Brandy Norwood has accomplished so much over the years. She’s a Grammy winner. She’s had Barbies made in her likeness at a time when famous Black girls and women weren’t the muses for the popular doll. She’s been a TV star. She’s done it all. But perhaps her proudest role to date is being a mom to her daughter Sy’rai.
Sy’rai has been in the spotlight since she was in the womb, back when her mom had a MTV special preparing for her arrival. And as the years have gone by, mother and daughter have showcased a heartwarming bond, with the “Boy Is Mine” singer previously sharing that they’re “like best friends” and that her little girl, now a grown woman, changed her.
“I strive every day to be the greatest version of myself because of her existence,” she said in 2017 to Fashion Bomb Daily. “I don’t think I would be here today if my daughter didn’t come into my life when I was 23. She made me see what was real and what was not. I am so thankful for her life. And I’m so equipped to be everything she needs me to be for her life because she’s done so much for mine. I’m just gonna keep going and going and keep showing her to never give up on herself.”
And Brandy’s love and support of her daughter has greatly impacted the way Sy’rai sees herself. After dealing with her weight in the public eye, the young beauty opened up about past worries that her mom was “embarrassed” by her size, only to realize her mom was the one always pushing her to love herself, no matter her weight.
“She always was supportive,” Smith said in 2021. “She always knew that I was beautiful. She supported me whether I wanted to lose a lot of weight or not. She always told me that I was beautiful. Always.”
Speaking of beautiful, check out a few beautiful photos of mother and daughter from over the years.
