Travis Barker’s daughter Alabama, 17, DEFENDS her rapping skills
Alabama Barker, the teenage daughter of rock star Travis Barker, has defended her rapping skills after being criticized for her vocal style in mid-May.
She took to social media this week to argue her point.
“I’m tired of people saying I don’t know anything about rap music, I didn’t grow up with rap music, I was nothing,” she said. People.
“So let’s take a little field day in my life because you guys know it so well,” added the star whose mother is Playboy model Shanna Moakler and whose stepmother is Kourtney Kardashian.
The model then shared images with rap stars such as Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and A$AP Ferg.
I’m counting: Rock star Travis Barker’s teenage daughter Alabama Barker has defended her rapping skills after being criticized for her vocal style in mid-May
Good attitude: She took to social media this week to argue her point. “I’m tired of people saying I don’t know anything about rap music, I didn’t grow up with rap music, I was nothing,” she said, according to People
“Since I could walk, I’ve been in the music business,” she said.
“I watched my dad perform in punk bands, rock bands, rap concerts, everything. So, for the people who say, “Oh, she doesn’t know anything about rap music.”
The star, who later deleted the clip, said: “She didn’t grow up with rap music. Why is she doing this? Why is she doing that? My entire upbringing was influenced by rap and punk rock.’
She then commented that she knows she is privileged.
“I am extremely grateful and blessed for that. It’s not okay for people to make fun of or disrespect a certain culture,” she added.
Listen up, “So let’s take a little field day in my life because you guys know it so well,” added the star whose mother is Playboy model Shanna Moakler and whose stepmom is Kourtney Kardashian. The model then shared images with rap stars such as Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and A$AP Ferg
“So if it bothers you that I’m a rapper, you can just go ahead and stop responding.”
In mid-May, she came under fire from social media users after she shared a new TikTok video of herself rapping along to her new single.
She grew up in Calabasas, California.
She could be seen joining in with lyrics like “We’re not together, when I’m with him he knows I’m the real one / I’m not an opponent, all these b***hes in their feelings” in the clip.
She appeared with a full face of makeup and showed off a vibrant orange wig with a blonde streak.
Fans quickly noticed that the aspiring musician’s vocals and accent seemed to have changed when she started rapping.
One stunned viewer responded on Twitter, “I don’t understand how white girls can be rich and decide to do this? like I would spend money at a swimming pool somewhere like what.”
New sound: Alabama in a TikTok video in which she raps on her new single in mid-May
Dad daughter bond: The 17-year-old (seen with her dad in 2018) was accused of ‘blackfishing’ after posting the rap video
Her stepmother is reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian who runs POOSH
Mom: Her mom is Playboy model Shanna Moakler
Barker has an older brother, Landon, who is 19. And she is also the younger sister of Atiana De La Hoya, 24, who shares her mother Shanna with ex Oscar De La Hoya.
The young woman regularly has 1.7 million followers on Instagram and she has 3.6 million fans on TikTok.
In March 2021, Alabama showed off her makeup skills when she applied foundation to her father’s face using KVD Beauty’s Good Apple Skin-Perfecting Foundation Balm.