Skai Jackson is all over the news right now after she was able to successfully own the internet in one single tweet. Not only was she able to own the internet, she also owned a rapper; the entire world has her back right now. Rapper Azaelia Banks decided recently that Twitter would be the best place to go ahead and slam Zayn Malik for being racist, among other things. Her tweet was uncool, awful and accused him of horrific things that simply are not appropriate. She showed no class in her rant, even though she is 24; old enough to behave better than she did.
That’s when 14-year-old Disney channel star decided to step in and calmly tell the controversial singer it’s time to calm down just a little bit, proving that age really isn’t anything but a number. “Azealia Banks needs to simmer down a little,” the young Disney star tweeted after reading the homophobic and highly racist rant the singer posted. After a little back and forth between the two, Skai Jackson shut down the conversation by ending it with, “You give black woman a bad name. I’ll be praying for you,” before we all imagined the mic dropping.
What we now know about young Skai Jackson is that she’s not intimidated by anyone, and that she is the classiest 14-year-old girl we’ve ever encountered. What else don’t we know about the Disney star, the lender of voices to cartoon characters and this week’s official winner of the internet? We thought we might dig around a bit and find out who she really is.
She’s been acting since before she was one
Her mother knew right away that Skai Jackson was a special girl, and she began her acting career when she was only 9-months old. That’s kind of Olsen twin acting if you ask us.
She’s proud of her mother
When Azealia Banks accused Skai Jackson’s mom of pimping her out to the Disney Channel to make money off of her, she told the singer that her mother has done a wonderful job raising her. She has a great relationship with her mom, and she’s not looking to change it.
She loves design
Right now her passion is acting, but the child star might be someone we see on the runway one day. No, she doesn’t want to walk as a model. She wants to design clothes. She loves it now, and it might be something she wants to do a bit more of as she gets older.
She’s in some of our favorite shows
She’s not just a Disney character on Jessie. Skai Jackson is also the sweet voice of one of the little fish on my children’s favorite animated Nickelodeon show, Bubble Guppies. She’s just that cute. She’s also Isa from Dora. Now that’s someone my kids know well.
She’s brave
She might only be a young teen, but she’s brave. Many girls her age are too afraid to stand up for what they believe in for fear that people might not like it, but not Skai Jackson. She’s a role model.
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