Are CJ Wallace & Jae’Won Nepo Babies? Privilege, Pressure & Legacy | Silver Spoons Ep. 01

Are celebrity kids really handed everything? In the first episode of Silver Spoons, Jae’Won, son of Jadakiss, and CJ Wallace, son of The Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans, take on the “nepo baby” label head-on, and get real about legacy, pressure, privilege, and what people on the outside never see. The guys break down the actual definition of nepotism and whether it applies to them, the NBA’s new era of second-generation stars, and what it was like growing up around Biggie’s legacy, Faith Evans’ studio sessions in Atlanta, and the Ruff Ryders era in Yonkers. Jae’Won drops a hot take on *Ready to Die* that CJ is NOT having, they go track-by-track through Biggie and Jadakiss albums, and pick their favorite songs and R&B features from their dads. Plus,  survivor’s guilt, getting profiled in luxury stores, being the family’s “ace in the hole,” starting therapy, a birthday arrest story, and whether their spoon was silver… or platinum. Silver Spoons is a Fanmire original. Download the Fanmire app for exclusive content. Follow Silver Spoons: [\[Instagram\]](https://www.instagram.com/thesilverspoonspod/) | \[TikTok] | \[YouTube] Follow CJ Wallace: \[Instagram] Follow Jae’Won: \[Instagram] Chapters  0:00 Welcome to Silver Spoons  0:53 What Is Silver Spoons?  1:31 Are We Nepo Babies? The Real Definition  3:59 Would We Make Our Kids Nepo Babies?  4:45 The NBA’s Nepo Baby Era (Steph, Klay, Brunson)  6:07 Growing Up as Biggie & Faith Evans’ Son  7:09 The Scary Biggie Photo in Grandma’s Basement  7:52 Faith Evans’ Studio & the Family Business  9:24 Not Listening to Dad’s Music Until High School  10:13 Growing Up Jadakiss’ Son in Yonkers  12:03 When Their Dads’ Lyrics Finally Hit  14:04 Favorite Biggie Songs  17:27 Favorite Jadakiss Songs  19:18 Is Biggie the GOAT? The Ready to Die Hot Take  21:03 Ready to Die Track-by-Track Debate  27:34 Grading Jadakiss’ Albums  30:34 Best Jadakiss & Biggie R&B Features  33:05 Do Celebrity Kids Feel Guilty About Privilege?  35:16 “If You Were Me”: The Pressure Nobody Sees  36:51 Getting Profiled in Luxury Stores  37:38 Singing vs. Rapping  38:56 Why Jae’Won Avoided Rapping  42:33 Was Jadakiss Supportive? Why It’s Not Nepotism  43:53 Making Music With the Wallace Siblings  47:07 Can They Surpass Their Fathers?  49:36 Dream Producer & Features  51:21 Questions for Other Celebrity Kids  52:49 The Mental Strain of Being the Family’s “Ace”  56:20 Jae’Won on Starting Therapy  59:35 CJ’s Birthday Arrest & First Therapy Sessions  1:02:38 Carrying the Phillips Name  1:03:59 “Ask Your Pops for $10K”: Wild Requests  1:05:07 Finding Their Own Ways to Heal  1:07:12 Silver Spoon or Platinum Spoon? + Outro Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.