As O.T. Genasis and ex-girlfriend Malika Haqq welcomed the birth of their son Ace, the rapper also recently celebrated his first-born’s birthday. The Long Beach artist took to Instagram to share a touching message to his son “Lil Gen” to honor him on his special day. “Happy 10th birthday ? ? ? Lil Gen … I was broke when I had you..Tryna figure life out runnin da streets,” he shared in the caption. “Being at my lowest point and having a child with ‘Autism’ but it never tore me down.Now we best friends and our lives changed.I love you son #Mybestfriend #mydawg #myfirstborn ? ?.”

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Years ago, O.T. sat down for an interview with The Breakfast Club and talked about his personal life. He spoke about his son’s autism and becoming an advocate after learning about the condition. “I gotta make sure all the time that my son is straight,” he said back then. He added that the mother of his son doesn’t have to work and he’s thankful for that, but other families raising autistic children have nine to five jobs and can’t “work on early intervention.”

The rapper also previously admitted that when he found out that his son was autistic, he “was in denial.” However, O.T. Genasis said he learned how uniquely gifted his son is with numbers and other interests, something that fascinates him as a father. Check out his birthday post to his son below.

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The Kardashian sisters, Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney and the Jenner sisters, Kendall and Kylie, all made sure to give Malika Haqq and O.T. Genasis‘ newborn baby boy, Ace Flores, a warm welcome into the world following his birth on Saturday. The famous family flooded the comments of their close friend’s latest post, which shows little Ace’s tiny hand overlapping with his each of his parents’ palms. Khloe, the closest of the sisters to Malika, wrote, “My beautiful beautiful nephew!!!! Ace, we have been waiting for you.”

“He’s perfect!!!!” wrote Kim. “We can’t wait to meet him! Love you so much!!!” Kourtney followed suit, commenting, “Life is beautiful,” before sharing that she “can’t wait to smell him.” Kendall wrote, “congrats!!! love you,” while Kylie exclaimed,”Ace!!!!!! i can’t wait to meet him!!” Unfortunately, the Kardashian-Jenners will have to wait to do just that, as the coronavirus pandemic has led hospitals in California to ban visitors to labor and delivery wards, apart from the birth partner.

O.T. himself also commented on Malika’s post, writing, “My boy” with a blue heart, before sharing his own photo of his son’s precious face. The former couple have been on good terms since finding out they would be co-parenting together despite their breakup last summer. After Malika announced that she was pregnant with her first child in September, it was highly speculated that O.T. was the baby’s father, although Malika didn’t immediately confirm or deny. 

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The two of them eventually revealed that the rumours were true at Malika’s baby shower last month, and O.T. has been by Malika’s side throughout the whole journey. Congrats to these two!

They’ve been awaiting their little bundle of joy, and now the day has arrived for Malika Haqq and O.T. Genasis. The reality star took to her Instagram account to share the good news with the world. Not only that, but Malika let everyone know her newborn’s name and birthdate. “Ace Flores 3.14.2020,” she wrote in the caption of a photo that showed the hands of O.T. Genasis, herself, and Baby Ace all together.

O.T. commented on the photo by writing “My boy ?” while friends like Tamar Braxton, Evelyn Lozada, Cassie Fine, Kylie Jenner, Ashley Simpson, Larsa Pippen, Kourtney Kardashian, Adrienne Houghton, Kendall Jenner, Lala Anthony, Corey Gamble, Tiffany Pollard, and thousands of others offered their congratulatory messages. Malika and O.T. were together for two years before splitting up and later finding out that she was pregnant.

“Relationships don’t always work out the way we would hope but between love & friendship we have created a baby boy that will be here very soon,” Malika wrote on social media. “I’ve been single the last 8 months but I am in no way alone. OT and I have attended every doctors apt and over all loved on our son together while anticipating his arrival.” Congratulations to the happy parents!