Don’t Call Me (Nepo) Baby! Celebrity Children Talented Beyond Their Last Name
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Choosing the last week of the year to do your first performance of the year for an album that dropped back in March is a typical boss move for Beyoncé. Thankfully, it was well-worth the wait as Billboard’s greatest pop star of the 21st century delivered a major gift to the world with her show-stopping halftime performance at the Ravens-Texans game on Christmas Day.
A top-to-bottom explosive experience overall, the “Beyoncé Bowl” stood out for more than one sole reason. However, many haven’t been able to stop praising the epic baton-passing moment as she danced alongside her now-12-year-old firstborn daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.
This comes just a few weeks after their mother/daughter domination in Hollywood with the release of Mufasa: The Lion King, where Beyoncé reprises her role voicing Nala and Blue makes her big screen acting debut as the voice of Kiara.
In a similar fashion, fellow pop queen Mariah Carey has been preparing her offspring for the limelight as well. Currently thawing out gracefully for the Christmas season like clockwork, her yearly hit “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is yet again at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in hopes of reclaiming the ‘Most Weeks At Number One’ title currently shared between Shaboozey and Lil Nas X.
Based on the boost of help she’s been getting on stage at the recent Christmas Time Tour from her teen twins, Moroccan and Monroe, we can definitely see that happening by the time the ball drops! Specifically, Roe follows in her moms footsteps by singing her very own song called “Christmas Wrapping,” which usually is complimented by her brother Roc on the drums.
Take a look below at what Mariah had to say recently about the idea of Moroccan and Monroe going full time with their act, via PEOPLE:
“In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the R&B icon, 55, discussed whether or not she’d be open to them pursuing careers in the field.
‘I think they’re both very talented and smart, and if they want to pursue having a life as an entertainer, then I think they should,’ says Carey of her two children, whom she shares with ex-husband Nick Cannon and who have been performing at her Christmas shows.
She adds, ‘It’s a hard kind of life, but they seem to really love performing, so I’m happy for them.’”
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Should Blue become the next Queen B, or Roc and Roe succeed their mom in dominating future seasons of Christmas, we put together a list of those before them who were born into the life of celebrity yet proved you can’t always blame their success on nepotism. Sure, getting a smooth ride to the front of the line can seem a bit unfair, but undeniable talent simply can’t be bought.
Scroll ahead as we take a look at a few examples of celebrity offspring who carved a lane out for themselves in our culture beyond their famous last name:
