Anderson .Paak son Soul Rasheed was born on 1st January 2014. Soul is the eldest of the two kids Anderson shares with his wife Jae Lin.
Born as Brandon Paak Anderson, on February 8, 1986, in Oxford, California, the 37-year-old rapper is better known by his stage name Anderson .Paak.
Aside from rapping, he is also a singer-songwriter, producer, and also drums. .Paak has been active in the music industry since 2007 and is still going strong.
As a solo artist, he has four studio albums and four EPs to his name, which have all seen reasonable success. Apart from his solo stuff, Anderson is also a part of NxWorries with Knxwledge, and Silk Sonic with Bruno Mars.
.Paak has a following of 3.3M on his Instagram account while boasting 2,318,968 followers on Spotify. He also has 21,775,988 monthly listeners to his songs on the platform with his song along with Bruno Mars, “Leave The Door Open” amassing 1,043,559,423 likes.
Anderson .Paak Family
Anderson .Paak family of four resides in a neighborhood in Los Angeles called Koreatown, fitting for his household.
.Paak raises two young sons along with his wife Lin. Besides, he bought a 5-bedroom house for his mom in 2019 in Las Vegas.
His dad is no more as he passed away in 2011, Anderson shares a very close bond and relationship with his mother. On August 8, 2022, he shared a picture with his mom via his Instagram account and captioned it, “Tag your mom if you love her” with a heart sign emoji.
The famous rapper is also very close to his wife’s family members. .Paak even visited South Korea to meet with his in-laws. In an interview with Fun With Dumb YouTube channel, he shares his experience of meeting them for the first time and how it all went.
He mentions that he was able to bond with his father-in-law and share some amazing moments with him.
Anderson .Paak Parents
Anderson .Paak parents Ronald Anderson and Brenda Bills raised nine kids. Anderson is the second youngest among nine siblings in a blended family.
His father and mother didn’t stay together for long as they separated when he was young. .Paak was only seven when he got to see his mom and dad together for the last time ever.
Ronald Anderson Was Born In Philadelphia
Born on September 22, 1951, in Philadelphia, Ronald Anderson started working as a 15-year-old boy at a Hardware shop in the North Philadelphia ghetto.
.Paak’s dad attended the Ronald Gratz High School located in Germantown and was part of the gymnastics team.
One of eleven kids of his parents, Ronald had a twin brother named Donald. Some days when Ronald didn’t feel like going to the job, Donald would gladly go in his stead, and the interesting part is that the owner never noticed. The twins tried place-swapping multiple times.
When Ronald got enlisted in the military in 1968 at just 17, his twin Donald even went to Korea in his stead as a military man.
Ronald met his wife Brenda Bills in 1982 at a nightclub in Oxnard, California.
Brenda Bills Met .Paaks’ Father In California
Brenda was sitting in the corner of the bar. Mesmerized by her, Ronald asked Brenda for a dance and she agreed. From there, their relationship started.
The couple shared a boy and a girl, with their boy being one of the most famous rappers in the world. However, the two couldn’t stay together for long as she suffered abuse and violence from Ronald reports ESPN.
Brenda married again to Dennis Willingham. Willingham grew up around musicians when he was young and so he taught his stepson a thing or two about it. It was .Paak’s step-dad who introduced him to drums.
Anderson’s mother, however, married yet again and started a business with her new partner but due to unethical practices, she had to serve some time in prison, leaving her young son vulnerable. .Paak focused on his music and improving his craft which eventually led him to be signed by the legend himself, Dr. Dre.
Anderson .Paak Wife
Anderson .Paak wife Jae Lin is a South Korean citizen. Park and Lin met for the first time in college.
Lin came into Prominence after getting married to the popular rapper. Graduate of the Musicians Institute of Hollywood, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Music Theory there.
Standing at 5 feet and 10 meters, Jae shares two kids with .Paak.
Anderson .Paak And Jae Lin Relationship Timeline
Paak and Lin first met at the Musicians Institute of Hollywood. Lin was attending the institute as a learner or a student when Anderson used to be a teacher at the organization.
Anderson was a student at the institution but due to the inability to pay his fees, he had opted to leave. But, recognizing his talent in music, the institution kept him as a teaching assistant, however. This decision would prove to be a huge one as thanks to it, he met his partner there.
The couple hit it off at the institution and exchanged their vows and tied the knot back in 2011. It’s been more than a decade since their marriage and during this time, she has given birth to two amazing boys, Soul Rasheed in 2014 and Shine in 2017 per LA Times.
Anderson .Paak Children
Anderson .Paak two sons are currently 9 and 6 years of age respectively.
Soul Rasheed Paak, the eldest of the two was born in 2014. He shares a very special bond with his dad. .Paak has claimed that his son is smarter than himself.
He also mentioned that Soul loves to jam to his music and loves listening to other rappers. Soul accompanied his dad when he traveled to Korea to meet his in-laws. We can see many pictures of his eldest son on Anderson’s Instagram.
.Paak and Lin’s youngest son, Shine Paak was born in 2017 and is currently 6 years of age.
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