Jayda Westbrook was born on September 25th, 1997 to Estelita Cruz and Deon Westbrooks. Her parents were never married. At the age of 18,she met Rakim Meyers (aged 22) during a house party. She had just graduated high school 2 weeks prior. The 18 years old was smitten by Rakim bad boy behavior and he also liked her good girl image. They started dating after a month of meeting each other. Six months into their relationship she got pregnant with her son, Rakim Jr aka junior.