Rapper Jeezy Files for Divorce from The Real Alum Jeannie Mai _ E! News

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00:00 Rapper Jeezy files for divorce from the real alum Jeannie Mai two years after they tied the knot.

00:06 Jeezy has filed to end the pair's marriage in Fulton County, Georgia, according to multiple reports.

00:11 Per the reports, Jeezy is seeking joint custody of the couple's one-year-old daughter, Monaco,

00:16 and say the couple also has a prenuptial agreement in place.

00:19 E! News has reached out to reps for Jeannie and Jeezy for comment but has not yet heard back.

00:24 E! News first confirmed the pair was dating in August 2019.

00:27 When Jeezy called Jeannie his "woman crush Wednesday" in September of that year.

00:31 They got engaged in 2020, seven months after making their relationship Instagram official.

00:36 Jeannie's rep shared with People Magazine at the time,

00:39 "Jeannie and J were set for a trip to Vietnam this April.

00:42 What Jeannie didn't know is that J was planning to propose.

00:45 Instead, J decided to bring Vietnam to Jeannie with a surprise quarantine date night in his home

00:50 filled with Vietnamese food and decor."

00:52 What came next was a special proposal at Jeezy's house in Los Angeles.

00:56 A year later, the two tied the knot in the backyard of their Atlanta home.

01:00 Jeannie told Vogue Magazine that the coronavirus pandemic altered the course of their relationship

01:04 in unexpected but perfect ways, revealing they initially intended to get married in Italy.

01:10 She told the mag, "We were really looking forward to having all of our friends and family there to celebrate,

01:14 but we had to change all of our wedding plans due to COVID.

01:17 After Jeezy's mother unexpectedly passed, we quickly learned that life is too short.

01:22 And at the end of the day, Jeezy and I really just wanted to become husband and wife.

01:26 So we decided to turn our original wedding into a mini-money,

01:29 where we exchanged our vows in front of our immediate family and a few close friends."

01:33 In September, Jeannie announced she was pregnant on an episode of The Real.

01:37 "It's been really hard to keep all of these secrets for you guys

01:40 because we had so much to reveal here at the show, including the fact that...

01:45 I am pregnant!"

01:47 [Cheering]

01:52 Jeannie revealed Monaco's arrival in January with a post on Instagram, saying,

01:56 "I asked God for a life of love and happiness. He sent me my family. Baby Jenkins is here."

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