Dive into the world of musicians who've got a little extra help from their famous parents. We're exploring the careers of talented artists who might have had a leg up in the entertainment industry thanks to their well-connected families.
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00:00And we're not going to dwell on this very much, but your dad's Benzino, right?
00:05Welcome to Miss Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for famous singers who you probably had no idea were born to even more
00:13Famous parents. I think we got it. We're good for camera
00:18Then you good
00:20Yes, good
00:22Number 10 Charlotte Lawrence
00:30The
00:33Model and singer turned actress who got her big break in television right off the bat with Apple TV's bad monkey
00:39It's the daughter of actress Krista Miller and creator of scrubs and Ted lasso Bill Lawrence
00:44Yeah
00:45The tricky thing about it was being so impressed and so proud of her
00:48But we had to talk ahead of time because you know people will go. Oh, she's your kid and
00:53That had nothing to do it had a little to do with it, but she
00:57Handles it very well
00:57Bill is also the developer of bad monkey as well as an executive producer
01:02Charlotte auditioned for her role and her dad said it was much better than it had to be for him to hire his kid
01:08Funnily enough Charlotte says she never imagined herself as an actress and in fact was vehemently
01:14Opposed to following in her parents as footsteps once she got in front of that camera, though
01:19It was a different story entirely
01:21I was getting texts from my friends who were my vibe and my height and kind of looked like me
01:28supermodel
01:30And I my ego flared up and I was like what?
01:35Are these girls auditioning for that? I don't know about that. Nobody's like I need to forget number nine
01:42Robin Thicke
01:51The Blurred Lines singer has surely made a name for himself whether it be good or bad
01:56But it was actually his name that might have helped him get ahead in his career as you could probably tell from his surname
02:02He is the son of late actor songwriter and comedian Alan Thicke, you know, if we close our eyes we hear you
02:09Hello, good to be here
02:12Always a pleasure, Leslie, good to see you
02:16Robin even appeared alongside him on Growing Pains
02:19His mother is Days of Our Lives actress Gloria Loring who is also a singer and performed with her son
02:25The elder Thicke even helped Robin with songwriting for his first demo tape which kick-started his music career
02:32Robin has been into music
02:34In a big way for a couple of years loves music, especially rap music
02:39So we thought we'd try to come up with an idea that would give us a chance to work together number eight Lenny Kravitz
02:46when my parents
02:48split
02:50my mother sat me down with my father and
02:55basically said
02:58You know
03:00Your father's gonna leave this is what happened blah blah blah
03:03I already knew this rock legend grew up surrounded by some of the greatest musicians of all time
03:08Thanks to his parents his father Cy Kravitz who worked as a news producer for NBC
03:13Was friends with jazz icons like Ella Fitzgerald Miles Davis and Duke Ellington
03:19So it wasn't surprising that Ellington even performed happy birthday for Lenny when he turned 5 through his mother
03:25Actress Roxy Roker of the Jefferson's fame. He is related to TV personality Al Roker
03:43Naturally when Lenny realized his passion for music at a young age
03:46He had all the support to pursue his dream and speaking of Nepo babies
03:51Lenny Kravitz his daughter is none other than actress Zoe Kravitz
03:55Now my whole life people have always asked me. What's it like to have such a cool dad and
04:01the answer is
04:03awesome
04:04It's awesome. Number seven Lily Allen
04:08I'm joined here by Lily and Keith Allen. Hello. You must be absolutely freezing
04:12Yes, I am despite having parents in the entertainment industry Lily Allen had a complicated childhood
04:18She made her TV debut at the age of three in an episode of the comic strip presents that her father actor Keith Allen had
04:26written
04:27Unfortunately, he would leave the family when she was just four years old as her mom producer Alison
04:33Owen began dating comedian Harry Enfield the family lived with him for a while
04:38When I first thought so I wanted to be a pop star
04:41I wanted to walk down the red carpet in a nice dress and here I am doing it. So you're a big fan of the Brits
04:45in
04:49At school Lily was said to be a troubled child often partaking in activities that would land her in trouble
04:56It was only when music student Rachel Santesso overheard her singing and decided to nurture her talent that Allen found her purpose
05:03Still Lily has never denied her privilege as a Nepo baby
05:07Although she has critiqued the concept and name as being misogynistic. Yeah, you're up for three awards. You must be a very proud dad
05:15Couldn't be prouder number six Gracie Abrams
05:26She may be on the forefront of the Gen Z Nepo Baby League
05:29But she also unanimously gets a free pass from the netizens for it
05:34The consensus is that she would have been famous anyway for her music
05:45I
05:46Well, it certainly helps that her father is Star Trek producer
05:49JJ Abrams and her mother Katie McGrath was an influential political figure and now a producer while the I love you
05:57I'm sorry singer claims. She keeps her personal and professional life separate. Her privilege is not lost on her
06:11Number five Enrique Iglesias
06:14What I gotta see
06:18The pickup line a simple phrase
06:21The family this Grammy winner was born into couldn't have been more prestigious
06:26His father Julio Iglesias is widely recognized as one of the most prominent Spanish musicians of all time
06:33His mother Isabel Presler a Filipina journalist is the niece of actress Neil Adams
06:39She has quite the standing in high society
06:41Especially as she is also the first cousin once removed of Stephen R McQueen
06:46Enrique Iglesias initially hid his background going by the last name Martinez to avoid bias
06:52However, considering he got his father's permission to be a star, he's not the only one to be proud of
06:58Martinez to avoid bias. However, considering he got his father's publicist to promote his demo the nepotism allegations
07:06Unfortunately cannot be deflected
07:15Number four Coyler a
07:17Girls is
07:24This tik-tok favorite rapper is proof that being a nepo baby isn't always sunshine and rainbows
07:30Well, she did inherent status and fame from her father Benzino
07:34She was more afraid of taking on his ill repute the rapper producer and ex-co-owner of the source had a
07:41Controversial career to say the least and Larray wasn't keen on mirroring it you actually grew up with your mom primarily
07:48Yeah, I wrote my mom. Okay, that was in Jersey. Yeah, I guess that okay. So how's that like?
07:58It was late when he expressed his discontent over Eminem being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
08:04Larray was quick to distance herself from her father's stance
08:07The dad-daughter duo may have a complex relationship
08:10But his industry ties probably gave her a leg up in her career or at least greater visibility
08:16You know, we all grew up together like oh the same house. Yeah
08:20Yeah, okay was was there a dad around like someone's dad? Yeah, my dad number three Maddie Healy
08:27Taylor Swift's ex-beau isn't just famous for his dating life. The
08:331975 member also had a lot of help from his parents actors Tim Healy and Denise Welch from a very young age
08:39He was joining them on set for shows like Coronation Street and Waterloo Road as a background actor
08:45It was me the first to hold the Peregrine Falcon
08:48What left an impression on him though was his father's love for music and his passion for acting
08:54What left an impression on him though was his parents rubbing shoulders with musical greats
09:00Thanks to his dad's friendship with AC DC's Brian Johnson Maddie Healy became Johnson's godson
09:06His first guitar came from the rock bands Dire Straits through his mother who was known as a panelist on Loose Women
09:13He had the luck of meeting Ringo Starr if that's not a privilege
09:17We don't know what is if I was it say an Ed Sheeran concert, they'd go. Oh, there's that gobby one off Loose Women
09:22They wouldn't pay any attention, but because I'm somehow Mattie's mother. It's like I've given birth to the Messiah
09:28Do you know what I mean? So they are a lovely lovely bunch of a bunch of fans number two Ben Platt
09:35You need to go and find yourself
09:39You may know Mark Platt as one of the most powerful film TV and theater producers in Hollywood
09:45With works like Legally Blonde and La La Land to his name
09:48Well, his son Ben Platt is almost an EGOT in his own right
09:52He's yet to bag an Oscar even if he can't dismiss the advantages of having a famous dad
09:57Well the night of I had all like a 40 of my friends
10:00We rented out this big karaoke room in New York
10:02And I just picked like only songs that were way out of my range
10:05I could just like shrug my cords and just really abuse them because I'd been so delicate with them up until that point and then
10:10I went home and I ordered Panda Express via Postmates
10:13He did try when he flat-out refused to answer a question about his Nepo baby title during an interview with Rolling Stone
10:19But he has since come around to accepting it Ben considers his father's influence to be the training wheels in his career
10:26But wants you to know that he's the one ultimately riding the bike
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10:51Number one Nora Jones
11:00This multi Grammy winner is as self-made as it gets considering her parents as occupations
11:06Nora's father Indian musician Ravi Shankar was estranged from her for most of her life
11:12Meanwhile, her mother Sue Jones who previously produced concerts and was a dancer had left entertainment behind
11:19Nora Jones found her own knack for music when she started performing at church
11:24Eventually when she bagged a handful of Grammys in 2003
11:27She didn't thank Shankar in her acceptance speech to avoid making a fuss out of having a famous father
11:34Samuel Hill my piano teacher and a Rob Berger Jenny Scheinman
11:41Anyone else I got it, right
11:43Regardless they did repair their relationship before he passed away
11:47Anyone else I got it, right
11:50Regardless they did repair their relationship before he passed away
11:53Nora has also developed a close relationship with her half-sister Anushka either way
11:58Jones owns her meteoric rise to fame to her stellar talents and maybe her genes
12:04We would like to thank the Recording Academy on behalf of our dad
12:08we know he was very excited to be receiving this award and
12:11And
12:13We really miss him and you know, he just lived and breathed music
12:16He was always tapping out rhythms at the breakfast table and you know making me do five over seven
12:22I'm still trying to get it. But um
12:24Give us your hottest takes about Nepo babies in the comments
12:27I had a quick thought earlier when when it was being discussed whether music is for fun or whether it's to help us get laid
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