Maya Rudolph – Minnie Riperton

Maya Rudolph became a household name on Saturday Night Life in the early 2000s, thanks to her incredible talent and impressions of Oprah and Beyoncé. However, Rudolph also paid tribute to her famous mother, Minnie Riperton, on the show when she came back to host. Riperton is most famously known for her one-hit wonder “Lovin’ You.” Unfortunately, Rudolph lost her mother to aggressive breast cancer.

“When I was a little girl, I would stand on the side of the stage and watch my mom singing out there in beautiful gowns,” Rudolph said. “She was a diva in the most exquisite sense. Those are very vivid memories for me. I always had the idea of wanting to be on a stage, in these beautiful gowns, with a microphone in my hand, and that comes from my mom.”