Travis Barker’s Daughter Alabama Barker Is Rapping Now in a New TikTok Video

Travis Barker’s daughter Alabama Barker is making her debut…as a rapper? The 17-year-old seemingly teased her burgeoning rapping career on TikTok earlier this week, posting a video of herself in the bathroom lip-syncing to some of her own verses, and it’s already reached viral status.

Alabama’s original video has accumulated over four million views on TikTok in just three days, but it’s up to over 22 million in just over 24 hours on Twitter, where a user has reshared the original snippet.

In the video, Barker’s daughter can be seen donning a bright orange wig, which many are interpreting as an Ice Spice reference, with a single blonde streak framing the left side of her face. As is common in her videos, Alabama also rocks a full face of makeup, complete with false lashes and overlined lips. 

The 40-second clip show Alabama rapping verses à la “We ain’t together when I’m wit’ him, he know I’m the realest / Ain’t got no opposition all these b*tches in their feelings but listen, who the f*ck yall talking to?” and “I’m walking in, there’s 20 b*tches staring, yeah, I’m cool / I know I smell so good it’s Baccarat, Van Cleef perfume.”

Alabama’s rather unexpected foray into rap has the internet divided. While some are pointing out that the song itself might even be a bit catchy, others are rightfully voicing their concerns, claiming the socialite is coming too close for comfort to blackfishing with her aesthetic, enunciation, and mannerisms and pointing out that we could very well be giving our attention and support to an array of deserving Black female rappers.

“U guys will entertain it, then she will get the clout, then she will get signed,” someone said on Twitter. “White girl starts rapping, and suddenly she’s the next Nicki yall need to pipe down, I swear,” another person commented.