Brian McKnight has shown sides throughout the year that he isn’t too fond of some of his kids, and it’s gotten to the point where he’s changing his name.
On Oct. 20, McKnight made a post on Instagram to introduce his new child, Brian Kainoa Makoa Jr. to the world and also offered some news regarding his name.
“So proud to introduce our son [emoji] BRIAN KAINOA MAKOA JR. [emoji] to the world with the release of my new album lovingly created for him,” McKnight said. “JR. because I am also proud to officially announce that I have legally changed my name to exactly match my legacy’s. My legal name is now BRIAN KAINOA MAKOA MCKNIGHT SR. ‘MCKNIGHTtime LULLABIES’ the songs of a father to his namesake available now!”
There’s terrible people
There’s terrible parentsThen there’s Brian McKnight pic.twitter.com/6v1T8Vm8JU
— 💅🏽Openly Black✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 (@iamTiinake) October 21, 2023
McKnight was already a senior to his older son, but he’s decided to switch sides. In May 2023, McKnight opened up on YouTube about why he only claims some of his kids.
“There’s a very simple reason why I post about some of my children on social media and not others,” McKnight said. “The children I currently do not have relationships with, I don’t post about them. Instead, I post about the children whom I do have relationships with, and whom I’m proud of. ”
McKnight was sued by his daughter, Briana, who says he defamed her on social media by claiming she had an affair with her older cousin when she was a minor. In the video, he addressed the rumors that he abandoned his children and said they were all once a happy family until money got involved.
“I never abandoned anyone,” McKnight said. “Our estrangement was mutual, but those posts made any roads toward reconciliation and acknowledging them a dead issue.”
