Rapper and basketball player LiAngelo Ball has filed for divorce from his wife, Rashida Nicole, just days after the influencer revealed that she’s pregnant.
Ball filed the paperwork at a Southern California courthouse last Thursday, according to court records obtained by TMZ. A week earlier, Nicole announced she was having Ball’s child, which he praised in the comments on social media.
The pair is believed to have made their marriage official at that same courthouse in February.
Ball is the 26-year-old brother of NBA players Lonzo and LaMelo Ball. He too has played basketball on the amateur and international level, most recently for the Astros de Jalisco in Mexico.
Nicole, 33, is a model, actress, podcaster and beauty influencer with 236,000 followers on Instagram. She already has a daughter to whom she gave birth as a teenager.
Ball meanwhile was previously linked to “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood” personality Nikki Mudarris. After roughly three years together, she accused him of walking out on her and their two young kids in February after he allegedly impregnated another woman she didn’t name, according to People.
Ball’s hip-hop debut “Tweaker” became a hit when it was released in January. Ball raps under the name Gelo and is signed with Def Jam and Universal Music Group. The recording deal, signed at the start of 2025, is worth $13 million, sources told ESPN.
