UPDATE: Jay-Z denies ever saying, writing, or rhyming that he would cease use of the b-word. Womp, womp.

Parenthood really can change people.

For the first 42 years of his life, Jay-Z had no problem referring to others as a b*tch. But when Shawn Carter and Beyoncé Knowles gave birth to their daughter, Blue Ivy, that all apparently changed. According to this report, the rapper will no longer use the explicit word in his lyrics.

Let’s look back on Jay’s use of the b-word in his songs… from starting out a track with it…

…to using it in the title of a song…

…perhaps the most noted use of it for Hov…

…and the most recent…

in the words of Drake, “better late than never, but never late is better.”