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Does pop music talent really run in the family? I was flipping through MTV a couple of weeks ago, and they were running this American Idol-type competition called "Rock The Cradle" where the sons and daughters of famous rock and roll, R&B, and hip-hop stars were singing for a record deal. This made me think about some other famous pop stars and their offspring, and while there are a number of really famous pop music stars whose children became famous in completely different fields (Paul McCartney/Stella McCartney, Don Hudson/Kate Hudson, Steven Tyler/Liv Tyler, Naomi Judd/Ashley Judd), there are only a few famous pop/rock stars whose children have had any success, and even then it's only been marginal. John Lennon was huge legend, and while his son Julian Lennon had a few hits ("Valotte", "Too Late For Goodbyes"), Julian never remotely reached the success that his father did. Bob Marley is a reggae legend, but his children (Ziggy, Rohan, Damian) have had only modest success. I mention these families' offspring because they were probably the most successful of the offspring. There are countless others whose parents were big stars yet they never had any hits whatsoever.
There were a few stars whose parents were only modestly successful themselves yet they blew up big time. Cissy Houston was primarily known only in the gospel scene, yet Whitney Houston became a massive superstar. Gloria Loring recorded a few albums as well as the theme to "The Facts of Life" and had a one-hit wonder song called "Friends and Lovers" in 1986, but she was more known as a daytime soap actress. Yet her son Robin Thicke blew up last year with "Lost Without You". Can anyone tell me why it's so difficult for the offspring of famous pop musicians to make a name for themselves in music? Or am I just missing something or someone who was really successful?  | |
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Talent is something you're born with. Does it run in the family? No.
What happens with it depends on what you're exposed to and whether or not you have the drive and opportunity to make things happen. Many of those we consider to be great or decent artists were the product of families and/or communities that were rich in talent. They were exposed to this early on or in their youth and groomed by it to a certain extent. There's also the climate to consider. Once upon a time, there was music and it was good, then shit hop came along and dried all the bands and music up. I imagine that the difficulty many have in coming into their own and possibly connecting with an audience is that almost none have the same community and lifestyle of their parents. | |
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NO! 
did anybody buy Tyka Nelson's cd?? If you will, so will I | |
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mm i dont think so and i also dont believe in any god so my take on this is you have to really love something(in this case music) + practise makes perfect. you may have tallent but if you dont pratctise its useless. | |
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No.
It's always been said for every Michael there's a La Toya so nah, it's not really hereditary. | |
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Timmy84 said: No.
It's always been said for every Michael there's a La Toya so nah, it's not really hereditary. you mean for every Beyonce there's a Solange You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
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ehuffnsd said: Timmy84 said: No.
It's always been said for every Michael there's a La Toya so nah, it's not really hereditary. you mean for every Beyonce there's a Solange You think Beyonce is talented? 
Uh, anyway...as for those that do better than their parents... Some of these parents were coming up when the real music industry was sort of in its baby stage. There wasn't the awareness of it that developed over the years. Some were just victims of their situation. Speaking of this...has anyone heard anything from Jimi's son? Isn't he an artist? | |
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ehuffnsd said: Timmy84 said: No.
It's always been said for every Michael there's a La Toya so nah, it's not really hereditary. you mean for every Beyonce there's a Solange No I meant for every Julia there's a Chris.  | |
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