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Blue Ivy Carter was a little starstruck meeting LeBron James.

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Blue Ivy Carter was too nervous to ask LeBron James for an autograph, so her dad Jay Z had to provide a little encouragement.

The eight-year-old approached the basketball pro with her dad after his team, the Los Angeles Lakers, beat the Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center on Sunday.

, after Jay Z congratulated James, Blue tapped on her dad’s shoulders to get him to make the special request from her.

“I can’t do it. If you want it, you gotta tell him,” Jay Z responded. “You almost got it out. Yeah, just do it.”

Realizing Blue Ivy was too nervous to ask, James said: “You want a ball from me? Okay, I got you.”

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Blue Ivy Carter was so starstruck by LeBron James that she needed her dad Jay Z to provide a little encouragement before she asked him for his autograph on Sunday.

Blue went on to the Staples Center court with Jay Z to ask the basketball pro for his autograph following his Los Angeles Lakers win against the Los Angeles Clippers.