Victoria Monét accepts the Rising Star award alongside her mother, L’Tanya Chestang-Cubit, at Billboard Ladies In Music 2024.
L’Tanya Chestang-Cubit:
Good night. I’m L’Tanya Chestang-Cubit, often known as Mommy Monét. And it’s my profound honor to current an award to a exceptional girl, my daughter, Victoria Monét. I stand earlier than all of you humbled and awed by the extraordinary and sensible girl …
Victoria Monét:
She didn’t inform me she was coming, y’all.
L’Tanya Chestang-Cubit:
… on this room, leaders, artists, visionaries. It’s Ladies’s Historical past Month, and we’re beginning it off, proper? I bear in mind the way you had been slightly lady, and also you had been too shy to inform your trainer that you simply didn’t have a seat so that you sat together with your knees bent and legs crossed and pretended that you simply had a chair. Child lady, not solely right now do you have got a seat on the desk, however it’s entrance and middle as you’re inspiring younger girls to seek out their voice in music. Your journey is a supply of great pleasure and inspiration. Your achievement tonight is a testomony to your exceptional talents and the indelible mark, you’ve left on the world right now. Congratulations. I really like you. Thank God for all you’ve achieved for us. And one of the best is but to return!
Victoria Monet:
Oh my God. I’m sorry, it’s one factor to obtain an award, however to obtain it from somebody you’ve recognized your complete life is admittedly superior. Thanks a lot for being right here, Mother. So once I take into consideration what a star is, I do know the definition is one thing like a self-luminous factor, a self-luminous factor that radiates by power derived from its personal inside sources. So a few of these sources I sort of reached for internally had been most likely, God, ardour, onerous work, focus. However I additionally know that if you take a look at any star, it’s surrounded by tens of millions of different stars within the evening sky — and that’s all of you. There’s so many stars on this room, behind the scenes, in entrance of the curtains, and so I wish to shout out to all of you girls in right here who’re generally doing the thankless jobs. All these girls behind the scenes doing it, making all these items occur — shout-out to you guys. Shout-out to you within the chairs. I’m absolutely conscious that not each star may be seen by the bare eye.
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