Lauren London exploded onto the scene with her impressive role opposite T.I. in ATL. After that, America fell in love her, including the fellas and of course Mr, Dwayne Carter. However, little do we know, Lil Wayne and Ms. London have been friends/lovers for a long time, even before London hit the big screen. As a matter of fact, according to London they were once engaged, so aside from the love child they have together now, they once had a history before her fame and fortune came into play.

Checkout the excerpt from the interview between Ms. Lauren London and Kathleen Cross in ‘Under My Skin:’

KC: What is the biggest misperception people have of you? What misperception bothers you most?

LL: That my son is the result of some kind of one night stand or groupie encounter with his father. I struggle with deciding when to answer or ignore the constant speculation about my private life, because I feel like that doesn’t belong to anybody but me.

KC: Do you want to go on to the next question, or clear up the speculation now?

LL: I met Dwayne when I was 15 years old. I’ve known him a very long time, and we were in a relationship that didn’t make it. We tried more than once to revive it, and we were engaged briefly years ago, but we eventually parted ways. People see the “Lil’ Wayne” persona and think they know who he really is. My son’s father is an intelligent, loving and lovable person who will always be a dear friend. That is all.

Source: Under My Skin

Mad props to Ms. Lauren for keeping her past love life with Wayne a secret for this long. Either way, it is real good to know that they’re still women out there who will defend the father of their child.