blue Ivy Carter, Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s daughter won the Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award at Sunday’s Soul Train Awards for co-writing her mom’s hit "Brown Skin Girl,” a song celebrating dark- and brown-skinned women.
The song that features Wizkid and Saint Jhn, had Blue Ivy Carter giving a vocal performance at the beginning and the ending.
The Carters weren’t at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas to accept the honor named after the legendary Motown songwriting duo Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.
Ivy Carter shares the win with Beyoncé, Jay-Z, St. Jhn and several other co-writers.
This week could get even better for Ivy Carter: Grammy nominations will be revealed Wednesday and "Brown Skin Girl” could earn the young star her first Grammy nomination.
Both her parents are Grammy winners, Beyoncé has 23 Grammys and Jay-Z has 22.
"Brown Skin Girl” - which features Beyoncé namedropping Lupita Nyong’o, Naomi Campbell and Kelly Rowland and singing lyrics like, "I love everything about you, from your nappy curls to every single curve” - was also nominated for best collaboration at the Soul Train Awards.
Associated Press.
