Okay, so the internet hasn’t exactly agreed to forgive Offset for his alleged bouts of infidelity (and fair enough, because WTF to that whole mess). But you know who *has* forgiven Offset? His wife, Cardi B. After a highly dramatic 2018 and 2020 filled with cheating allegations and gift-filled apologies, the pair is living their horniest most adorable lives. And more importantly, they’re both 100 percent committed to raising their daughter, Kulture, and their son, Wave.
Offset is now the father of five, with Cardi giving birth to the newest family addition over Labor Day weekend last year. (Yay! Kulture is a big sis!) But in addition to his two children with Cardi, Offset has more sweet kiddos from previous relationships, which you might already know since he shouted them out on his most recent album Father of 4. Offset’s very cute children are named Jordan, Kody, and Kalea, and his relationships with their moms are best described as…complicated. Let’s get into it, shall we?
Jordan Cephus
Jordan is Offset’s oldest son (he’s 12!), whom he had with a woman named Justine Watson. Justine is pretty private, so the public didn’t even know about Jordan until 2017, when she sued Offset for child support.
The Blast reports that Justine claimed “Offset provided sporadic financial assistance” and “rarely contributed to medical expenses, education needs, and extracurricular activities.” She tried to get retroactive child support and $15,000 to cover attorney’s fees, and allegedly Offset responded by requesting joint legal and physical custody.
Offset had Jordan when he was just 17, and since then a lot, obviously, has changed. “The journey of fatherhood was kind of tough for me at first,” Offset told Haute Living in February of this year. “I was trying to find myself. I didn’t have much direction on what it meant to be a father. I definitely made some mistakes, but I have no regrets. It’s challenging when you have a career like this and you’re constantly on the road. It makes it tough to see your kids, especially when they’re young. Now that I’m older, though, I’m learning my way.”
Offset addresses Jordan directly on “Father of 4,” and the lyrics are super touching:
I was 17 years old when I had youTryna find my soul when I had youI was oh so broke when I had you Locked up down the road when I had youJordan, sorry I wasn’t there for all your birthdaysI tried to hit, and I wasn’t rich, I had no workplace
Kody Cephus
Offset had his second son, Kody, with his ex-girlfriend Oriel Jamie. He’s 7 and majorly cute, as you can see:
Offset spends a lot of time with Kody, but he and his ex had issues in the past about Offset’s parenting. After he got engaged to Cardi B, Oriel took to Snapchat to call Offset out for not introducing Cardi to his son, writing, “Congrats to my son daddy and his stepmother whom he has yet to meet. Hopefully he at least get an invite to the wedding.”
Yikes. Let’s assume things are better now, considering Oriel let Kody take part in Offset’s album cover!
Kalea Marie Cephus
Offset had his oldest daughter, Kalea (she’s around 7!), with rapper Shya L’Amour. This relationship has also experienced some drama.
In February, Shya wrote on Insta, “I stayed silent nine months of my pregnancy and the first year of her life. But I has to speak up for myself cuz I’ll be damned if my daughter see or hear this in the future and think I was just out here living a thot life and didn’t know who my bd was! You CHOSE not to see bout her. You CHOSE to remain ignorant!!”
But by March, Shya recorded a video saying Cardi B helped Offset become a better man. “She loves him, they’re really good now, he has stepped up and he has been around as of lately to show her that affection she needs, that parental love. A mother can’t do that for a father. I think [Cardi] has helped him grow tremendously. Since she’s with him, I’ve noticed a lot of growth.”
View full post on YoutubeThere’s also a super-emotional verse about Kalea on “Father of 4,” so grab some tissues:
Kalea, you my first, first daughterI missed the first years of your life, I’m sorryTell the truth, I ain’t really know if I was your father
Tell the truth, I really don’t even know your mama
Kulture
Obviously, we can’t leave Kulture off this list, an adorable little squishball whose name is tattooed on her dad’s freaking FACE. (Offset has his other kids’ names inked elsewhere.)
Cardi and Offset used to be super private about Kulture, which he referenced on “Father of 4”:
Kulture, remind me of my grandma, feel like she is closerGotta thank your mama, she hold me like holsters
Gotta protect her from the world, I can’t even post her
Wave
In case you missed the big news, Cardi announced her second pregnancy at the BET Awards while performing with Migos. Right after their performance, Cardi posted a stunning maternity pic of herself cradling her baby bump like a proud mama. Offset later posted a pic of his own after the news dropped.
But in early September 2021, the couple announced on Instagram that they welcomed their baby boy into the world! Cardi posted a pic with a simple caption: “9/4/21 🦕💙🧸.”
Offset also shared an adorable image of the three of them, showing an intimate father-son moment with his baby boy while Cardi looked on, and awww. “Chapter 5,” the rapper wrote as the caption.
Fast-forward to just this week when both parents uploaded photos of their youngest to Instagram, except it was Offset who finally (!!) dropped the baby name, aka Wave Set Cephus. The post garnered more than a million Likes and comments from people like, oh, ya know, Justin Bieber. Casual!
Around the same time, Cardi also dropped a bunch of photos of her and Offset’s new Essence cover, which features Wave and Kulture plus Offset’s sons Jordan and Kody and daughter Kalea. The pastel hues! The tulle! The babies! *chef’s kiss*
In the profile, Offset admitted that he loves their family dynamic, saying, “It’s a blessing to be able to have them all together and to have a wife who’s open and treats them as if they’re her kids. It could be an issue, but I don’t have to go through that, and that’s beautiful.” TBH, all we have to say is 🥺🥺🥺.
