Yaya landed in hot water in April 2020 when she was arrested for felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to TMZ. The social media star was taken to jail in Harris County, Tex., after allegedly stabbing a woman named Lapattra Lashai Jacobs, whom TMZ says has a child with Yaya’s beau NBA YoungBoy.
A few days later, Melissia posted a video of herself and Yaya walking hand in hand. “Got your back FOREVER,” she wrote in the caption.
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The entrepreneur told OZY that everything she has done has been for her kids. “Iyanna may not have to work, but she wants to. Mark my words, she will be the CEO of [boxing promotional firm] Mayweather Promotions,” she explained.
“She’s learned so much about the boxing business from her father and how to be an independent woman from me that she’s already making plans to take over the company. It’s going to happen, I guarantee it.”
