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Jay-Z: Daughter Blue Ivy Doesn't Need To Be Tough Like Me

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Sep. 6 2012, Published 8:49 a.m. ET

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As a first time dad Jay-Z is a proud papa and already knows the values he wants to instill into his nine-month-old baby girl, Blue Ivy.

The Watch The Throne rapper gushed about life with wife Beyoncé to The New York Times Style Magazine saying that his family is "amazing."

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The 42-year-old says having had a rough childhood growing up in the housing projects in Brooklyn, New York, is a completely different proposition to the life his tot is having.

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"We would fight each other. My brother would beat me up," the hip hop mogul shared of his family dynamics. "I was going to have to fight, I was going to have to go through some things, and they were preparing me."

But Jay says that his gorgeous little girl "doesn't have to be tough" like her dad.

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"She has to love herself, she has to know who she is, she has to be respectful, and be a moral person," he shared of his wish for Blue Ivy.

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The music superstar couple celebrated Beyoncé 's 31st birthday in complete style this week and were seen onboard a private yacht in the Mediterranean Sea off of the South of France.

As okmagazine.com previously reported, Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian's fledgling friendship has apparently hit a rough patch and they barely acknowledged each other during the Budweiser Made in America festival over the Labor Day weekend.

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