‘Kiyan Killed That’: La La Anthony and Carmelo Anthony Make Appearances in Son’s Cute TikTok Video

La La Anthony and Carmelo Anthony both made cameos in their son Kiyan Anthony‘s TikTok video, which is about staying inside during the pandemic.

The clip starts with Kiyan wiping down the family refrigerator while wearing a face mask. He then wipes down the kitchen counter and does some work in the bathroom, right before launching into his rap verse.

“Can’t play basketball Imma get lazy / Playing dad one on one it’s getting crazy / So Stay inside your crib take it easy / Don’t go outside your house, you’re being greasy,” raps Kiyan to Roddy Ricch’s hit song “The Box.”

His father makes an appearance in the part of the verse that references one-on-one play. Carmelo also can be seen working on a jigsaw puzzle with his son.

La La shows up a bit earlier in the clip and moves her hands to make it appear as if she’s washing them.

Both Carmelo and his wife posted the video to their respective Instagram pages, and there’s no doubt that people were impressed.

“Omg this is everything 💙💙💙💙,” someone wrote on La La’s page.

“Lol Kiyan killed that,” another person commented.

There was also one person who said she was surprised that Kiyan even made the video.

“Yo @lala I’m over here looking like this 😳 🤣 & I thought he was going to grow up shy ! Not ! 🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥,” that person wrote.

“SOME ONE PLEASE SIGN HIM he sound better than a lot of these new rappers !!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥,” wrote someone else.

La La posted the clip to her page on Sunday, March 22, and it already has over 851,000 views. Carmelo shared it to his page on the same day, and it’s been watched over 632,000 times.

“Increase his allowance please, sir,” someone wrote on Carmelo’s page about his son.

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