Willow Smith is acknowledging her silver-spoon upbringing but giving herself some grace.

The 23-year-old Whip My Hair singer is well aware of the discourse surrounding nepo babies , a term that describes the nepotism afforded to privileged celebrity children, but she isnt going to let her parents Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith steal her thunder.

I definitely think that a little bit of my insecurity has driven me harder because people do think that the only reason Im successful is because of my parents, she told Allure in an interview Thursday . That has driven me to work really hard to prove them wrong.

But nowadays, Smith continued, I dont need to prove shit to anybody.

The young musician has forged an impressive career, including collaborations with artists like Nicki Minaj and Travis Barker. Shes also won an NAACP Image Award and earned a Daytime Emmy nod as the co-host of her moms Red Table Talk series.

She made her movie debut at only 6 years old in her dads 2007 blockbuster I Am Legend, but she argued Thursday that shes mainly successful because of her strong spirit and said, Even if my parents werent who they were, I would still be a weirdo and a crazy thinker.

Smith also argued that the nepo baby discourse doesnt fully apply to Black Americans.