Da Brat’s wife Jesseca Harris-Dupart has clarified that the name of their newborn son is simply a combination of their two names together and said they did not steal the names from anyone, despite a former employee’s claim.
The former So So Def rapper gave birth to their son on July 6 in Atlanta and announced that she and her wife would name him Legacy Shawntae Dupart.
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A former employee of Jesseca’s has since accused the happy couple of stealing the names of her two children, but Jesseca bit back on social media by resharing a 2020 interview Da Brat did with Dish Nation, where she said the names were a combination of her and Jesseca’s.
“Shawntae is my first name and Dupart is my baby’s last name,” Brat said at the time. “Carry on the legacy of the parents, darling.”
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The former employee, who goes by Shaynah Solochek, claimed on Instagram over the weekend that Legacy and Shawntae are the names of her two sons, and “advised” Jesseca to “back off.”
“There are so many names in the world my two sons name did not have to be it,” she wrote.” I advise you to back off! I don’t do well with Demons trying to attack my children! I am ready for WAR ATP! One name I would say: okay so many people have that name but to take both of their names.”
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Jesseca replied on her Instagram Story, writing alongside the aforementioned interview: “No negativity as we celebrate our PERFECT son, but let’s get 1 thing straight with LOVE. This my wife on Dish in 2020.”
She continued: “We didn’t have a daughter but my wife’s pick of OUR sons name is a perfect fit for him with NO ONE else’s child in mind. ESPECIALLY a person we no longer follow/interact with nor know wtf is going on in their life.”
Da Brat and Harris-Dupart announced their pregnancy in February, revealing to PEOPLE magazine that they used an anonymous sperm donor to impregnate the “Funkdafied” rapper.
While the couple had clearly been on cloud nine throughout the pregnancy journey, the road to having their first child together wasn’t entirely smooth. Da Brat had to undergo surgery to remove fibroids and polyps prior to her embryo transfer procedure — and then came a heartbreaking miscarriage.
“I had never been so excited about something that I didn’t even know I wanted,” she told PEOPLE. “I fell in love with the idea and then it was all snatched away from me.”
Da Brat came out as gay back in 2020, telling Variety that she kept her sexuality a secret for almost 20 years because of longstanding homophobia in Hip Hop.
