Washington Family

PHASE 2

Washington Family
Portrayed by LL Cool J and Queen Latifah
Known Aliases:	Daddy Libido and Sexy Mutha
Affiliations:	Roxanne Washington
Socked By:	Cai
Introduction:	tbd

The immediate family of Roxanne Washington includes Angel 'Sexy Mutha' Depres, Roy 'Daddy Libido' Washington, and Andre Washington (14).

Details

First appearance: tbd

Roy Washington father	PB: LL Cool J Notable singles: 'We R' 'Notable albums:' 1947
Angel Depres mother	PB: Queen Latifah Notable singles: He's a Mystery Notable albums:
Andre Washington brother	PB: Marcus Scribner

History

Roxy was born in to what the media called ‘hip hop royalty,’ the eldest daughter of Roy Washington and Angel Depres, both worldwide superstars at the time of Roxy’s birth. Both Roy and Angel rose to stardom from humble beginnings and shared the mindset that their children would not be ‘spoiled’ by money or raised by proxies, always promoting hard work, education, and discipline within their family. Her parents organized touring schedules so that at least one of them would always be home with Roxy. One of them made it to every one of her concerts and her brother’s sports games, checked homework each night, and made Roxy and her brother earn an allowance by doing house and yard work each week in whichever of their six houses they were staying in at the time.

Her parents were extremely successful due to their business savvy, talent, and their involvement with local and national causes. Their popularity and relevance only grew throughout their daughter’s childhood. Due to the Washingtons’ desire to have their toddler daughter appear in music videos, making her very visible, there were a handful of kidnapping threats which warranted a series of bodyguards and an increasing amount of security measures as Roxy grew up. Despite the threats, however, Roxy attended a preparatory school as a day student rather than boarding school and went to music and dance lessons locally due to her parents’ strong desire for her to have a grounded upbringing and be connected with the community.

While the paparazzi and gossip magazines liked to pigeonhole the music of Roxy’s parents as being ‘hip hop’, the longevity of their respective careers is in part due to the fact that they love to read and are interested in all types of music, constantly using influences from other genres and time periods to reinvent their own sound, testing and expanding boundaries to always remain fresh and exciting on radio airwaves. Her father, one of the world’s most notorious rap artists, loves Shakespeare and poetry, country and opera and old Rat Pack recordings, while her mother, the queen of the booty shake, is a huge fan of Tolkien and Gaiman, of the ballet and symphonies and Broadway and old spirituals. As such, Roxy was exposed to all sorts of music and theatre experiences as a child and loved all of it. She began piano and ballet lessons at four, vocal lessons at seven, and her father began teaching her guitar at age nine.

Encouraging but not overbearing, Roxy’s parents have never pushed their daughter to pursue a career in music or the performing arts.

At fourteen Roxy began writing songs and her father’s label offered her a recording contract at fifteen. However, her parents regularly have long conversations with her about the importance of education and not rushing fame and fortune, and Roxy respects their knowledge and input and has stayed in school, though her parents did allow her to relocate to New York so she could attend courses with Juilliard’s pre-college division in drama on Saturdays.

Summers were spent travelling around the world, on tours and exploring libraries, castles, cathedrals, and sporting events throughout the globe.

Plots/Events

None.

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Socked by: Cai