Key Takeaways:

• These R&B stars are redefining what it means to be a mother within the highlight.
• Several artists, like Victoria Monét and Queen Naija, have even featured their youngsters in songs or public moments.
• The listing contains each longtime icons and newer voices, displaying how R&B mothers proceed to form the style.

Mothers are in every single place. They’re within the folks we meet everyday, the kin we see at household features, and the artists whose music we love. Of course, loads of female rappers have kids, however we do not speak sufficient in regards to the R&B girlies who’re additionally moms.

Two of the style’s greatest names, Rihanna and Beyoncé, have their very own lovely households. So accomplish that many others, like Ciara, Ella Mai, and Kehlani, simply to call a couple of. The better part is that R&B not solely conjures up romance, nevertheless it additionally brings out so many good songs about motherhood, equivalent to Bey’s “Blue” or Queen Naija’s “Mama’s Hands.”

So, with that mentioned, listed here are 16 R&B singers who’re moms. Take a glance under.

1. Summer Walker

Of course the lady behind songs like “Body” and “Screwin” has a ravishing little household of her personal. Summer Walker welcomed her first baby, Bubbles Renee Walker, in 2021 with producer London On Da Track. She later turned a mother to twins — two boys — with LVRD Pharoh in 2022.

2. Jhené Aiko

“Your momma’s soul, and your daddy’s style / Wouldn’t you know, isn’t that wild / Your momma’s eyes, and your daddy’s smile,” Jhené Aiko sang on “Sun/Son,” a track she devoted to her and Big Sean’s first baby collectively, Noah Hasani, born in November 2022. Long earlier than that, the Sailing Soul(s) artist turned a mother to her daughter, Namiko Love, with O’Ryan in 2008.

3. Teyana Taylor

Teyana Taylor really has two of the cutest daughters on the planet. The Escape Room singer and her ex-husband, Iman Shumpert, introduced Junie into the world on Dec. 16, 2015, and Rue Rose in a while Sept. 6, 2020.

4. Rihanna

Another singer we’d all be fortunate to have as a mother, Rihanna welcomed her first two youngsters with A$AP Rocky back-to-back. RZA — named after the Wu-Tang Clan legend himself — was born on May 13, 2022. She later revealed her second being pregnant through the 2023 Super Bowl halftime present earlier than giving delivery to Riot that August.

RiRi gave delivery to child No. 3, Rocki Irish Mayers, on Sept. 13, 2025. Rocky joked to Entertainment Tonight that he and the “Diamonds” star are going to be “like the Wayans family,” so solely time will inform the place they cease!

5. Beyoncé

Although an enormous chunk of the BeyHive calls her “mother,” Beyoncé has a couple of youngsters of her personal. In 2012, the “Drunk in Love” singer and JAY-Z welcomed Blue Ivy Carter, who later turned one of many youngest Grammy winners ever. Their firstborn could favor her dad looks-wise, however she positively inherited her mother’s expertise. Blue Ivy shared the stage with Beyoncé through the “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR,” and even voice-acted together with her in Mufasa: The Lion King.

Bey’s twins, Rumi and Sir Carter, had been born in 2017. In her Homecoming documentary, she admitted that the being pregnant was “extremely difficult” and studying she was anticipating two infants made it “even more of a surprise.” Rumi additionally joined her mom onstage — alongside huge sister Blue Ivy — all through 2025’s “Cowboy Carter Tour.”

6. Queen Naija

If you comply with Queen Naija, you already know her infants imply all the things to her. She gave delivery to Chris Sails Jr. in 2015 and later welcomed her second son, Legend Lorenzo White, with Clarence White in 2019.

7. Ella Mai

Of all of the R&B stars talked about right here, Ella Mai is the one who retains her personal life, nicely, personal. We didn’t be taught she and Jayson Tatum had been anticipating a child till the Boston Celtics gained the 2024 NBA Finals, and even then, she was already close to her due date. According to People, the “Boo’d Up” singer named her firstborn Dylan.

8. Keyshia Cole

Keyshia Cole and former NBA participant Daniel Gibson launched their son, Daniel Hiram Jr., in 2010. Nearly a decade later, she had her second son, Tobias Khale, in 2019. As some followers may keep in mind, the “Love” singer documented that being pregnant in Keyshia Cole: My New Life.

9. Kehlani

What higher particular person to have as a mom than Kehlani? In 2019, the “Folded” singer had her first baby, Adeya Nomi Parrish Young-White, with Javaughn Young-White.

10. Victoria Monét

Victoria Monét is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and, most significantly, a mom. She and John Gaines welcomed Hazel Monét Gaines in 2021. Speaking with “E! News,” the “On My Mama” star mentioned she had numerous worry about “going through COVID as a pregnant woman,” however all the things turned out nicely ultimately.

As a few of us could know, Hazel made historical past because the youngest Grammy nominee ever for her contribution to “Hollywood,” which earned a nod for Best Traditional R&B Performance on the 2024 ceremony.

11. Brandy

Oh, what a blessing it have to be to have the one and solely Brandy as your mom. The “Have You Ever” singer welcomed Sy’rai Smith on June 16, 2002, which occurred to fall on Father’s Day, with producer Big Bert.

12. Ashanti

Ashanti and Nelly proved there’s nothing flawed with spinning the block, particularly when it brings somewhat one like Kareem Haynes into the world. The “Body On Me” collaborators had their first baby collectively in July 2024.

13. Solange

We’ve watched Julez Smith stroll runways and pop up throughout style week as he’s grown, so right here’s a delicate reminder: Solange, you actually did that. The “Cranes in the Sky” singer welcomed her son with ex-husband Daniel Smith in October 2004.

14. Halle

Just after we thought we couldn’t love Halle any greater than we already did, she gave delivery to Halo in December 2023. Yes, her son shares the identical title as a observe from Beyoncé’s I Am… Sasha Fierce. Even although followers had been satisfied Halle was anticipating months earlier than, she and DDG didn’t share the information of his arrival till January 2024.

Later on, the “Angel” singer revealed that she stopped being absolutely “vegan for 13 years” throughout her being pregnant. “I honestly was like, ‘Well, I’m just going to give my body what it wants right now because I’m doing a really hard job of growing a human.’ I also wanted to make sure Halo was getting the proper nutrients,” she defined.

15. Monica

Monica shares her first two youngsters with “U.O.E.N.O” rapper Rocko: Rodney and Romelo. The Still Standing artist later welcomed her daughter, Laiyah, with ex-husband Shannon Brown. To borrow Mary J. Blige’s phrases from her “New Life (Intro),” “You are a great mother, a great friend, a great wife.”

16. Ciara

CiCi’s rising household is one thing we’ll by no means get uninterested in seeing on the timeline. She welcomed her first baby, Future Zahir, with then-fiancé Future in 2014 earlier than the 2 ended their engagement.

A few years later, the “Goodies” star met NFL quarterback Russell Wilson, who turned dad to Sienna in 2017. They went on to welcome Win in July 2020 and Amora in December 2023.