Kehlani was 23 years old when Adeya became pregnant. However, that was precisely what she wanted. The artist planned when she would be conceiving and calculated the dates she wouldn’t be touring in 2018. “So we had a short time frame of having to actually have sex every day,” Kehlani said on “Queen Radio” (via Essence). “And we were excited that it didn’t start feeling like a chore.”It was always a top priority to become a mom.
Kehlani hopes that Adeya’s efforts will help heal their family wounds. “Trauma skips generations until it reaches someone able to heal it,”Kehlani posted a message on Instagram (via UndeleteShe gave birth in February 2019 (a month before). “And when they do… they heal 7 generations back & 7 generations forward.”Kehlani has many reasons to be focused on healing as her life has been markedly affected by hardships since birth.
Kehlani’s mother went into labor while running from the police, she told The Guardian2020. Except for Kehlani, her father who called her from prison, she received no assistance. “I was hella premature because she was on drugs,”Kehlani stated. She said that Kehlani’s mother was arrested within a few days and that her father passed away a little over a year later. “Nessa On Air”2014. After spending some time in foster homes, Kehlani’s aunt took her children in and raised her. “I was really lucky to have somebody to step up,”She spoke.
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