Maya Rudolph jokes that she only went to college because of A Tribe Called Quest

In a Q interview, the SNL alumna opens up about her family’s impact on her comedy. When Maya Rudolph was a kid, she didn't think her musician parents were cool — except for one thing: their music was sampled on several songs by the hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest.Rudolph's mom, Minnie Riperton, was a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter with a five-octave vocal range.

"That was always the joke that me and my dad would say: 'A Tribe Called Quest put you through college,'" theThough Rudolph's parents focused their careers on music, they also exposed her to comedy. It used to be common for a musician and a comedian to open for each other or do shows together. Her mom would often tour alongside comedians such as Richard Pryor, the Smothers Brothers and Flip Wilson.

"Comedy and music are cousins," Rudolph says. "They're the same language, but spoken in two different ways."Jagged Little Pill at 25: How Alanis Morissette tapped into female rage and changed music for good Rudolph even followed in her parents' footsteps before she started in comedy. She sang back-up vocals for the rock band The Rentals after she finished college. The band even came to Canada and opened up for Alanis Morissette a few times on herDespite her musical inclinations and her very cool musician parents, Rudolph viewed music as something that was her parents' thing, not hers.Eventually, Rudolph admitted to herself that her parents are very cool.

"This idea of creating a character who wants to help, but has been coming from a place of just spending the wealth and enjoying the wealth, has been a great opportunity to talk about things that are going on in the world," Rudolph says.

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