Remember Victoria Rowell, the actress who played “Drucilla Winters” on The Young & The Restless? Well, one thing many don’t know is that she has a child with a very well known music artist, whose been in the game for decades. In fact, he comes from a very well known family and they dated for years, but never married.
MEET THE FAMOUS FATHER OF HER SON
Victoria’s ex and father of her child is none other than Wynton Marsalis, the famous 9 time Grammy winning jazz musician.
You may have heard of him, he’s a member of the infamous Marsalis family– the jazz family consisting of Wynton’s Dad, Ellis Marsalis Jr.; and his brothers, Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason Marsalis. Wynton’s grandfather was also a jazz a musician who started it all for their family’s path, he’s the late Ellis Marsalis Sr.
MEET THEIR SON
Victoria and Wynton have a son named Jasper Marsalis, who looks a lot like his Pops. Jasper is a 25 year old graduate of CooperUnion/ Advancement Science & Art. Like his parents, he is a creative person with a bubbling career as a rap artists and musician. Jasper’s stage name is Slauson Malone. Peep an example of his work below…
Wynton Marsalis and Victoria Rowell were previously in a seven year relationship. Although the relationship ended several years ago, they’ve seemingly maintained a great friendship for the sake of co-parenting their son throughout the years.
VICTORIA ROWELL’S PRIOR RELATIONSHIPS & RUMORS
Victoria moved on and was once rumored to be dating rapper, 50 Cent, around 2007, but that was never confirmed. The only thing that they did confirm was that they were great friends, with Victoria reportedly revealing in a prior radio interview, that she’s cooked breakfast for 50 Cent before…hmmmm.
Anywho, after the ’50 Cent rumor,’ Victoria tied the knot with Atlanta artist, Radcliffe Bailey, in 2009. Unfortunately, they divorced in 2014, and had no children together, so their divorce was pretty simple. The only thing they allegedly requested of each other in the divorce settlement, is that neither one of them bothers, nor harasses the other, which was a lil’ weird, but at least it was amicable.
WHAT VICTORIA ROWELL IS DOING NOW ACTING
So, what is Victoria Rowell doing nowadays? For starters, homegirl is aging gracefully at 61 years young.
She’s an advocate for equal rights/equal opportunity for African Americans within the entertainment world. She even filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against CBS (the home of The Young & The Restless) in February 2015.
In a prior series of tweets, Victoria threw shade at the entertainment industry for not having enough African-Americans in higher ranking, decision making positions. “Young & Restless on air for 40 years, loyally watched by their absolute competitive-edge audience (blacks) & not one black Exec producer?,” she tweeted.
These days she’s is still doing what she does best- acting, producing, writing, and directing various projects, including her own, “The Rich and The Ruthless”…
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