Jay-Z not dropping the word 'bitch' from lyrics

The reports were wrong: even the birth of his baby daughter will not stop Jay-Z from using the world "bitch". And it appears the rapper is not the author of the widely circulated poem about Blue Ivy Carter, in which the writer says: "Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich/ I didn't think hard about using the word b*tch/ I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it/ Now with my daughter in this world I curse those that give it." The poem, initially attributed to Jay-Z, was actually written by the blogger Renee Gardner on 10 January. Three days after it was posted at Rolling Out , Perez Hilton brought it to wider attention on his own blog . "Jay-Z Swears Off 'B*tch' for Blue Ivy!" he wrote. He did not give a source. Soon the story was picked up by the Daily Mail , NME and New York magazine. The Guardian covered it , too. But when E! News asked Jay-Z's representatives for comment, the answer was unequivocal. "A source close to the rapper's camp [said] the poem in question is not by Jay-Z," it reported. "No word how the lyrics made it online, but it wasn't from the rap mogul." Another denial came via a tweet from the Roots' leader, ?uestlove: "This just in: [Jay-Z] to me: 'B*aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch!!!!!!!! and tweet that.'" As it is, Jay-Z's major public statement about his parenthood comes in his newest track, Glory . The B-word does not make an appearance. "Baby I'll paint the sky blue," he rapsabout his daughter. "My most greatest creation was you."