Key Takeaways:

• Joey Bada$$ says his shift to monogamy displays private development and emotional maturity.
• He and his fiancée, Serayah McNeill, not too long ago welcomed a child boy and confirmed their engagement.
• He opened up about canceling his tour to deal with psychological well being and emotional well-being.

Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ is a now a one-woman man. After main a polyamorous way of life, the ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ rapper not too long ago mentioned why he bought again on crew monogamy.

Joey is presently engaged to actress Serayah McNeill, so it looks as if his days training polyamory are within the rear view. On a Monday (Oct. 27) episode of Cam Newton’s “Funky Friday” podcast, he spoke with the previous NFL’s star about his resolution.

“It came with maturation … Prior to this relationship, I was in a previous relationship on and off with my high school sweetheart and everything,” Joey stated, referring to the mom of the daughter he has from a earlier relationship. “So that gave me a certain type of experience. And by the time that ended, I was like, ‘Okay, cool.’ I spent a lot of time of my life trying to make this thing work. Now I’m at a point in my life where it’s like, ‘Maybe I need to try this other thing?’ And that’s when the polyamory idea came into place.”

Joey and Serayah welcomed their very own child boy in June and confirmed their engagement shortly thereafter in July. According to Joey, his earlier resolution to juggle a number of companions was a matter of not being deceitful. However, the expertise provided him one other perspective.

He added, “What I spotted from that, in hindsight, was [that] there’s a sure a part of me that was not happy. I used to be unfulfilled. And I believe I used to be utilizing that of what I wasn’t feeling for myself. And I used to be making an attempt to make use of that to search out in different individuals.”

In different associated information, Joey dropped a brand new album titled Lonely At The Top in late August. However, a tour to assist the mission — referred to as “The Dark Aura Tour” and set to kick off in October with Ab-Soul and Rapsody — was abruptly cancelled on the high of the month. He later revealed that a part of the rationale the dates have been scrapped was to maintain his psychological well being.

“I thought about how to address this, and I’m gonna choose honesty,” Joey admitted on Earn Your Leisure’s “Black Out with Ian & Rashad” podcast. “My honest truth of why I canceled the tour is that my mental health was just not aligned with it. I did not feel mentally fit enough to embark on this journey.”

Respect.