In an look on the Home Visitor collection, Keke elaborated on the inspiration behind the identify — and who between her and Darius picked it.
“Darius truly made his identify,” she mentioned. “He wished each our names.”
“That was him attempting to place like Darius and Lauren — like Leodis,” she continued. “Like, it was simply an excessive amount of, however I mentioned, ‘Hey, let’s do it. It is lovely.’ I used to be pregnant, something went.”
Keke, who hails from Harvey, Illinois, additionally joked that combining names is widespread apply in her dwelling state. “My mother and father did the identical shit,” she mused. “Like, come on, Willy-ani. Daddy named Willy, I assume.”
She added, “My little sister’s identify is Lawrencia. My dad’s Lawrence. That is an excessive amount of! My mother and father’ e-mail is Laron — Larry and Sharon. Guys, y’all gotta cease. It is an excessive amount of!”
Jokes apart, Keke mentioned she additionally preferred the identify as a result of “it seemed like an previous identify.” “It seemed like he was marching with Martin [Luther King Jr.] and them,” she shared. “Like, Leodis Andrellton Jackson. He is gonna be on anyone’s marketing campaign.”