Vic Mensa has revealed he is a dad. The 31-year-old star and his girlfriend, Melanie, welcomed their first son, Mansa Musa Mensa, last year.
Mensa revealed the new child in an interview with Us Weekly, detailing why he waited to reveal his new bundle of joy and coupling the announcement with a new song, “I Wanna Be Ready.”
“With the world being the way it is and the internet, I just wanted to take my time,” Mensa said “I wanted to protect our peace and protect Melanie’s peace and the process of pregnancy and his infancy and [it] just felt like the right time.”
Mensa’s son is in the video for “I Wanna Be Ready.” Mensa himself directs the video. “I really wanted to make this art piece to present his birth to the world through this art piece,” he said.
It may have already clicked with you, but the name Mansa Musa is chosen to highlight African heritage:
“Mansa Musa [is] a 13th-century emperor of Mali and the Mali Empire was widely regarded as being the wealthiest man in all of human history … Mansa Musa is just a very well-known figure in African history and amongst African people of the diaspora all across the globe, primarily for his wealth.”
You can see the new video below.
