American singer, Shaffer Chimere Smith aka Ne-Yo, has shared photos of the child he allegedly welcomed with an influencer named Sade, for the first time.
He took to Instagram on Tuesday to express his gratitude for his little ones and their caretakers, including the son he allegedly fathered while still married to Crystal Renay Smith.
This seemingly marks the first time Ne-Yo publicly acknowledged his youngest son, Smith exposed last year.
“I am BLESSED,” Ne-Yo wrote after sharing multiple photos of his children.
He added: “Thank you GOD for my beautiful children and the people that help me raise them. I love you all.”
The singer shares three children with Crystal, including Isabella Rose, born in June 2021; Shaffer Chimere Jr., born in March 2016; and Alexander-Raj, born in June 2018.
On 10 January, Ne-Yo shared five photos from Crystal’s recent photoshoot with their two sons and toddler daughter to his Insta-Story.
Then, he followed up with four photos depicting his first two children with ex-fiancée Monyetta Shaw.
The former couple shares a daughter Madison Grace, born in November 2010, and a son Mason Evan, born in October 2011.
However, the two images he shared of his youngest son, whose name remains unknown, did not include the child’s mother Sade, a social media influencer.
Instead, the first photo Ne-Yo posted was a selfie, which partially shows his face and fully shows his son’s. The second photo shows the toddler smiling in a standing position with a bag of candy in his hand.
After Ne-Yo shared the photos, Sade reposted the selfie to her Insta-Story with a three ‘feeling loved’ emojis.
It’s unclear when the child was born, but Sade and Crystal’s pregnancies seemingly overlapped. Sade shared a baby bump photo on her Insta-profile on February 20, 2021.
The next day, 21 February, 2021, Ne-Yo announced Crystal’s pregnancy with Isabella Rose on his Instagram, which he hashtagged #5thandFinal, per Billboard.
Sade appears to be pregnant again, given her recent baby bump photos on Instagram but it is yet to be confirmed if the singer is the father.
In August 2022, Page Six reported that Ne-Yo’s wife Crystal has filed for divorce. She alleged that he fathered a child with another woman.
“Recently fathered a minor” with his “paramour,” she claimed in documents seen by the publication. Crystal filed for divorce on Monday 1 August and listed their date of separation as 22 July. She also called their marriage “irretrievably broken with no hope for reconciliation.”
In July 2022, Crystal announced her split from the So Sick hitmaker claiming that she was sharing him with women who sell their bodies.
“Eight years of lies and deception, eight years of unknowingly sharing my life and husband with numerous women (sic) who sell their bodies to him unprotected. Every last one of them. To say I’m heartbroken and disgusted is an understatement,” she wrote in a since-deleted post.
She went on to claim that he asked her to stay.
“To ask me and stay and accept it is absolutely insane. The mentality of a narcissist. I will no longer lie to the public or pretend that this is something it isn’t,” she continued.
