'Blue Ivy' Strain Marijuana Sprouting Up In LA Weed Shops

We knew Beyonce and Jay-Z's baby Blue Ivy was going to be influential, but this just isn't what we expected.

The week-old child is already racing up the Billboard charts with her cries audible on her dad's song "Glory," and she already has her own strain of marijuana named after her, reports TMZ.

According to the website, several weed dispensaries in Los Angeles are selling a new strain of pot called "OG Blue Ivy." Of course, Beyonce and Jay-Z didn't sign off on the new strain, but they don't have a trademark on their daughter's name and so far the stores haven't received any sort of legal notice from the couple.

A medical marijuana dispensary called 661 Medical in Rosamond, Calif. promoted a new strain called "Ivy Blue OG" by tweeting on Jan. 12:

"#newstrain #newstrain #newstrain IVY BLUE OG #kush $20 gram $55 8th #newstrain."

There's been debate surrounding why the couple choose the name Blue Ivy, but she's not the first to have that moniker. In addition to the potent offerings at LA weed dispensaries, baby Blue Ivy already shares her name with an event planning firm, a communications company, and a cake design company -- and sharing the name is proving to be good for business.

Blue Ivy Events owner, Veronica Alexandra told ABC New Radio that the company has been inundated with calls, emails and plenty of accidental Facebook and Twitter mentions.

"It's been crazy. I got my first call about [the birth] at 5:23 on {Monday] morning and it hasn't let up," she told the radio station. Alexandra said she's thrilled with the free publicity and adds she'd love to sponsor little Blue's first birthday party.

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Comments

[Gro Spot]

11:13 PM on 01/29/2012

Sounds like a nice tasty smoke like blue dream. http://www.grostrain.com/strains-of-marijuana.html

[Tonydeeee]

12:35 PM on 01/26/2012

If Blue Ivy weed makes beautiful women wear a dress like this then I need a life- time supply and my own Butane company.

[Tonydeeee]

12:28 PM on 01/26/2012

Forget the weed. Every beautiful woman should have a dress like that in their wardrobe.

[michelleobamaok]

09:23 AM on 01/22/2012

SINCE Jay-Z used to sell crack cocaine to his own people in his own neighborhood, it is only just that his own kid would inspire street drug named after her.

[Tonydeeee]

12:25 PM on 01/26/2012

I think that is behind him now. By the way; our own gov. done have done some pretty horrible things in the African - American communites. How do you think crack cocaine came into America and flourished?

[mlfertig]

04:27 PM on 01/21/2012

Poor kid has wierd parents who cant give her a NORMAL name and instead name her after a type of Pot...(why did i caplitalize "normal" and why is it a play on words?)

[rupe357]

12:30 PM on 01/26/2012

NORML is what i think you meant, and the strain was named after the baby, you got it backwards, unless you medicated before you posted, which then would sense perfect make, or something...

[mlfertig]

03:52 PM on 01/26/2012

wow you found that post so long after I wrote it,,and you are right i forgot to drop the A in NORML...:-)

[mlfertig]

04:25 PM on 01/21/2012

Why dont they just all the baby their "Little Doobie"

[steelesimmons]

08:05 PM on 01/19/2012

When I first heard the name, I thought JZ named her after something he smokes!

[Rexter]

09:14 AM on 01/19/2012

Earth shattering news here.

[Tonydeeee]

12:26 PM on 01/26/2012

Yeah, Wow!

[Shawns AppLez]

12:20 AM on 01/19/2012

If I named my son-2-be after a strain of weed, I would catch a damn ACS case! Shhh .. And, for the record, enough with the Beyonce and Jay-Z "news", it's becoming sickening ..

[John Hazelton Smith]

04:16 AM on 01/18/2012

Now this is just racial profiling to me. Did any other singers or rappers out there, regardless of their race, get a strain of weed named after them? Then why this couple? are you trying to say they smoke weed? Or black people smoke weed? or maybe we will get them to try weed because we named it after their daughter?

[Js420]

01:30 PM on 01/18/2012

Im guessing you dont. Willie Nelson, Woody H and plenty more have had strains named after them. Or maybe you just live in a State with bad weed.

[knbyt]

05:18 PM on 01/18/2012

the band KMK invented the King's Blend strain and they are white.

[kristinguy528]

12:39 AM on 01/18/2012

Success- Having pot with your name on it.

[Marklar]

08:15 PM on 01/17/2012

After reading the comments I realized that most people don't understand that this child isn't going to have a life like yours. She is the daughter of Jay Z and Beyonce. It doesn't matter what you name her, she won't be having the same type of experiences that I, you or your children will have. Because of her parents success she starts out with the world at her feet, she won't have to go to a public school, get a regular job, or even have to go get her own coffee if she doesn't want to, etc., because doors are already open for her just by being born.

[MsLadyBlueWorld]

06:33 PM on 01/17/2012

i love beyonce but this is beginning to be a little bit redundant 1.5 million on toys now people are naming their marijuana after a baby give the little girl a chance and a break beyonce and jay z you guys really did youselves in with this controvery baby name.

[surfandshop]

06:07 PM on 01/17/2012

sadly, Since the federal crack down on dispensaries, many will never enjoy the "blue ivy".

[Cheryl Everett]

08:26 PM on 01/17/2012

Sure they will, I'm from LA, all they do is move locations. The Feds eventually find them, harrass them again (they look for other reasons to close them down, like violations of fire codes, building codes, underage employees, etc.) they move again, and so on and so on. I know of several that have done it, seems to work fine!

[Lily P]

05:27 PM on 01/17/2012

Fitting. The kid will be swinging from poles in a few years anyway.