
"I've seen people saying I'm a ... what's it called? A nee-po baby? Nepo baby! I've seen all types of stuff, like I had this rich Chinese dad or a producer dad. I was living on 144th and Seventh Avenue, and my single mom was working her ass off in corporate America to provide for me. She wanted me to have a nice party!"
"At the packed event, Taylor receives both a blinged-out bicycle and a Range Rover as her gifts. Plus, Pharrell Williams makes a cameo appearance to congratulate her on the big day; she was signed to the Neptunes' Star Trak Entertainment imprint. The clip is trademark Taylor. She enters by coming out as a doll in a box, then hits a full dance routine to "Jump Around," by House of Pain."
Teyana Taylor appeared on My Super Sweet Sixteen in 2007 and rejects claims of nepotism, describing a childhood on 144th and Seventh Avenue with a single mother working in corporate America to provide for her. The show segment features gifts including a blinged-out bicycle and a Range Rover and a Pharrell Williams cameo; Taylor had been signed to the Neptunes' Star Trak Entertainment imprint. She makes a theatrical entrance as a doll in a box and performs a full dance routine to "Jump Around." At 16 she had already choreographed Beyoncé's "Ring the Alarm" and taught the chicken noodle soup dance.
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