Thanks to a new explosive New York Magazine cover featuring some of Hollywood's biggest celebs as babies, everyone is asking: What is a nepo baby? It seems like nepo babies are all anyone can talk about right now and in the 11th hour, it is quickly becoming the term of 2022. A nepo baby is the child of a famous celebrity who achieved fame themselves through nepotism. It's a Hollywood tale as old as time, with hundreds and hundreds of stars having piggybacked off of their parents' success throughout the years. But now more than ever, people are examining the privilege some celebs enjoy thanks to their industry pedigree.

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What do the nepo babies think about being called nepo babies? Well it honestly depends on who you ask. For examole, celebs such as Lily Rose-Depp condemn the term "nepo baby" entirely and claim that success and connections do not go hand in hand: "If somebody’s mom or dad is a doctor, and then the kid becomes a doctor, you’re not going to be like, ‘Well, you’re only a doctor because your parent is a doctor.’ It’s like, ‘No, I went to medical school and trained.'"

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While other actors admit that their connections opened doors. Here's what Maya Hawke has to say about the term of 2022: "I think I'll get a couple chances on their name and then if I suck, I'll get kicked out of the kingdom. ... And that's what should happen. So I'm just going to try not to suck."

So now that we know a little more about what a nepo baby is, let's give this scoop the Mr. Skin spin by checking out the hottest nepo babies! You didn't think this post would go any other way, did you? Hit up the gallery below for the top ten sexiest nepo babies, in various states of undress!

Sexiest Nepo Babies - Stars Of Famous Celebs Who Owe Their Success To Nepotism

Examples of nepo babies are the aforementioned Maya Hawke (mother: Uma Thurman and father: Ethan Hawke), Zoë Kravitz (father: Lenny Kravitz, mother: Lisa Bonet), Bryce Dallas Howard (father: Ron Howard), up-and-comer Maude Apatow (father: Judd Apatow and mother: Leslie Mann), and the perpetually nude Margaret Qualley (mother: Andie MacDowell)!