Nia DaCosta

Oh, my gosh.

I loved hearing that.

I mean, I remember meeting Dougie Doug, and I remember my mom.

Shaggy used to watch me when they performed together.

That was my childhood.

I was being on their music video sets and being in the studio with my mom.

And then my mom would go on tour for some stretches of time.

So crazy.

I mean, my mom is someone who's had so many lives, it feels like.

And she's so fiercely intelligent.

And she also, I really feel like can do anything.

And she always said to me, like,

I'll support you whatever you want to do.

But I think she valued one, education, but also ambition.

And when I wanted to be an artist, I remember her saying, you know, you just need to know that it's going to be tough and you're going to be broke and you're going to be like, why am I doing this to myself?

But if you love it, it's worth it and the money will come.

And I really believe that, you know, and she was right.

Because, you know, we're not well off, you know, and there's no backup plan for me in terms of, you know, if I don't make rent, it's like, I don't make rent.

There's no one I can go and say, can you give me money, you know?

But my mom prepared me for that life.