A very pregnant Latto is addressing her private relationship and newfound motherhood as she and her belly bump graced the cover of PAPER Magazine.
After hitting fans with a double whammy — a pregnancy reveal and new album on the way — Latto, 27, tells Joan Summers, “This is me at my most confident. I’m in my happiest space, at the most peace I’ve experienced in my 27 years of life — whew, 27, I almost forgot how old I was!”
As we previously shared, following months of pregnancy rumors, the Atlanta rapper confirmed she’s expecting her first child. Although she has yet to confirm the child’s father, verbally, she left several clues in her “Business & Personal (Intro)” music video, along with baby shower invites that surfaced online.
Social media sleuths immediately noticed tattoos and baby photos of fellow Atlanta rapper 21 Savage — whom Latto has been sparking romance rumors with since about 2020. Again, neither rapper has verbally or explicitly confirmed a romance, the receipts don’t lie.
Latto Refuses To ‘Prove Anything To Anybody’ Or To ‘Clear Any Rumors’ About Her Private Relationship And Child’s Father
But, if you’re still not sure, until you hear from one of them, you might waiting a little longer as Latto tells PAPER she “has nothing to prove to anyone” and doesn’t “have no rumor to clear up.”
“I have nothing to prove to anyone. I have no rumor to clear up. I’ve been with my man for years now, and it ain’t going nowhere. To me, that’s clearly a result of me moving and operating how I do. When it comes to female rappers, female artists — we’re told that we have to put so much of our life out there, and then it becomes too much about our personal life and not enough of the music. That’s how stuff just ends up crashing and burning, because you got too many cooks in the kitchen. I’m my own person outside of my relationship as well. I don’t want to make that the forefront of my existence, my career. I got a man at home, I’m happy and I’m well taken care of, and that’s about all anyone needs to know.”
She also says she plans to continue protecting her private relationship and motherhood.
“It’s all new territory for me. I’m preparing myself mentally for people to have so much to say once I do officially announce that I am pregnant and expanding my family. But I don’t think I’m going to be willing to share much more than I already have. If anything… the most expressive or vulnerable I’ll get when it comes to my personal life will be in the music. Outside of that, you probably won’t see much.”
The rapper also made sure to clear up her her viral lyrics on Summer Walker‘s song, “Go Girl.” On the track, Latto raps, “Big mama, no kids. Waiting for the right n***a, right time.” Latto now says, “I’ve been waiting to speak on that! I recorded that verse almost two years ago. I was not pregnant! I’m not a cap-a** b*tch. Let me clear that up.”
Latto also revealed how she knew this was the right time to build a family, claiming “God spoke” to her.
“God just spoke to me. I felt like this is what’s supposed to happen at this time of my life right now, and I just leaned into it. I was definitely terrified of what everyone was going to think and, you know, those stigmas, that [motherhood] is gonna slow you down. But I feel like I’m more motivated than I’ve ever been in my life. I was so worried in the beginning, and I literally laugh at how worried I was now. I can’t imagine my life today being any other way. It’s like it was written.
I’m documenting my whole pregnancy in this book for them to see one day. I’m not even being secretive when I say ‘them’ — I don’t know! We decided from the jump we was gonna make [the gender] a surprise. Now that I’m about to be a parent, there’s so much that my parents instilled in me that I’m going to just carry on with my child.”
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