Travis Barker reveals how his mother's final words influenced his career

Travis Barker reflected on sweet memories with his mother, Gloria, just the night before she passed away.

On August 20, the American singer recalled the details during the CNN podcast All There Is with Anderson Cooper; he said that it was the day before he started high school. Although he had no clue that she was going to die, he was with her “right before”.

He continued with his statement and noted, “I remember they were like, ‘you gotta get down there,’ and luckily I got down there the day she passed. And had a chance for her to say, like, ‘pursue music, I really want you to pursue music.’ I still didn’t think those were last words”.

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After host Anderson Cooper asked if those were her last words to him, he said, “Yeah”. He added, “From the time my mom said that to me, it was like tunnel vision. I feel like when a parent passes like this, I feel they’re an angel, and they help you so many ways, you know, guide you.”

The rapper spoke about how his mom, who died on September 3, 1990, after being diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Sjögren’s syndrome, influenced his music career up to her last breath.

He became emotional as he told Cooper that he went to school the day after his mom died and tried out for band, making the marching band’s snare line, “which was like a big accomplishment.” “Joined jazz band, joined orchestra, just head down, no one to talk to, but play the drums,” he said. Barker said he immediately pursued music because it was all he knew. He

For Barker, his mom is “not just dead and gone.” He feels her presence “1000%.” He noted, “It’s almost ignorant to think I could just be so blessed to have everything I have now without her and a lot of people that have passed”.