When you’re the most famous artist in the world, everyone you date instantly becomes a celebrity.
That’s exactly what happened to Johanna Leia, the former model who had the internet going crazy
after she was spotted with Drake at a private dinner in Dodger’s Stadium.
But Leiah isn’t just a regular model – she is also the mother of star high school basketball player
Amari Bailey. Here’s everything we know about this relationship.
Drake’s blend of rap and R&B has influenced the whole world, so it’s only natural that his love
life is something that makes headlines. From Jennifer Lopez to Serena Williams,
the rapper has been spotted hanging out with plenty of high-profile females.
Plus, who can forget retired porn star Sophie Brussaux, who Drake had a child with back in 2018.
Their relationship and son Adonis was revealed to the world during his beef with Pusha T.
Now, his newest love interest Leiah has made headlines and created tons
of memes due to the fact that before their relationship was revealed to the public,
Drake was supposedly mentoring her son Amari.
Leiah is a former model who was signed to the Wilhelmina and Ford modeling agencies.
She is from Chicago and had her son Amari in 2004 with Aaron Bailey, a former wide receiver who
played for the Indianapolis Colts. She also later appeared in the reality show Bringing Up Ballers,
which was all about moms in the Chicago area raising young basketball stars.
Amari is one of the top high school basketball players in the country.
He currently plays for Sierra Canyon High School in California,
and has committed to playing for UCLA after he graduates in 2022
He recently won the California High School Basketball Player of the year award and
received offers from multiple top-ranked schools like Alabama, DePaul, Illinois, and Kansas. Plus,
Bailey has over 400,000 followers on Instagram and is one of the most popular high school basketball
stars in the country. So popular that he’s even attracted the attention of none other than Drake,
who has reportedly been mentoring the young all-star on finances, fame, and life in general.
A few weeks ago, Arami posted a picture to Instagram of himself
hanging out with Champagnepapi,
with the caption The Boy {owl emoji} x 10, a post that was liked by his mother Lela
Drake was also spotted courtside at one of his games along with Michael B Jordan, sitting right
next to Amari’s mother. This was his second time attending a game at Sierra Canyon High School.
The first was with Labron, whose son Bronny, also plays for the team.
This is when rumors began to circulate that maybe there was more to their relationship
than the public knew – after all, why would the biggest artist in the world be hanging out at
a high school basketball game if he just had a casual friendship with one of the players?
Even though Amari is a great athlete, it did seem a little strange.
The rumors were confirmed after a pilot randomly
spotted the two out on a date at a Dodgers Stadium.
A helicopter reporter for ABC7 posted a picture to Twitter of the rapper and Leiah,
enjoying a private dinner with the caption “@drake on a date? Randomly flew over this cozy couple
enjoying a private dinner along the third baseline at an empty Dodgers Stadium.” So, it wasn’t even
like he took her to a game – he rented out the entire stadium just to have dinner with her.
It’s questionable whether or not the photo was just a random coincidence
or it was planned. What are the chances that the plane just happened to be flying overhead
and managed to snap a photo just at the right moment as the couple was looking up at the camera?
Maybe the news station got advanced intel that the rapper was there on a date and knew that
they could snap a viral pic. Or maybe Drake called the paparazzi himself to show off his flex. Either
way, the stunt worked, and the photo quickly went viral, confirming that the two are together.
TMZ reported that the couple had actually been seeing each other for months and that the date
was arranged after Drake made a sizable donation to a charitable organization run by the Dodgers.
The photo also spawned a ton of hilarious memes,
making fun of Drake for befriending Amari, just to get with his mom.
One Twitter user wrote; “Amari Bailey thought drake was hanging out with him because he was
next up in the basketball world whole time, he wanted to smash his mom lmaoo drake sick man”.
Another wrote: “Drake was too smooth with Amari Bailey’s mom. Drake a hall of fame chess player,”
showing the progression of their relationship through four photos: one of Drake and Amari,
one of Leiah and Amari, one of Leiah and Drake together at Amari’s game, and one of Drake and
Leiah alone on their date. Others kept it simpler and just posed photos or gifs with
hilarious captions. {meme} {meme} {meme}. It was pretty slick of Drake to befriend Amari,
just to get close to his mom. But who knows, maybe they started dating before he and Drake got close
and he’s known about it the entire time. Rumors are: they met for the first time at the game Drake
attended with Lebron. He and Lebron have been friends for a while and weren’t necessarily there
just to support Amari. He and Leiah must have hit it off and the relationship took off from there.
But, if Amari didn’t know about their relationship before the picture made
it to the internet, that’s going to make his friendship with Drake pretty awkward.
He probably thought he was getting all this attention from celebrities because of his talents
at basketball, only to find out the biggest artist in music is just trying to smash his mom.
All the media outlets have been weighing in on whether or not they’d be comfortable letting
Drake date their mom. On one hand, Drake is a great connection to have and could
help mentor Amari if he wants to branch out beyond basketball. But, on the other hand,
he’s one of the biggest artists of all time and has made his career out of rapping about the
various women he’s been with. Drake is reportedly finishing up his next album Certified Lover Boy,
which will probably contain a few bars about Leiah. It’s going to be pretty
awkward for Amari to listen to the album without wondering whether he’s talking about his mom.
Many believe that the helicopter stunt was just a way for Drake to promote his album.
The photo does seem weirdly like it was staged because they’re both looking up at the camera.
Plus, it definitely grabbed people’s attention. Artists and record labels
have pulled crazier stunts in the past to create hype for an album, so it’s definitely
a possibility that Drake or his team would leak the location just for it to go viral.
The stunt not only helped Drake, but it also helped Leiah more than double
her followers on IG from 100,000 to over 200,000 in just a week.
So even just being seen on a date with Drake can turn you into an overnight celebrity.
Whether or not this relationship will turn into something serious or it is just another
viral moment for the rapper is yet to be seen.
Although Drake has no problem finding attractive women to date,
he rarely stays with one girlfriend for an extended amount of time.
When you’re constantly touring the world, with women throwing themselves at you everywhere,
it can be tough to find a partner who understands that lifestyle. But maybe this time,
Drake is looking for something serious. Leiah is a few years older than him
and already has some experience in the spotlight through modeling and her son’s basketball career –
although not quite at the level that dating Drake will bring.
Either way, it gave the internet something to gossip about for a few days and made some great memes.
So even if the relationship goes nowhere, at least it created some funny content.
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