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Erica Mena and Safaree Samuels welcome second child together a month after filing for divorce
Safaree and Erica are divorcing (Picture: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)
Erica Mena and Safaree Samuels have welcomed their second child together amid their divorce.
Safaree, 39, confirmed that Erica had given birth to a baby boy as he shared a picture of himself cradling his son on Instagram.
The rapper captioned the snap: ‘MR Straittt jr is here!!’, referencing his 2020 album Straitt.
He did not share the baby’s name or any other details, but posted a snap of the baby gripping his finger on his Instagram stories and wrote: ‘Another me… that’s all the world needed.’
Fans and friends left messages of congratulations under the post.
Erica, 33, has yet to post about her son’s birth, but had been sharing pictures of her bump to Instagram up until three days ago.
Safaree did not reveal his son’s name (Picture: Instagram)
The Love & Hip-Hop: New York stars are already parents to daughter Safire, who turned one in February.
Their baby boy’s birth comes a month after Erica filed for divorce from Safaree after a year and a half of marriage.
The model and reality star filed for divorce in Georgia’s Fayette County Superior Court in late May, saying their marriage is ‘irretrievably broken’ with ‘no hope of reconciliation’.
According to Entertainment Tonight, Erica asked for joint legal custody, final decision-making authority, and requested physical custody of Safire on a temporary and permanent basis ‘with the parties having parenting time as determined in the minor children’s best interests’.
Erica filed for divorce in May (Picture: Instagram)
The pair had announced they were expecting a second child together just weeks earlier, with Safaree writing in a since deleted post: ‘Safire got a new sibling 😇😇. New baby who dis?? 🙏🏾🙏🏾 #2under2 time to get neutered 🤣🤣 now I need a chef and a nanny.’
Safaree and Erica got engaged on Christmas Eve 2018, before marrying in October 2019, days after they announced they were expecting a baby together.
Erica is also mum to 14-year-old son King, who she shares with rapper Raul Conde.
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The Love & Hip-Hop star was previously engaged to Bow Wow.
Meanwhile, Safaree was in a relationship with Nicki Minaj from 2002 until 2014.
Nicki, 38, became a mum last year, welcoming a baby boy with husband Kenneth Petty.
