Key Takeaways:

• Cardi B, A$AP Rocky and Kodak Black expanded their households with new additions in 2025.
• Several artists, together with Flo Milli and DreamDoll, turned first-time dad and mom this 12 months.
• Social media reveals and music tie-ins gave followers a front-row seat to those household milestones.

Love was within the air in 2025, particularly amongst celebrities, and extra particularly, hip hop stars. Throughout the 12 months, a few of our favourite rappers turned first-time mothers — together with Coi Leray, Flo Milli and DreamDoll — whereas others expanded their households.

Probably the 12 months’s most anticipated child belonged to Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, who had their third baby and first child woman. The couple first hinted on the thrilling information in the course of the Met Gala in May, giving loads of time to guess the infant’s gender and revisit RiRi’s iconic maternity type. Trailing behind them, Cardi B and Stefon Diggs welcomed their infant later that November.

With all that in thoughts, Rap-Up revisited eight rappers who had infants born in 2025. Check them out under!

1. Coi Leray

Coi Leray was glowing all all through her being pregnant. The “Players” rapper welcomed her first baby with Trippie Redd, whom she had already cut up from by the point child Miyoco arrived in June. In her supply vlog, Leray revealed that she had a C-section as a result of she wasn’t dilating quick sufficient. Fortunately, the medical doctors made her really feel “so comfortable” by means of what she described as a “very emotional” expertise.

“I love motherhood,” Leray instructed RapTV later within the 12 months. “It takes a lot and [a] lot of patience, especially with a newborn. Listen, it’s not easy.” The Trendsetter artist added that having a toddler made her admire her personal mom “so much more because it is not easy.”

Fans additionally bought to see Miyoco make an lovable cameo within the music video for her Shoreline Mafia-assisted “Act Like You Know.”

2. Cardi B

Stefon Diggs bought the infant boy he’d been hoping for on Nov. 4. He and Cardi B welcomed their first baby collectively — and her fourth general — after the” Bodak Yellow” rapper publicly shared her being pregnant with Gayle King on “CBS Mornings” again in September.

“Starting over is never easy, but it’s been so worth it!” Bardi wrote on Instagram just a little over every week after giving start (although she hadn’t shared Baby Brim’s start date at that time). She continued, “I introduced new music and a brand new album to the world! A brand new child into my world, and another reason to be the very best model of me, another reason to like me greater than the rest or anybody else, so I can proceed giving my infants the love and life they deserve.”

It’s wild to assume that Cardi delivered her chart-topping sophomore album, AM I THE DRAMA?, beat a civil assault lawsuit, and mapped out her first headlining tour all whereas pregnant. The “Magnet” artist actually is a real-life superwoman.

3. A$AP Rocky

The complete world had been ready to see if Rihanna can be having a smurf or a smurfette ever since she formally debuted her stomach bump on the 2025 Met Gala. Sure sufficient, she and A$AP Rocky welcomed a child woman, Rocki Irish Mayers, on Sept. 13.

RiRi introduced the information on social media with a photograph of herself holding Rocki, who wore a pink onesie. She additionally shared a close-up shot of her daughter’s tiny pink gloves, which have been tied with ribbons alongside the highest.

The “Fashion Killa” rapper later gushed about Rocki on the 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards. “Rocki is cuter than ever. You know, she’s my baby twin, so it’s amazing. I’m happy to be a girl dad at this point,” he instructed Entertainment Tonight on the crimson carpet.

Rocky then joked that her older brothers, RZA and Riot, may “get a little jealous,” however assured there’s loads of like to go round: “It’s probably gon’ take some getting used to.”

4. Flo Milli

Flo Mommy s**t, certainly. In April, the “Never Lose Me” hitmaker revealed that she had welcomed a child boy, Sixx, with Florida rapper G6reddot. “And y’all [better] not play ’bout y’all internet nephew,” Milli captioned an music/rb-hip-hop/flo-milli-gives-birth-first-child-g6reddot-photos-1235955734/”>Instagram Stories publish of herself holding her infant in his diaper.

Some followers may keep in mind that the Alabama star first hinted that she was pregnant in November 2024, formally confirming the information later that month on X. “I can’t even see my coochie no more. That’s crazy,” she joked, simply weeks after initially claiming she was merely “bloated.”

Milli and Sixx have been melting hearts nonstop since he arrived. During spooky season, they blessed the timeline with not one however two Halloween looks: Scooby-Doo and Daphne for the primary, and Mario and Luigi for the second.

5. DreamDoll

“As I write this, I’m overwhelmed with love and anticipation, knowing that in just a short time, I’ll finally get to hold you in my arms,” DreamDoll wrote on Instagram in January. A few months later, in March, she welcomed Jream — or Muffin, because the “Ah Ah Ah” rapper calls her.

During her first Mother’s Day, DreamDoll stated giving start to Jream was the “best thing that has ever happened” to her. “Every single day, you teach me more about love, patience, strength and purpose than I ever thought possible,” she shared. The Bronx-bred artist later described being a lady mother as “the most emotional, raw and beautiful rollercoaster” she’s ever been on, and one she would not change for something.

6. Kodak Black

While most of us have been most likely beginning our New Year’s resolutions and planning for the months forward, Kodak Black was celebrating the arrival of his fifth baby. Prince Vulture Octave Kapri was born on Jan. 1 at 8 p.m., based on the infant’s mom, who revealed the information a couple of weeks later.

The “Super Gremlin” hitmaker had welcomed his fourth child the earlier 12 months with Maranda Johnson, so he’s positively been busy out and in of the studio.

7. Asian Doll

Adding one other Virgo child to our listing, Asian Doll launched Mi’Lani to the world on Sept. 22. She introduced that her daughter arrived at seven kilos and 13 ounces, together with a photograph of the infant mendacity on her again within the hospital.

8. Baby Tate

Baby Tate turned Mama Tate on Nov. 10. On her socials, the “I Am” rapper shared that she welcomed her infant at 39 weeks by means of a pure water start. “I ended up staying at the [birthing] center and gave birth to my baby boy in that dimly lit room with a zen Apple music playlist going softly in the background in a warm tub five hours later,” she shared through Instagram.

In a separate post on Twitter, the rap star shared that it took “11 hours, no medication.” As anticipated, the web was thrilled about having a brand-new nephew.