Da Brat Announces Pregnancy at 48: ‘I Didn’t Think It Was in the Cards for Me’

Rapper Da Brat and her wife, Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart, are expecting their first baby a year after tying the knot

2023 is clearly going to be an exciting year for Da Brat. The hit “Funkified” rapper and her wife, Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart, just revealed that they’re expecting their first baby together! And since Da Brat, at age 48, is pregnant, their story is already serving as an inspiration for women who dream of expanding their families, even as they get older.

“It’s been quite a journey,” Da Brat told People magazine. “There’s a lot of stuff we learned about women over the age of 40.”

The couple got married on Feb. 2 of last year, which means their exciting baby news comes just over a year after they tied the knot. Soon after their wedding, 41-year-old Harris-Dupart launched a new line of hair products for her company, Kaleidoscope, and joked, “We’re extending our family.”

“It started as a joke,” she explained. “But then we got a huge response. It was like, ‘Oh my God do we want to actually have kids, and if we do, girl, we better hurry up!'”

Harris-Dupart is already a mom of three kids from before she and Da Brat were together. And for Da Brat, well, kids weren’t really part of the plan until now.

“I just thought it wasn’t in the cards for me,” she explained. “I’ve had a great career, a full life. I felt like, because I didn’t get pregnant earlier on, then it just wasn’t going to happen for me.”

Sometimes, though, that’s just how it works out. And meeting Harris-Dupart changed a lot of things for Da Brat. “I started looking at life so differently. I was like, I want a little me with you. Something special from the both of us that we can share and raise and love unconditionally.”

The couple’s journey so far hasn’t been easy—they both suffered health problems during egg retrieval and implantation, and they had a miscarriage last year. “I had never been so excited about something that I didn’t even know I wanted,” Da Brat said. “I fell in love with the idea and then it was all snatched away from me.”

Now, though, she’s in her second trimester and excited for all the experiences that lie ahead. “It’s just a blessing,” she said. “I’m excited!”