When Skepta announced that he was expecting a baby earlier this week we all dared to dream that the mother-to-be was fashion queen Naomi Campbell. The supermodel, 48, and the 35-year-old rapper are said to be dating, and a flurry of rumours quickly sprung up regarding the couple expecting a little one. However, Naomi has now shut down the rumours in a very Naomi way – letting her famous physique do the talking for her. Sharing a snap of herself in a snazzy black bikini on the deck of a yacht, the runway star showcased a flat and toned torso – with no hint of a bump in sight.
It comes after Skepta, real name Joseph Adenuga, shared a picture of a 3D sonogram this week. His post didn’t give much away as he only captioned the picture with a rose and set the location to ‘Planet Earth’. As you do! The 3D scan sonogram suggests that the pregnancy is in the third trimester.
Skepta has been rumoured to be dating model Naomi for some time, especially after a string of public admirations for each other, but the rapper is also said to have had a secret long-term girlfriend for some many years. Earlier this year Skepta and Naomi left tongues wagging when they posed semi-naked for GQ. Naomi previously shared a picture showing herself topless and wearing boxers from Skepta’s range Mains, with the 35-year-old staring at her across a couch.
However, she quickly deleted the image. Back in April Naomi publicly congratulated Skepta after he was conferred with Chieftaincy title in Nigeria. Posting a picture of the Shutdown rapper in his traditional clothes and holding up his certificate, she wrote: ‘Congratulations Chief Joseph Olaitan Adenuga!’ The 2016 Mercury Prize winner attended a ceremony in his family’s hometown of Ijebu Ode, Ogun state on 4 April and was conferred with the honourary chieftaincy title Amuludun of Odo-Aje.
The rapper, real name Joseph Adenuga, is of both Yoruba and Igbo ethnicity and proudly showed off a video of the ceremony to his followers on Instagram. His caption read: ‘Thank you to the Baale, Chiefs of Odo Aje and King for presenting me with my Chieftaincy title today.
‘I am honoured and will continue to put time and love into Nigeria, especially the community of Odo Aje.’
Earlier this year Skepta and Naomi left tongues wagging when they posed semi-naked for GQ. Naomi previously shared a picture showing herself topless and wearing boxers from Skepta’s range Mains, with the 35-year-old staring at her across a couch. However, she quickly deleted the image. Back in April Naomi publicly congratulated Skepta after he was conferred with Chieftaincy title in Nigeria. Posting a picture of the Shutdown rapper in his traditional clothes and holding up his certificate, she wrote: ‘Congratulations Chief Joseph Olaitan Adenuga!’
Singer Adekunle Gold went from being the ‘King of Photoshop’ to Africa’s newest and hottest pop star in a matter of few years by grabbing the attention of Hollywood stars on his way to the top, creating his own genre, refusing to sing in English majority of the time and proudly representing his birthplace, Nigeria.
In a time where sounds from the continent have started making an impact on mainstream music – artist like Drake, Rihanna and Beyonce are known to incorporate artistic traits inspired from old and new African musicians into their work – Adekunle insists that the world is ‘late’ on the trend.
The urban high-life singer from Lagos, who is was born into the Kosoko royal family of Lagos State, had an unusual rise to fame which unsuspectingly involved the likes of Beyonce and Chrissy Teigen.