Rapper Latto (pictured with GloRilla) confirmed she’s retiring after delivering her first child by fellow rapper 21 Savage. The 27-year-old native of Riverdale, Georgia, welcomed her first child recently.
She shared an emotional Instagram video documenting her pregnancy journey. “I was already thinking about naming my album Big Mama and then I found out about you and it just … everything fell into place,” Latto says in a voiceover. “It’s so crazy because I thought this was going to hinder me — making this album sober, being tired and just exhausted as my body went through all these changes.”
The video features cameos from 21 Savage and celebrity friends including Usher and Sexyy Red, who guesses at the baby’s sex.
In a video diary before giving birth, Latto says, “I’m so ready to meet my baby. I’m never going to leave when my baby gets here. Like, I need a million dollars a show because I don’t want to leave the house.”
But she also confirmed she’s retiring from rap to raise her child.
“5/29. My retirement album. Thank you for everything,” she tweeted.
In another video, Latto showed off expensive gifts she received from her baby’s “rich aunties & uncles.” They include GloRilla, T.I. and Tiny, Sexyy Red, G Herbo, Usher Raymond and his wife, Jen; Latto’s sister, Brooklyn and her boyfriend Sauce Gardner, and Atlanta Dream player Angel Reese.
The “Big Energy” rapper first revealed her pregnancy back in March, when she unveiled her Big Mama album cover.
The altered image shows her holding a cheetah cub while displaying a baby bump.
She captioned the photo:
“BIG MAMA (the album) 5/29
Business & Personal (Intro) song & video out now
Thank you God.”