Lato revealed that postpartum depression led her to announce her retirement from rap.
In a new interview with Apple Music that premiered on Apple Music’s YouTube page on Friday (May 29), Latto spoke to journalist Nedeska Alexis about her retirement, which she announced on social media a few weeks ago. The new mum admitted she struggled with postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, which influenced her decision to announce her retirement.
“I was overwhelmed. I was experiencing motherhood for the first time. I was dropping my album, which was the last album I owed my record company. So, it was like what I was going through that day,” she explained. “Today is a good day. I’m not going to say I’m retiring today. Talk to me next week and I’ll probably say, ‘No, that’s true.'”
“I’m going through it. Hey, listen, I’m broken. That’s what it is,” she continued. “I stopped trying to be perfect. I was broken. That’s what happened.”
After some speculation, Latto officially announced the birth of a daughter with 21 Savage on May 18.
Off her new album Big Mama , released today (May 29), the Atlanta rhyme singer gives a shout-out to her newborn on the country-soul song “Mama,” featuring Jelly Roll.
“Now you look just like your daddy, but you got my curls/Can’t believe my life now, I feel on top of the world/Should have seen my face when they told me it was a baby girl/M was in your account before my baby breathed/Put that thing on my mom, now you can put it on me,” she raps.
Lato’s “Mama” song can be viewed below.
