How Rumi Carter, 7, persuaded mom Beyoncé to allow her to perform onstage

When your mom is Beyoncé and your dad is Jay Z, stardom practically runs in your veins. The couple’s eldest daughter, Blue Ivy, has already joined her superstar mom on stage during major tours. Now, it’s Beyoncé’s younger daughter, Rumi, who’s beginning to step into the spotlight.

The seven-year-old joined her mom and sister on stage during the Cowboy Carter Tour. At such a young age, we can’t help but wonder how Rumi persuaded the singer to allow her to perform?

Rumi Carter on stage with Beyoncé and Blue Ivy In an interview with ELLE UK, Beyoncé’s mom, Tina Knowles revealed how her granddaughter got permission to join the tour. “Rumi, for the last tour, just every day, said, “I want to go out there. I want to,'” she shared.

“She wanted to experience it, too. And so Beyoncé is allowing her to do it this time. And I’m really happy about it, because she has fun out there. She gets to be a kid, and when she gets offstage, she’s right back to being Rumi, the little kid, you know, the little seven-year-old, adorable.”

Tina also explained that her granddaughters “love the stage” because “they’ve grown up around it.” However, despite their fame at such a young age, Tina shared that “their mother keeps their lives normal. And they are just normal kids”.

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1. Young star

Aged just seven, Beyoncé’s singing ability was showcased on talent show where she performed John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’. In a 2004 interview with Rolling Stone, she said she was initially nervous but received a standing ovation and won the show. After that, her father took her to more talent shows and she triumphed an astonishing 45 times.

2. Sasha Fierce

In 2008, she adopted an alter ego called Sasha Fierce to help overcome her stage fright. Her album I am…Sasha Fierce was released that year. However, in 2010 she revealed she had outgrown the extroverted persona.

3. Pulling a Beyoncé

Beyoncé shocked fans in 2013 by releasing her self-titled album at midnight with no prior promotion. The move revolutionized the music industry and inspired artists such as Taylor Swift and Drake to follow suit. Billboard later named the trend “Pulling a Beyoncé.”

4. Vocal stamina

Her father told Rolling Stone in an interview that she would run a mile while practicing singing to improve her ability to sing and dance simultaneously. In 2017, her personal trainer shared with Insider that he once had her sing an entire album outdoors in the heat.

5. Low-key wedding

Beyoncé and Jay-Z married in 2008 in a private ceremony at the rapper’s Manhattan penthouse, attended by just 40 guests. Despite their cloak-and-dagger approach, they were spotted while picking up their marriage license in Scarsdale, New York.

Beyoncé’s childrenThe author also revealed that Beyoncé was initially hesitant about allowing Blue Ivy to perform at the Renaissance World Tour back in 2023. “I encouraged it because my girls were allowed to express themselves creatively in any way they chose to,” she shared.

Blue Ivy Carter caught dancing in the midst of the Cowboy Carter Tour, shared on Instagram”If they wanted to perform, then they got to perform. I tried to encourage everything that they wanted to do – every dream that they had. So my personal two cents was, ‘I hope you let her do it.’ Her mother, being protective of her, thought she was too young. She was like, ‘This is a heavy thing. It’s 70,000 people out there sometimes, so that’s a big deal for you to get in front of those people.’ And so her response came from a place of protection, and mine came from a place of, ‘Well, I would have let you do it.’ And I remember saying that. But it wasn’t my business, it was her mom’s business. I just kind of helped the conversation along a bit.”

Beyonce and Blue Ivy Carter at The 67th Annual Grammy AwardsEach night on the Cowboy Carter Tour when Rumi emerges onto the stage for Beyoncé’s performance of “Protector” – a song dedicated to her children – she waves to the crowds. Rumi told her grandmother that “it feels powerful” to be cheered on by such a loyal crowd.

The seven-year-old made her stage debut back on April 28 and is set to usher in her birthday with her twin brother Sir on June 13 while on tour in London.