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Coi Leray and DreamDoll

Traditionally, girls in Hip Hop have confronted critical strain to cover or decrease motherhood to protect their careers, thanks largely to old-school business fears that having children would reduce an artist’s attraction or distract them.

Nevertheless, the final decade has been an enormous cultural shift — particularly as followers’ favourite MCs attain a stage in life during which beginning households turns into a precedence. Artists similar to Nicki Minaj, Cardi B and Metropolis Ladies’ Yung Miami have embraced motherhood and included it into their on-line personas, public appearances and maybe most fittingly, their music.

In celebration of Mom’s Day, Rap-Up compiled an inventory of 13 girls in Hip Hop who show that you simply don’t need to sacrifice a profession to be a mother. Examine them out beneath.

1. Nicki Minaj

Minaj has been saying, “All these b**ches is my sons” for so long as followers can bear in mind, however she gave start for the primary time on Sept. 30, 2020. The rapper welcomed a boy, nicknamed Papa Bear, alongside husband Kenneth Petty, whom the musician met in highschool.

2. Sexyy Purple

Sexyy Purple could also be recognized for provocative tracks like “SkeeYee” and “Pound City,” however she’s additionally a mom. The St. Louis rapper welcomed her firstborn, a boy named Chuckie, in 2020. The “Get It Sexyy” artist gave start to her second little one in February 2024.

Purple tried to maintain her second being pregnant a secret for so long as doable — even hiding it by her supporting function on Drake’s “It’s All A Blur Tour.” She explained the reasoning to Billboard: “I prefer to have a private life. I’m already well-known or no matter, so all the pieces be on the market. I be making an attempt to have one thing to myself that I might maintain.”

3. Cardi B

Cardi B and Offset have a big household. Their eldest daughter, Kulture Kiari, was born on July 10, 2018. The “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker broke the information through Instagram by sharing her nude maternity images, simply weeks after revealing she and the Migos rapper secretly tied the knot the yr earlier than.

Notably, Kulture arrived at a busy time in Cardi B’s life — she was nonetheless selling her now RIAA-certified four-times platinum debut album, Invasion of Privateness. Three years later, the Bronx native revealed she was pregnant along with her second child, Wave, on the 2021 BET Awards. Then, in 2024, Cardi welcomed one other child lady with the Migos rapper.

4. Coi Leray

Coi Leray and Trippie Redd, who briefly reunited after five years apart, kicked off 2025 by asserting they have been anticipating a child. Months later, the “Gamers” rapper revealed she was having a lady named Miyoco, which suggests “stunning little one” in Japanese.

5. DreamDoll

“I am entering into 2025 with a lot pleasure for this new chapter of changing into a mom,” DreamDoll wrote whereas revealing her being pregnant, which, no shock, additionally occurred at first of the yr. Fittingly sufficient, she named her daughter Jream.

6. Rico Nasty

Having a baby whereas in her senior yr of highschool, Rico Nasty balanced motherhood and having a profession earlier than her breakout hit, “Smack A B**ch.” She gave start to her son, Cameron, on the age of 18. It’s price mentioning the mother-son duo has performed some fairly enjoyable issues up to now, together with starring in a marketing campaign for the FENTY x PUMA Creeper Phatty.

“If something, having a baby actually reveals you individuals do infantile issues. Not everyone is f**king good. Folks make errors,” Nasty instructed Billboard when reflecting on what motherhood has taught her. “Folks say errors. I bear in mind the primary time he ever cursed.”

7. Yung Miami

When she’s not dropping bars or taking on the podcast scene with “Caresha Please,” you’ll doubtless discover Yung Miami cozied up along with her two kids. She shares her firstborn, Jai Malik Wiggins Jr., along with her late ex, Jai Wiggins. The “CFWM” artist additionally has a daughter with Southside, named Summer season Miami Luellen.

8. Flo Milli

Though Flo Milli initially dismissed being pregnant rumors by saying she was simply “bloated,” the “By no means Lose Me” rapper formally welcomed a child boy with fellow rapper G6Reddot in April 2025.

9. Monaleo

Monaleo shared the joyous information of her first little one arriving in Could 2023. Selecting an at-home start, she spent two full days in labor, supported by her boyfriend and the child’s father, Stunna 4 Vegas. It’s additionally price noting that the El Paso, Texas native launched her debut album, The place The Flowers Don’t Die, simply days after giving start.

10. Kash Doll

In 2022, Kash Doll welcomed her first little one, Kashton, and simply two years, later she introduced she was anticipating once more — a daughter named Klarity — with fellow Detroit rapper Tracy T. The “Ice Me Out” creator broke the information on her thirty second birthday: “I’m so grateful and blessed to [be] within the place I’m in. I wouldn’t commerce my hand with nobody!”

11. LightSkinKeisha

LightSkinKeisha and her longtime accomplice Coca Vango welcomed Amin in January 2024. It marked the “Journey Good” rapper’s first and Vango’s second. “We’re extremely obsessive about our son; he’s all the pieces we prayed for,” LightSkinKeisha shared with PEOPLE on the time. “My being pregnant went easily, because of my husband’s assist for a simple, stress-free expertise. It glided by shortly, and now he’s right here, dwell and direct.”

12. Iggy Azalea

In 2020, Iggy Azalea quietly welcomed her first little one, Onyx. She introduced his arrival months after giving start, through Instagram. The Australian rapper shares the boy with Playboi Carti, whom she met whereas touring abroad.

Though Azalea and Carti haven’t at all times been on the most effective phrases, he described her because the “greatest mom on the planet” throughout an interview with XXL. “She’s an amazing mother. I really like her to loss of life,” the “Meh” artist mentioned.

13. Asian Doll

Final however undoubtedly not least, Asian Doll introduced in April 2025 that she was additionally becoming a member of the girl-mom membership. She celebrated the information with the cutest Bugs Bunny-themed gender reveal celebration.