SHOWTIME SAYS…
We have all heard of celebrities giving their kids some of the most outlandish gifts for their 16th birthday. Some of the gifts have been sensible and some have just been crazy.
Rapper Big Boi from Outkast has done something that I don’t think has ever been done before. He has given his daughter Jordan her own record label for her 16th birthday. Big Boi has partnered with his daughter to create Purple Kidz records which is a label that will focus solely on signing and developing young artists with a broad fanbase.
”Outkast rapper Big Boi tells Billboard.com that he and his 16-year-old daughter, Jordan, have formed Purple Kidz, a new record label that will launch in the coming weeks. The imprint will feature a roster of younger artists but will target fans of all ages.
“My daughter just turned 16 years old, and you can see it on MTV’s [‘My Super Sweet Sixteen’], where they get cars, and things that depreciate and just don’t mean nothing,” says the 36-year-old rapper (real name: Antwan Patton). “I wanted to give my child something that she can grow and build and nurture. So I gave her her own label.”
Big Boi says that Purple Kidz’ first signee is Gabbie Rae, a 12-year-old singing prodigy who has appeared on “The Tyra Banks Show.” The rapper, who already heads the Purple Ribbon All-Stars hip-hop label, says that he and Jordan are the sole partners on the new imprint.”
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