Da Brat, 48, Pregnant: Rapper Expecting 1st Child With Wife Judy Dupart

At 48 years old, Da Brat is large for the archetypal time! The rapper shared the quality with PEOPLE connected Feb. 20, and posed for a photograph sprout that showed disconnected her bare babe bump. It is Da Brat and her wife, Jesseca “Judy” Dupart’s, archetypal babe together. “It’s been rather a journey,” Da Brat admitted. “There’s a batch of worldly we learned astir women implicit the property of 40.”

Da Brat joined Judy successful Feb. 2022, truthful their announcement comes conscionable astir 1 twelvemonth aft their wedding date. The thought to person kids began erstwhile Judy was launching a caller enactment of hairsbreadth products that was inspired by her wife. She utilized the tagline, ‘We’re extending our family!’ to beforehand the brand, but it got the women reasoning astir really expanding their family. “We got a immense response,” Da Brat explained. “It was like, ‘Oh my God, bash we really privation to person kids?’ And if we do, girl, we amended hurry up!”

Da Brat and Judy astatine an event. (Stephen Lovekin/AMC/Shutterstock)

Da Brat, whose existent sanction is Shawntae Harris, admitted that she ne'er really thought she was going to person kids herself. “I conscionable thought it wasn’t successful the cards for me,” she shared. “I’ve had a large career, a afloat life. I felt similar due to the fact that I didn’t get large earlier on, past it conscionable wasn’t going to hap for me.” Meanwhile, Judy already has 3 kids from a erstwhile relationship.

After gathering Judy, Da Brad admittedly starting “looking astatine beingness differently” and began wanting a kid of her ain with her partner. She didn’t privation to transportation the babe herself successful the beginning, but Judy felt similar the rapper “should person that experience,” which she discussed connected an occurrence of their world amusement successful 2022. Unfortunately, getting large did not travel easy. Da Brat had country to region fibroids and polyps, past suffered a miscarriage aft her archetypal embryo transfer.

With immoderate eggs near over, though, the transportation worked the 2nd clip around. “It’s conscionable a blessing,” Da Brat gushed. “I’m excited. I don’t person immoderate cravings oregon nausea, but I’m ever sleepy. Everything makes maine cry. If idiosyncratic wins American Idol, I cry. I’m like…I’m tougher than that!” She is presently 18 weeks along.

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