The Making of Beyoncé

Sitting to Beyoncé’s left was Rumi, her seven-year-old daughter, tucked under her arm; behind her, Blue Ivy, her 13-year-old daughter, and in front of them, a crowd of 80,000. The MetLife Stadium in New Jersey was a sea of stetson hats and rhinestone handbags, shining silver chaps and American flags, mothers, daughters, teenagers and their friends.