Tracee Ellis Ross joining the family business? The 43-year-old daughter of music legend Diana Ross proved she has overcome her childhood fear of singing onstage when she joined her mother on stage during a show at the Venetian Theater in Las Vegas last week.
Ross posted several video clips to her Instagram account Saturday of her on stage with her mother to perform - "Lady Sings the Blues," which is originally from the 1972 film of the same name where Diana played Billie Holiday, the jazz singer.
In a lengthy Facebook post, the "Black-ish" star shared a video from a recent concert with her mom and shared her experience about having stage fright.
"I think the last time my mom asked me to sing I was 5 or 6 years old," she wrote Sunday on Facebook, along with sharing video from the performance last week. "I swear at first I thought she said Evan (my brother, a singer, who was also there). But then I realized she said my name, and before I could think, I was walking toward the stage!"
"Now, I'm not afraid of much," she continued. "I used to be afraid of everything. I was shy as a child. Probably tough to believe but it's true. I still get nervous all the time, but I never let it stop me and I'm certainly not afraid of performing. But, somehow, by the time I stepped onto the stage it was as if I was 6 years old again! There's something about singing..... It's no joke trying to do that as the child of DIANA ROSS, let alone while standing by her side on stage. Plus, when you're nervous, it's hard to hear, it's hard to breathe, and it's hard to be present. These are all important things when you are singing!"
"All my life I have witnessed her as Diana Ross the icon and Diana Ross the mother, and I have experienced her seamlessly bridge this incredible dichotomy with grace and ease. She is a nurturing and fierce mom, intimate and ancient, in a setting that isn't meant to support mothering: on stage with the whole world watching," she explained. "There is a way in which she creates privacy and makes space for the sacred in the most public of settings. It is profound and defines an infinite depth and wisdom that my mom holds. She has always carved out space for her children. I have always known I was the priority."
She concluded, "It has been ages since I've hidden so deeply in my mother's embrace and it was awesome."
Last week, in Vegas, my mom, out of nowhere, stopped her show and asked me to come onstage and sing. I think the last...
Posted by Tracee Ellis Ross on Sunday, November 29, 2015
