Key Takeaways:

• Kehlani’s reveal adopted final 12 months’s authorized proceedings and public hypothesis about their parenting.
• Their ex, Javaughn Young-White, beforehand accused Kehlani of cult involvement however later retracted the claims.
• Kehlani spoke candidly concerning the emotional toll of the case and the way it deepened their connection to religion and parenting.

Kehlani now has full custody of their daughter, Adeya Nomi Parrish Young-White, they revealed on Monday (Dec. 8).

During their go to to “The Breakfast Club,” the “Folded” singer was requested about their explosive custody battle with Javaughn Young-White, with whom they’re not involved. “I sat silent for most of it. I was very calm,” Kehlani advised Loren LoRosa, noting that Adeya’s father “backtracked pretty much all” of his accusations.

For context, Javaughn alleged in August 2024 that Kehlani was a part of a “cult” and had put Adeya “in harm’s way.” He later retracted the claims in a public assertion that very same month. “I do not need to paint an unfair image of my co-parent for my justifiable feelings to be respected by the court of law,” the guitarist wrote in a since-deleted social media put up.

As Kehlani advised “The Breakfast Club,” their solely focus was shielding their baby after an extremely personal scenario grew to become web discourse. “I can bear anything attached to my name. It might hurt. I might throw a little bit [of] a fit about it, but I’m an adult,” they defined. “When you see your child’s name attached to these things [or] your child’s photo next to certain words, and certain verbiage, and certain things, that’s a bit of a heartbreaker.”

The While We Wait singer added that the expertise introduced them nearer to their religion. “I probably learned the most about God through that situation because I was on my knees,” they mentioned. “I have been through many things that were way worse than this, and ultimately it was just, ‘Think about your kid, think about your kid.’”

It’s additionally essential to do not forget that Kehlani was already below fireplace on the time for their public support of Palestine. Elsewhere of their sit-down, the Oakland native revealed that’s one thing they’re nonetheless navigating.

“People who are very obsessed with disliking me and were waiting for a gotcha moment again, and a moment to prove she’s so f**king weird, well, hold on to that forever,” Kehlani mentioned, earlier than declaring that these critics are typically “very miserable.”

When talking on how the custody battle affected Adeya, Kehlani shared that she was “very understanding” and approaching every little thing “day by day.”