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If this is true, Blue Ivy may have a big brother. Jay Z may have a mini me. And Beyoncé is going to be a step mother.
This is big news as well as English in the first conditional.
A 21-year-old aspiring rapper has filed a paternity suit claiming that rapper Jay Z is his father from a former romance more than 20 years ago with the boy’s mother.
Rymir Satterthwaite is part of an ongoing battle to prove who his father really is. According to court papers, his mother previously tried to get the 45-year-old rapper to take a DNA test to prove he was the father. This happened after another man who had been paying child support for years was proven not to be the father after DNA testing.
Jay Z fought successfully against a DNA test several years ago to determine if Rymir was his son, court papers reported.
If Jay Z really is his father the boy’s passion for rap and goals to have a rap career might be explained. “It was in my blood,” the Philadelphia native said. “I really wanted to pursue my dreams. That’s what I’ve been doing, pursuing my dreams.”
Will he be part of the rap mogul family? We will have to wait and see.
When we talk about what may happen with Jay Z, or anything that is a good possibility in the future, we can use the English first conditional.
Here’s how it is formed:
If + simple Present + future clause (will + verb)
Other rules:
- The first conditional describes a particular situation, not a general one.
- The future clause can also contain other modal verbs like can, must or may.
- The future clause can contain ‘going to.’
Examples:
That boy will be very happy if Jay Z is his father.
If it is true, then Blue Ivy will have a brother.
If he is Jay Z’s son, he is going to have a very famous father.
If you go to a Jay Z concert, you must wear earplugs because it’s very loud.
