After winning the big fight, Shakur Stevenson got down on one knee.
Stevenson, 24, defeated Oscar Valdez by unanimous decision on Saturday to unify the super featherweight championship. After the fight, he proposed to his girlfriend, musician Young Lyric.
She said yes.
“Thank you so much everybody!” she wrote on her Instagram story. “I can’t believe my baby shared his special moment with me. I’m proud of him and I’m so happy about everything!
“Issaaa wifeeee”
Young Lyric’s real name is Michelle Ragston. She is 21 and hails from Houston, Texas.
Ragston starred on “The Rap Game,” a reality show on Lifetime Network produced by Jermaine Dupri and Queen Latifah.
While Ragston just became old enough to legally drink last year, she has been on the grind for a majority of her life.
“My dad and my uncle were aspiring artists here in Houston, so I pretty much grew up in a studio,” she told Hype Magazine in 2019. “They were always writing and recording, and I always felt that I would grow up and be a rapper too. My uncle recorded my first song when I was 6, and I did a video to Young Jeezy’s ‘Lose My Mind’ when I was 9 years old that got picked up by Worldstar and went viral. It’s been on ever since.”
She described her musical influences in the interview.
“I have always looked up to Nicki Minaj and Beyonce, and I am a big Cardi B fan also. Definitely influenced by Drake, Lil Wayne, Travis Scott, and The Migos as well,” she said. “I also like what the NBA Youngboy, Da Baby, Lil Baby, and City Girls are doing, and I love that there are so many female artists getting more attention now. I would love to work with any of those artists right now.”
The couple welcomed a baby girl, Leilani Asha, in December.
“It’s officially one more week until my due date🦋💗💗” Ragston announced on Instagram right before their child’s birth. “I feel scared, excited and blessed all at the same time 😵💫 I never thought this day would come any time soon, but I don’t make the plans, that’s God job. I’m lucky to have such amazing support around me.
“Thank you to our family & of course my baby @shakurstevenson for always making it happen & making sure our baby shower was beautiful and everything I wanted ❤️❤️ & thank you to everyone who came and brought gifts we so much appreciate it.”