Queen Latifah’s Son Rebel Makes Rare Public Appearance with Mom Courtside at WNBA Game

Queen Latifah and her son Rebel had a rare night out as the two attended a WNBA game this week. 

Photos taken at the Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn on Monday, Aug. 25, showed the Equalizer alum, 55, posing with her child for a fun photo op with players from the Connecticut Sun.

Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Aaliyah Edwards and Bria Hartley gathered around the star and her little boy as they all smiled while standing on the basketball court. 

Another photo showed the mother-son duo snapping it up with Jonquel Jones, a member of the opposing team, the New York Liberty. 

The 31-year-old center wore a white version of her team’s uniform, while Rebel wore the alternate seafoam color, which coincidentally is the 2023 WNBA Nike Rebel Edition jersey. 

It features the word “Equality” at the top, and the best-selling item was released to represent the Liberty’s ongoing commitment to equality and social justice.

Latifah shares her son with partner Eboni Nichols, 47. The Living Single alum is private about her personal life and typically keeps them both out of the public eye.

“I will probably be six months pregnant before anyone knows about it and I won’t talk about the baby until after it’s born,” she told SF Gate in 2008.

On March 19, just one day after Latifah’s milestone birthday, she, Eboni and Rebel were seen at an NBA game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets at Crypto.com Arena in L.A.

The family seems to be big fans of sports. 

In late July 2024, Rebel joined the Just Wright actress on a trip to Paris as the pair cheered on Team USA at the Summer Olympics. For the outing, Rebel wore a Lakers jersey and a Nike headband as Latifah waved an American flag in the stands.

He made his first public appearance with his mom when he was approximately 4 years old, as they attended a Harlem Globetrotters basketball game at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Latifah later acknowledged her little family when she received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021.

“Eboni, my love. Rebel, my love,” she said onstage at the end of her speech, adding, “Happy Pride.”

The Set It Off star has also made past remarks about wanting to grow her family.

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“I’ve always envisioned myself with a big family, I’m a late bloomer,” she previously told PEOPLE Now. 

“I’m a late bloomer with a lot of things and you know — nobody’s perfect. I’m an overachiever in some ways and just like slow as molasses in other ways,” Latifah continued. “I think I kind of needed to grow and mature and get everything kind of taken care of with everything before I was able to really deal with it.”