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Barbados Will Raise Rihanna And A$AP Rocky’s Son

The singing sensation, Rihanna, and rapper, A$AP Rocky, have plans to raise their son in Barbados. The Mirror reported that the first-time parents will move to Barbados while the child is still an infant.

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Rihanna snuggles her baby boy.

Moving to Barbados

 

“Both her (Rihanna) and ASAP’s family are in Barbados, so the couple are planning to move there in a few months’ time” – A source tells The Mirror

A$AP and Rihanna’s decision must have been influenced by this. Growing up around family in such a beautiful place is priceless.

The plan is to live in Los Angeles for three months before moving from their current residence. Rihanna grew up in Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados, and now will raise her child there.

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A$AP Rocky and Rihanna in the D.M.B. music video. Credit: Twitter

Growing Up In Barbados

 

“She wants to give her baby the same experience she had – away from the world of show business” – A source tells The Mirror

Growing up in Barbados’ capital influenced Rihanna so much that she wants to give her child the same influential upbringing. A$AP Rocky and Rihanna’s child will grow up away from show business, but his upbringing will be vastly different from theirs. Both Rihanna and Rocky know what it is like to grow up poor and this will not be the experience for their little one.

Rihanna And A$AP Are Parents

TMZ reported that the child, whose name is not public knowledge, was born on May 13.

A$AP Rocky and Rihanna prepare for child
A$AP Rocky and Rihanna prepare for child
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The public didn’t experience the entirety of Rihanna’s pregnancy. Rihanna announced to everyone back in January that they were having a child. The couple made up for it by showing us how expecting parents should present themselves.

Their baby marinated in epic fashion moments and will be expected to live up to his parents’ trendsetting. Still being a baby, he has time to fill their shoes in the fashion world. For now, he can enjoy growing up in Barbados with both of his parents.

 

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Kodak Black Talks Impending Fatherhood

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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.

 

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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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DMX’s Alleged 15th Child Comes for Estate

According to Page Six, a woman named Raven Barmer-Simmons claims to be the child of the late rapper, DMX. She is trying to get a piece of the $1 million estate.

DMX  died in April of this year of a cocaine-induced heart attack. He had left no will behind, either.

On Friday (October 22), Judge Helen Blackwood appointed X’s three sons Tacoma, Xavier, and Sean Simmons as the temporary administrators of DMX’s estate. They are from his 16-year marriage to Tashera Simmons.

X’s fiancee, Desiree Lindstrom, who’s also the mother of 5-year-old Exodus, applied to the court to be legally declared his common-law wife. The judge, however, had declined her request. She also petitioned the court to be another administrator of the estate. X’s older daughters, Sasha Simmons and Jada Oden, are also trying to become administrators.

Raven Barmer-Simmons has been contacting X’s other children and claims she is DMX’s daughter. A DNA test still needs to be completed to determine her paternity.

“The next big thing is to determine who are the rightful heirs,” trusts and estates attorney Herbert Nass said. “The estate is going to ask everyone to prove paternity through DNA testing. All the legal children of DMX will be entitled to an equal share of his estate.”

DMX sold more than 74 million albums and built a successful career in both music and movies. However, he left behind an estate estimated to be in debt. Nass continued on to say, “We need to collect assets and pay debts and administration costs. We don’t have a lot of information about his income streams, but now the temporary administrators have been appointed, we can ask questions and expect answers.”

Written by Justin Acosta

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#HipHop4Her: Party Now, Be A Mother Later

We all remember asking for a Baby Born or a Baby Alive when we were younger. The unsure look on our mother’s faces on whether to buy the doll for us. They were afraid to expose us to the idea of having a baby. Nonetheless, we got the doll. For me, I remember pushing the baby around in my toy stroller, feeding it and changing it when I cared enough to do so.

As we grow up there’s this period where the thought of having a baby is used to scare us. So girls become more concerned with the idea of having a boyfriend and hanging out with her friends. When I was a teenager my mom would always stress that I needed to be focused on my books, boys will always be around and there is no room for babies in her house. During this time I had an extreme fear of having a baby, whether it is by accident or on purpose. The way my mother described it was that having a baby would ruin my life and I had some major dreams.

Going to an all girls school nick-named the baby factory, didn’t quite sit well with me. I didn’t want to be part of the school statistic. My Spanish teacher even made a bet, that if her students graduated from college without a baby, and they returned for a visit she’ll give each girl $20. So that was motivation for me to protect myself and ensure that I didn’t get pregnant. I wanted to prove something, that I was capable.

But pregnancies became more common amongst my friends and people I went to school with. Every time I checked Facebook there was someone else I knew that was pregnant. It’s like when women reach their 20’s everyone around them wants to pop a baby out. At a point I began to feel that I wasn’t up to par with my old classmates and my friends. I began to become weary that my turn was coming soon; I’d break down if I got my period two days late. I knew I wasn’t ready for a baby. I wasn’t ready to share my friends either.

Although I would get the occasional baby fever, I wasn’t adequate enough to be some one’s mother. Plus my boyfriend discouraged any thought of a mini “us.” I was more concerned about losing my friends, because I know that babies have this tendency to take up all the time people have. There will be no more parties every other weekend, shopping for just us, sleep overs, or random drink dates.

It wasn’t until my cousin had my Goddaughter that I realized that life doesn’t stop for those with children. We have a closer relationship now, and she still wants to go out for drinks and party when we can. It’s not hard to keep a relationship with your pregnant friends or friends with kids. Yes you may not have kids at the moment, but planning dates or just going for a visit can keep the relationship going. When you finally have kids, you’ll be glad that you have someone to give you advice and plan play dates with.