Offsethas grown up a lot in the decade since he first became a father.
In a cover story forHaute Living, the Migos rapper opened up about how much he’s learned about being a parent since he welcomed his first child when he was 17.
“Thejourney of fatherhood waskind of tough for me at first,” Offset. 27, toldHaute Livingfor his new cover story. “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,” he continued, adding that things were especially difficult when his children were littler and he had to spend time away from them whileperforming across the country.
“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,” Offset explained. “Now that I’m older, though, I’m learning my way.”
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Offset welcomed daughterKulture Kiari, 7 months, alongside wifeCardi B— with whomhe recently reconciled— last July. The rapper (who was born Kiari Cephus) alsohas three children from previous relationships: sons Jordan and Kody, plus daughter Kalea Marie.
In a sweet show of just how much his kids look up to him, Offset’s “mini-me” son Kody, 3, joined his dad for theHaute Livingphoto shoot, and at one point adorably remarked, “I want to wear a chain like Daddy!”
Addressing the steep learning curve of being a parent, Offset (who wearsRoger Dubuison the cover and inside the cover story) shared that “us fathers don’t always take the best routes.”
“I feel that pain. Hearing you’re a bad fatheris the worst thing you can hear, and people throw that around so much. It’s like someone spitting in your face,” he lamented. “But my children are everything to me.”
In fact, the rapper’s children are so important to him that he actually has all of theirnames tattooed on his body.
He went on to share that one of the upsides to the fact that his children are getting older is that he cantake them on the roadwith him now, which Offset described as “amazing.”
“Whenever I get a few days, I bring them with me because I need to spend that time with them,” he explained, adding that “the influence you have on your kids is incredible, so you have to be veryaware of the example you’re settingand make sure you’re influencing them in the right way because they watch you.”
While Offset does think it’s important to set a good example for his children, he doesn’t want to force them tofollow in his footsteps.
“My kids are very entertaining. They already want to entertain everyone around them. I just want them to have a choice — I don’t want to force them into anything,” he insisted.
Speaking a little bit abouthis first solo album, which was released Friday, Offset shared that discussions of fatherhood play a large role in the release.
“I talk about my transition from a young age until now — about being a more focused human being and leveling up to become a better person,” he toldHaute Living. “I go into depth with many different topics, a big one being fatherhood and my four kids.”
source: people.com
