Teyana Taylor & family covers Ebony magazine, talks pursuing dreams while putting family first

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If the “first family” of hip hop was an actual honor, the award would definitely go to Teyana Taylor and co. 

The loving family of four, including Taylor’s husband, professional basketball player Iman Shumpert, and their two daughters, Iman “Junie” Taylor Shumpert Jr., 6, and Rue Rose Shumpert, 1, cover the latest edition of Ebony magazine, with a first-person article about their parenthood journey. 

“Black love looks like the pain you share with someone else, so it’s not as heavy,” Iman says in the story’s opening quote. “It means unconditional love because you’re going to celebrate together when it doesn’t hurt anymore. It’s affectionate and unapologetic; it is