Congratulations to Da Brat! According to her, she is pregnant and expecting her first child at age 48 with her wife Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart. She made the announcement via her Instagram page with photos of her pregnant self with the caption;
BLESSINGS all 2023
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Da Brat and her wife Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart announced that they are expecting their first child, which Da Brat will be carrying. Da Brat showed off her baby bump alongside Jesseca in an Instagram post on Tuesday (February 21), which she captioned, “BLESSINGS all 2023.”
Jesseca and Da Brat spoke to People magazine exclusively about the pregnancy, and Jesseca, who had three kids prior to marrying Da Brat in 2022, wanted her wife to experience pregnancy. Jesseca told the publication, “We had a little tug-o-war in the beginning…but I felt like she should have the experience. She is so nurturing.”
Da Brat revealed she suffered a miscarriage prior to her pregnancy, but she revealed that Jesseca had “quite a few of her eggs left” from an egg retrieval procedure. Da Brat is now firmly into her second trimester, which she says is a “blessing.
Who is Da Brat?
Shawntae Harris-Dupart (born April 14, 1974), better known by her stage name Da Brat, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she began her career in 1992, the year she signed with So So Def Records. Her debut album Funkdafied (1994) sold one million copies, making her the first female solo rap act to receive a platinum certification, and the second overall female rap act (solo or group) after Salt-N-Pepa.
Throughout her career, she has earned two top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, “Funkdafied” and “Not Tonight”, the latter with Lil’ Kim, Lisa Lopes, Missy Elliott and Angie Martinez. Brat has also had commercial success with other songs including “I Think They Like Me”, plus several remixes of Mariah Carey’s songs, including “Loverboy”, “Always Be My Baby”, “I Still Believe/Pure Imagination”, “Honey”, and “Gotta Thing For You”, a hip-hop-inspired version of the Bobby Caldwell song “What You Won’t Do For Love”.Brat has received two Grammy Award nominations.
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