Naomi Osaka’s ex-boyfriend, rapper Cordae, has seemingly addressed their split in an emotional new song reflecting co-parenting their young daughter. The 29-year-old artist opened up on the track ‘Helpless’ featured on his newly released collaborative album with Anderson .Paak titled ‘Heavy is the Crown.’On the track, Cordae reflected candidly on the difficulty of raising their daughter in separate households and seemingly revealed he’s expecting a second child. He said: ‘I’m finna [going to] have my second child, although we still ain’t said our vows / Was never my intention to raise a daughter in separate homes.’Gave your mom my all, but the love she had for me dead and gone / Although you ain’t a man if you can’t admit it when you was wrong / Can’t see it coming down my eyes, so do it through this song’. The candid account marks the first time that Cordae has publicly reflected on his split with the four-time Grand Slam champion. Naomi Osaka’s ex-boyfriend, Cordae, has addressed their split in an emotional new song Osaka and Cordae began dating in 2019 after crossing paths at a Los Angeles Clippers gameCordae addresses his breakup with Naomi Osaka on ‘Helpless,’ a track from his new collaborative album with Anderson .Paak:”I’m finna have my second child, although we still ain’t said our vowsWas never my intention to raise my daughter in separate homesGav? your mom my all,…— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) October 24, 2026 Osaka and Cordae began dating back in 2019 after crossing paths at a Los Angeles Clippers game. The pair announced they were expecting their first child together in January 2023, welcoming their daughter, Shai, later that July. However, the tennis superstar confirmed that their relationship had come to an end in January 2025 via a blunt message on her Instagram Story. ‘Hi everyone, just wanted to say that Cordae and I are no longer in a relationship’, Osaka wrote to her followers at the time. The Japanese tennis star maintained that their split was entirely amicable, adding: ‘No bad blood at all, he’s a great person and an awesome dad’.Osaka appears to remain on supportive terms with her former partner, having recently liked a social media post promoting the release of his new collaborative album.The album also sees Anderson .Paak confront his own personal turmoil on ‘Helpless,’ rapping about the fallout of his divorce from Jaylyn Chang following 13 years of marriage.