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En route to his eighth sold-out show at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Saturday, rap superstar Jay-Z decided to forego the cushy limos and travel like his fans do -- on the subway. But lest you think he just paid his fare and blended into the crowd, no. No he did not.

In case you're wondering, no, your life is not as fabulous as Beyonce's. Unless, of course, you and your superstar husband had a party for President Obama, after which the leader of the free world posted a photo of the three of you to his Twitter account to mark the occasion. Then, okay, maybe.

Some dads sing lullabies to their kids — but Jay-Z is not just any dad. And while some celebrity couples confirm the birth of children with boring old publicist statements, Hova is going one better there too, releasing a song in which he not only cops to the birth of daughter Blue Ivy, but records the baby girl’s first cries.

The birth of Blue Ivy Carter to Beyonce Knowles and Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter may have delighted fans of the famous couple, but it’s not such a big hit with some of the other new parents at the Manhatten hospitial in which she was born.

Jay-Z was particularly attentive to his wife Beyonce at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, where she revealed she’s pregnant with the couple’s first child.