R&B singer-and-songwriter Victoria Monét revealed she was pressured to have an abortion after learning she was pregnant with her daughter, during an appearance on former First Lady Michelle Obama’s podcast on Wednesday.

Monét, who won Grammys in 2024 for best new artist , best R&B album and best engineered album, shared about how motherhood impacted her career after giving birth to her daughter Hazel in 2021.

Not everyone in her professional circle was supportive of her pregnancy, she recalled.

The singer explained it was difficult to share the celebratory news because she understood it might not be received well by her business associates.

“So when I got pregnant, I was an independent artist. I was working with this company called Platoon working out of the UK. And when you’re an

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