The Rock Raps His “Moana” Part for Daughter’s Hand Washing

Maui is here to help! Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson teaches his youngest daughter how to wash hands to the tune of "You're Welcome".

In an Instagram TV video, The Rock reveals their home shower ritual. Wearing only a towel around his waist, the 6'5" former wrestling superstar says yes to his daughter Tia's "demands" that hesingsg the rap portion of his song from the Disney animated movie "Moana" while washing her hands. Johnson voice Maui in the said animated film; Maui is the Polynessian demi-god who helps the titular character.

"We realized a few weeks ago that the rap portion of the song is perfect timing when getting your little one to have fun washing their hands".

The father of three then shared how he loves "how at the start of this vid, baby Tia is like, 'just shut your mouth and sing daddy". Dwayne Johnson has one daughter, Simone, 18, with his business partner and ex-wife, Dany Garcia. In his second marriage with Lauren Hashian, he has two daughters Tia (1) and Jasmine (3).

The Instagram video shows Baby Tia giggling as his dad pauses the rap and adds some lyrics adapted in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He sings, "what can I say except you're welcome, the coronavirus has got to go," before telling his youngest daughter to tell people to "stay healthy, and stay safe".

At the onset of the global pandemic, one of the popular suggestions was to find a song or tune to follow as you wash your hands for the recommended 20 seconds.

Dwayne Johnson's career

The Rock, born Dwayne Douglas Johnson, started his career playing college football for the University of Miami. In 1996, The Rock would use his ring name and debut at the World Wrestling Federation, now World Wrestling Entertainment. He is noted as the first third-generation athlete, being the grandson of Peter Maivia and the son of Rocky Johnson. As he rose to become one of the company's greatest professional wrestlers, he headlined large wrestling events such as WrestleMania.

He started his first foray into acting as the CGI-model for the Scorpion King in the 2001 flick "The Mummy Returns". He would reprise the role the following year in the spin-off movie "The Scorpion King". The Rock would go on and star in some of the biggest movies to become one of the highest-grossing box-office stars of all time. Some of his films include "Walking Tall", "G.I. Joe: Retaliation", "Central Intelligence," and the Disney movie "Moana."

Johnson's largest box office role is in the Fast and the Furious franchise, playing the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service Agent Lucas "Luke" Palagi Hobbs. His first appearance was in the fifth installment, Fast Five, in 2011, and he would appear in the sequels until "The Fate of the Furious" in 2017. Last year, he starred together with Jason Statham in the role of assassin Deckard Shaw.

Aside from acting, The Rock has also founded "Seven Bucks Productions", an entertainment production company that co-produced some of his movies such as "Baywatch", "Jumanji", and "Skyscraper."

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