Latto Appears to Reveal the Sex of Her Baby With 21 Savage on New Album ‘Big Mama’
The rapper also walked back earlier comments that she is retiring.
Latto speaks onstage at Spotlight: Latto at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live on Dec. 3, 2024 in Los Angeles.
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Latto returned with her new album Big Mama on Friday (May 29), which found her seemingly putting an end to the speculation about whether she recently gave birth to a baby girl or boy.
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“Should’ve seen my face when they told me it’s a baby girl/ Ms in your account ‘fore my baby even breathe,” she reflects on “Mama” — which features an assist from Jelly Roll — appearing to confirm that she welcomed a daughter. The 27-year-old recently hinted in a video posted to social media that she had given birth to her first child with partner 21 Savage.
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Billboard has reached out to Latto’s rep for comment.
Separately, Latto opens up about how excited she is to become a mother on “Daddy’s Girl Interlude,” which samples Aaliyah’s “Never Comin’ Back.” “I got my own on the way now, and I can’t wait to teach her,” she candidly states.
Latto revealed her pregnancy in March and then seemingly confirmed she had welcomed her baby in a May VLOG, which followed her pregnancy journey. The footage includes a star-studded baby shower and closes with Latto seemingly in the delivery room.
21 Savage also appeared to give a first look at their newborn in a post to Instagram May 20, while celebrating a massive Premier League win for Arsenal. He did not reveal any information about the baby in the post.
While they’ve kept much of their relationship private in recent years, the Slaughter Gang rapper does make an appearance in Latto’s pregnancy-journey VLOG, seemingly confirming their union.
Latto previously shocked fans with her claim that Big Mama would be her “retirement album,” but pump the brakes on her hanging up the mic just yet. In a new interview with Apple Music’s Nadeska Alexis that posted on the day the album arrived, Latto pointed to postpartum depression and shared that on the specific day of the interview, she didn’t think she’d retire.
“Remember when we was talking about postpartum depression, good days, bad days? That was definitely not one of the good days,” she said. “Experiencing postpartum for the first time, you don’t know what to expect? I kind of underestimated it. That was just one of those days where I was at home and overwhelmed with the album.”
Latto continued: “I was going through it that day. Today’s a good day. I wouldn’t say I’m retiring today. Talk to me next week again, I might say, ‘No, that s–t was for real.’ So, I don’t know. I’m going through it. I crashed. It is what it is.”
Big Mama arrived on Friday (May 29) with loaded features from Jelly Roll, Doja Cat, Sexyy Red, GloRilla, Mariah the Scientist, Teyana Taylor, 21 Savage, Odeal and Wizkid.
Watch Latto’s interview with Apple Music below:
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