Jay-Z Explains Why They Named Twins Sir and Rumi

Jay-Z revealed on the Rap Radar podcast why he and wife Beyoncé named their twins Rumi and Sir.

 “Rumi is our favorite poet, so it was for our daughter. And then Sir was, like, man, come out the gate,” Jay-Z explained. “He carries himself like that. He just came out, like, Sir.”

The 4:44 rapper added that he suspended his tour to also spend time with their newborns.

“I booked the tour for October so I could have at least four months ... to just really bond and see their fingers and s--t like that,” he said. “They'll be with me [on tour] anyway, but I'm just saying, like, [I needed] a space where I'm not doing nothing, I'm just focused on them. I'm not thinking about a show at night or anything like that. That's why the tour is so far away from the release of the album.”

Jay-Z and Beyoncé are also the parents of daughter Blue Ivy.