Kodak Black is on the cusp of fatherhood again. Weeks after having a daughter with Maranda Johnson, Daijanae Ward will be the mother of his third child. The pair announced via a gender reveal party held on February 22. After pink smoke showed Kodak is having another daughter, he gifted Ward a Birkin bag.
The next day, he went on The Breakfast Club, where he spoke to Charlemagne and Angela Yee. Despite the results of the pregnancy, he reportedly told Ward, “If it’s a boy, I’mma be your boyfriend. [If] it’s a girl, I’ll just be your baby daddy.” Charlemagne laughed at the statement, while Yee called it “ridiculous.” It’s hard to say if Kodak is joking. But as some pointed out on social media, he has a sketchy relationship with women.
Kodak’s History With Women
In February 2016, cops arrested Kodak on suspicion of sexual assault. He stood before the court in 2021 for sentencing, but because he took a plea deal and got probation. In 2019, the rapper released a song, Pimpin’ Ain’t Eazy, where he name-dropped rapper Young M.A. The song has multiple uses of the d-slur for lesbians. After he dropped the song, he doubled down by referencing the situation in an Instagram live stream. After rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in 2020, Kodak came under fire for offensive comments about Hussle’s girlfriend, Lauren London. He apologized to Nipsey but not directly to London.
Kodak’s misogynoir—misogyny explicitly directed to black women—also includes a 2017 incident where he said he doesn’t like dark-skinned women. He claimed women of his skin tone are “too tough,” and that light-skinned women are easier to “break down.” He followed this up, saying, “My complexion we too gutter: light-skinned women are more sensitive.” Despite these issues, Kodak is about to father two daughters. Only time will tell if fatherhood suits the 24-year-old rapper.
Written by Kimberly Stelly
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