“I Had a Baby”: Shakur Stevenson’s Fiancée Young Lyric Opens Up About Her Music Career Hiatus, Motherhood, and Engagement

Back in 2022, Shakur Stevenson delivered a one-sided masterclass, dismantling Oscar Valdez in a unanimous decision victory. The hostile Vegas crowd couldn’t rattle Stevenson, who dominated from the opening bell. A sixth-round knockdown cemented his control, leaving Valdez grasping at straws. This win dethroned Valdez, handing him his first professional loss and also his WBC world super-featherweight title. But Stevenson’s night didn’t end there.

In a heartwarming post-fight surprise, he shocked everyone by dropping down to one knee and proposing to his longtime girlfriend, rapper Young Lyric. With a dazzling ring and a daughter, Leilani Asha Stevenson, already tying them together, the crowd erupted in cheers as Lyric said “Yes!” After this, Lyric took a hiatus from her music career and revealed details of her personal life following her engagement in one of the interviews.

Young Lyric has bigger priorities than music

In one of the interviews, Young Lyric was asked about her recent hiatus from music. Notably, it happened especially after she became a mother to her daughter and was engaged to Shakur Stevenson. Now, after more than a year, she revealed the reasons behind her inactivity in her musical career as she only released two songs last year. Hopefully, she’ll be putting out more music this year.

Lyric explained, “Yes, I did when I had a baby because it was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. Having a baby and stuff and trying to do music and all of that. So it was like, yeah, I did take a little break and I’m still like just eating back into it right now.” Moreover, she also hinted at the possibility of a second child as she mentioned that it’d be easier to raise her second-born because she’d have experience on her side.

She added, “I feel like by the second go around, like, I’ll probably be more like, you know, I feel better but that first one was like, yeah, this is like a whole life switch.” Furthermore, in the same video, she also talked about how she met Shakur Stevenson for the first time.

Young Lyric recalls her first meetup with Shakur Stevenson

Many in the boxing community might not know about how the couple actually met for the first time. Well, in one of her interviews, Lyric recalled meeting her fiancé for the first time ever, and that was during a musical project with the Rap-A-Lot record.

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Lyric stated, “So he’s with Rap-A-Lot, he works with James Prince. Oh, okay. I was also working with him at the time. I was working with Baby Jay, that’s James Prince’s thing. And we were working together musically or whatever. So I was around and he was around. So, you know, he just told Baby Jay, like, oh, like, what’s up with that?” And that was it, they started dating after that, and have a beautiful daughter together.

Well, their relationship has been a topic of discussion since their proposal became a trend back in 2022. What are your thoughts about this loving couple? Let us know in the comments section.

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