Brian McKnight took to his Instagram to announce that not only did he drop an album but he changed his name to match his youngest child from his current marriage.
So proud to introduce our son
?BRIAN KAINOA MAKOA JR. ?
to the world with the release of my new album lovingly created for him.
JR. because I am also proud to officially announce that I have legally changed my name to exactly match my legacy’s.
My legal name is now
BRIAN KAINOA MAKOA MCKNIGHT SR.“MCKNIGHTtime LULLABIES” the songs of a father to his namesake available now!
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It didn’t take long for him to start trending for all the wrong reasons.
the relationship (or lack there of) he has with his oldest children are always a topic of conversation…. and this latest move, the name change would technically make the youngest child a “Junior” despite him already naming his oldest child ‘Brian McKnight Jr’.
After the announcement was made a fan tagged Junior and suggested that he change his name as well.
Jr responded saying that what we are witnessing is an obscene level of self-hate that has reached a level of mental illness and that he is keeping his name.
Twitter reaction:
There’s terrible people
There’s terrible parentsThen there’s Brian McKnight pic.twitter.com/6v1T8Vm8JU
— ??Openly Black✊?✊?✊? (@iamTiinake) October 21, 2023
and
Brian McKnight changed his name so that his baby boy could be a real jr…?. That’s not sitting well with me,seeing as his oldest son is a jr…
— Purple Crush? (@PurpleCrush31) October 21, 2023
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Bro this nigga Brian McKnight the evilest deadbeat ever he changed his name legally to prevent any other jr but the new one from being his jr ?????? pic.twitter.com/qg1zve4MK7
— Aria (@AriannaHerrion) October 21, 2023
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This is just…there are no words to describe how much of a vile human being you have to be to hurt your first born son, by doing some mess like this! #BrianMcknight is truly disgusting for this! pic.twitter.com/vDiDv7UI6q
— SkoolBoi (His/Him/He) (@Skool_boi) October 21, 2023
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Brian McKnight got to amongst the world’s worst malicious, evil dads to live!
— Shay Moore (@iamshaymoore) October 20, 2023
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Brian McKnight is so weird. It’s like he goes out of his way to show the love he has for new kids and totally obliterates his biological ones. He’s become so weird over the years. It’s scary.
— Buju (@princessprinay) October 21, 2023
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Brian McKnight is a fucking weirdo. Being almost 60 legally changing your name & disassociate yourself from your Black children is SOME pitiful shit. pic.twitter.com/nWiwoRilOG
— Thirstiest Nigga in LA (@ashtonmorris1) October 21, 2023
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I’ve never seen anyone proudly demonstrate how much they hate their children like Brian McKnight. Changing his name to match the new baby when he’s already got a Jr is next level cruel. he’s a trash human being for not only doing it, but also putting it on display to the world pic.twitter.com/wyL94V6eBE
— Dione – The TV BLERD (@dowhatilike97) October 21, 2023
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Brian McKnight changing his name to his youngest son’s name so THAT can be his Jr. instead of the first son that was ALREADY named Brian McKnight is some sick and twisted shit
— Kaytha?min?️ (@fancyms_k) October 21, 2023
According to Rolling out in May 2023, McKnight made a YouTube video describing his relationship with his children.
“There’s a very simple reason why I post about some of my children on social media and not others,” McKnight said. “The children I currently do not have relationships with, I don’t post about them. Instead, I post about the children whom I do have relationships with, and whom I’m proud of. ”
In an Instagram video on June 6, McKnight Jr. addressed the people saying he should change his name.
“I appreciate all the love and all of the concern, but to the particular group of people that are always like ‘You should change your name,’ why the f— would I do that,” McKnight said. “I love my name, I appreciate my name, I appreciate my lineage, and I appreciate where my name comes from.”
“In my heart, I feel that would give off such an incredibly wrong message and example for my son when it comes to loving his name and what his legacy could be if I change my name just because of what my father did,” McKnight said. “I will always be Brian McKnight Jr. no matter what.”