07 May Very Special: A Gallery Of Black Celebrity Mamas Celebrating Their First Mother’s Day In 2021

Salute the generous Queens!

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It’s been difficult to navigate life in 2021 due to all of us living through a global pandemic, now imagine having a baby smack in the middle of it. Several Black celebrity women have been making motherhood look fantastic after welcoming their first babies within the past year.

With Mother’s Day coming up on Sunday, now is a great time to salute the following stars.

Nicki Minaj had a lot of firsts back to back. The superstar rapper jumped the broom with Kenneth Petty in 2019 and in June of 2020 she announced she was pregnant.

It wasn’t until October of 2020 when Nicki announced her son, whom she affectionately refers to as Papa Bear, was born. Nicki shared photos of Papa Bear much later and now she’s gearing up for her first Mother’s Day ever.

Honorable Mention — Nick Cannon’s celebrity adjacent sweetie DJ Abby De La Rosa. The couple is preparing to welcome TWO Cannon babies pretty soon and although these will be Nick’s 5th and 6th children, this is going to be Abby’s first Mother’s Day.

There were a lot of new celebrity mamas this year. We have more Queens celebrating their first Mother’s Day after the flip!