Latto, the renowned "Big Mama" rapper, is embarking on a new chapter in her life as she celebrates the arrival of her own little "Big Mama." The 27-year-old Atlanta native, born Alyssa Michelle Stephens, shared a poignant video on Instagram on Monday, chronicling her pregnancy journey.
The video, which showcases snippets from her life over the past nine months, including time spent in the recording booth, relaxing in tropical locales like Antigua, and celebrating her pregnancy with rapper 21 Savage, concludes with the sound of friends and family encouraging Latto to "push" and "go, go, go," while medical machinery beeps in the background.
The video begins with Latto in Tokyo, announcing her pregnancy to friends. "Doesn't feel real, does it?" she asks before revealing, "I'm pregnant." Footage of an ultrasound at 13 weeks cuts to a home video of Latto from 2001 when she was just 3. At 19 weeks, the rapper shows her baby bump to family on the phone, who cheer and cry in celebration.
One friend tells the camera, "She literally made a whole album in her stomach for you—your mother is the hardest working woman."
Latto announced her pregnancy in March by sharing the cover for her forthcoming album, Big Mama, which shares the same title as her Grammy-nominated song from 2024's Sugar Honey Iced Tea and the music video for her latest single, "Business & Personal." In the video, 21 Savage places his hand over Latto's visibly pregnant belly.
The pair have become frequent collaborators since their 2020 song "Pull Up," with Latto getting his first name tattooed behind her ear in 2023 and referring to him in 2025 as "my husband."
In the video shared on Instagram on Monday, Latto's famous friends like Usher and Angel Reese guess the gender of the baby, which Latto has yet to reveal.
Entertainment Weekly reached out to representatives for Latto and 21 Savage for comment.
In voiceover during the social media video, Latto says, "I was already thinking about naming my album Big Mama, and then I found out about you, and it just—everything fell into place. It's so crazy because I thought this was going to hinder me—making this album sober, being tired and just exhausted, as my body went through all these changes."
In one of the final clips, a 37-weeks-pregnant Latto describes being "basically full term, and it's any day now. I'm so ready to meet my baby. I'm never going to leave when my baby gets here; like I need a million dollars to show because I don't want to leave the house."
