Sereyah calls off engagement to rapper Joey Bada$$

Serayah McNeill, known mononymously by her first name, has announced her split from rapper and actor Joey Bada$$.

The singer, songwriter, model and Empire star was engaged to be married. The couple share a one-year-old son, Joey.

"After much thought, I have made the difficult decision to end my engagement and relationship with the father of my child," she wrote in an Instagram post.

"I loved deeply, believed wholeheartedly in the life we were building, and wanted nothing more than to protect our family. Unfortunately, I also had to face a painful truth: there had been repeated infidelity throughout our relationship, including during some of the most vulnerable and meaningful moments of my life."

Serayah concluded, "This chapter did not end the way I prayed it would," and noted that she would not share more details publicly, citing her son's privacy.

The former couple met through friends and got together in early 2022, going public with their romance during a holiday to St Lucia in January 2024.

Serayah revealed her pregnancy in February 2025 during a New York Fashion Week runway walk. She and Bada$$, real name Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott, announced their son's arrival in June last year.

They are reported to have become engaged around the same time.

Bada$$ is known for playing the role of Unique in Power Book III: Raising Kanan, the US crime drama television series executive-produced by 50 Cent.

He has not publicly responded to the breakup announcement.