Blue Ivy Carter to narrate 'Hair Love'

Blue Ivy Carter is continuing to expand her already impressive resume. The 8-year-old daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z has just booked her latest gig and we are already in love. On Monday, author and filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry announced that Blue Ivy Carter would narrate the audiobook version of Hair Love.Cherry gave a sneak peek of Bey and Jay’s eldest showing off her narrator skills, posting an 8-second clip on Twitter. Blue Ivy can be heard reading the book title and introducing Cherry and herself. We are already impressed.

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— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) November 9, 2020

No surprise, Cherry’s announcement has fans shook, including director Ava DuVernay.

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— Ava DuVernay (@ava) November 9, 2020

Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. Speaking it into existence! pic.twitter.com/fY5DII09yD

— Duane (@SuaveLlave) November 9, 2020

BLUE IVY BOOKED AND BUSY!

— Zé Taylor (@FATHERBONNET) November 9, 2020

Blue Ivy’s audiobook version of Hair Love is available now for purchase and for free. On November 10, Cherry tweeted that anyone with a library card has access to the latest iteration of the project through the digital library service Hoopla Digital.

Good news! Anyone with a valid library card can listen to Blue Ivy’s narration of our #HairLove audiobook for free by visiting the digital library service @hooplaDigital https://t.co/tvcjotIZ01

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) November 10, 2020

Hair Love is the latest exciting project by Sir and Rumi’s big sis. In June, Beyoncé and Blue Ivy won the BET HER Award for their “Brown Skin Girl” collaboration, making Blue Ivy the youngest-ever BET Award winner at just eight years old. The youngster also earned a NAACP Image Award for her contribution to her mother’s empowering song.As for Cherry, he began his Hair Love project in 2017 with a Kickstarter campaign aimed as raising money to create a short animated film about a Black father trying to style his daughter’s hair. The project surpassed its $75,000 goal and raised $300,000. Working with co-producer Karen Rupert Toliver, Cherry created Hair Love and released it in 2019 with Sony Pictures Animation, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film that same year. Featuring an all-star list of producers and backers, including Jordan Peele, Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade, Yara Shahidi and Gabourey Sidibe, the seven-minute film featured Insecure actor and creator Issa Rae as the mother. Following its theatrical release and subsequent upload on YouTube, Hair Love was made into a children’s book. Cherry worked with illustrator Vashti Harrison, who is best known for her popular Little Leaders series.In July, HBO Max announced that they had ordered a 12-episode animated series based on Hair Love. Cherry will act as the showrunner along with Carl Jones. HBO Max’s announcement came one month after Warner Bros. revealed they had signed Cherry for a first-look development deal. Speaking to Variety, Cherry said that he was excited to bring new projects to both streaming and cable. “It’s an important time to be a Black creative working in this industry, and I look forward to creating impactful projects and partnering with other talented marginalized voices in our community,” said Cherry.[video_embed id='2072936']BEFORE YOU GO: Mayor of Alex Trebek's home town remembers the late 'Jeopardy!' host[/video_embed]