Rapper and content creator DDG is turning heartbreak into lyrics with his latest project, Moo. Released Friday (Oct. 10), the album opens with a raw and vulnerable track, “17 More Years,” where the artist reflects on his strained relationship with Halle Bailey and their ongoing custody battle over their 1-year-old son, Halo.
The Michigan-native uses the song to unpack the emotional toll of co-parenting under the spotlight. The title refers to the number of years remaining before their son reaches adulthood, a symbolic countdown that grounds the song in both love and frustration.
“I don’t wanna fight no more, tired of the court dates / Lawyers getting over on us, watching money go to waste,” he raps, calling Halle a “good mom” and hoping they can find peace for Halo’s sake. “If you ever needed money, you know I’ll give that,” he continues, before delivering one of the track’s most gut-wrenching lines: “I can’t even call your phone or see where my kid at / I’m happy for you and whoever that you with / Long as he can treat you better than I did.”
Their relationship has played out publicly, and painfully, over the past year. In June, TMZ reported that DDG filed an emergency motion to prevent Halle from taking their son out of the country after she filed a restraining order against him. The motion cited Halle’s plans to travel to Italy with Halo for work and referenced earlier incidents between the former couple.
In court filings, DDG alleged that while Halle was pregnant, she took his gun and left their home without telling him where she was going, though the weapon was never used. He also claimed she once attempted to terminate the pregnancy without his knowledge and later sent “a series of alarming text messages threatening to kill herself and suggesting that their infant son, Halo, might also be harmed.”
Halle, however, has made her own serious accusations. Earlier this year, she accused DDG of physical abuse, submitting photos she said showed bruises from an incident in which he allegedly slammed her face into a steering wheel, chipping her tooth. Following a temporary restraining order, DDG was granted visitation rights, but only under the supervision of a professional monitor.
Most recently, the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles barred both parents from posting images or information about their child online.
“For reasons discussed on the record, and with no objection from either party, the Court orders both parties to refrain from posting, uploading, or disseminating on the Internet or social media platforms, photographs, images, and/or information regarding the minor child or causing any other person to engage in such posting, uploading, or dissemination,” the documents state.
Photo Credit: Halle Bailey Instagram
