I hate hearing people wish bad stuff on her and the baby. This is a child, an actual life.”
In a recent candid interview with Vibe magazine, singer Mashonda opens about her failed relationship with producer Swizz Beatz, with whom she has three-year-old Kasseem Jr, and much more! A must read!
Vibe: I know it was very important for you to sit down with Alicia if she was going to be around your son. Safe to assume that happened?
Mashonda: When I wrote her that Twitter letter everybody wanted to say things like ‘Oh, what do you need to meet her for? It’s not her problem, it’s Swizz’s.” I’m like, ‘You have a kid, go through what I went through and then talk to me.’ I’m not having my son around anybody I don’t know. I don’t give a [fig] who you are and how much money you have and what management he’s going to be under when he visits you. I need to see you and I need you to see how serious I am about him. And that’s what happened. We had to sit down, and I told her how I felt. I didn’t mention anything else, it was all about my son and it was fine after that. I’m not going sit and talk to [them] about what happened between the three of us. This is about my son.
Vibe: How did you introduce [your son] Kasseem to Alicia?
Mashonda:‘ This is daddy’s friend Alicia… Daddy’s girlfriend.’ I don’t want him to ever go over there feeling uncomfortable.
Vibe: When did this meeting finally take place?
Mashonda: It took a good year and a half. I think that only happened in March.
Vibe:How was Alicia’s demeanor?
Mashonda: She just listened.
