By JORDAN JENNINGS
A&E Editor
Move over Rihanna, Will Smith’s nine-year-old daughter Willow Smith can whip her hair way better than you.
Willow released her first single, “Whip My Hair,” in early September under Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label, and already she’s topped the Billboard R&B charts hitting No. 17.
Haters watch out—the young star’s not going anywhere. She sings that she’ll “whip em off, cuz she ain’t doing nothing wrong.”
Willow is more than an R&B prodigy, award-winning actress and diva-licious dancer—she’s a fashion standout. In her music video, released just a week ago, Willow rocks a heart-shaped hairdo, faux Mohawk and colorful clothes that Disney’s Lizzie McGuire would envy.
Stomping her feet and whipping her hair, little Smith paints white walls in bright colors and “keeps the party jumping.”
Her new music video has people of all ages talking. It already has over seven million views on YouTube. Willow’s not just a pre-teen sensation, ‘‘Whip My Hair” is a club hit.
Sure, the age-appropriate lyrics are repetitive, but they are definitely addicting. Clubbers beware, pressing repeat may give you whip lash.
This isn’t Willow’s first time in the lime-light either. In 2007 she starred in “I am Legend” alongside her father at age seven. A year later, she won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature film in the movie “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.”
We can thank Willow’s famous parents, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith for their daughter’s over-night stardom. Talk about a talented family, the Granny Smith apple doesn’t fall far from the Willow tree.
So, what’s next for the young pop artist? Willow turns double digits on Sunday.
