Cleopatra Bernard is an American talent manager, social media influencer, former model, and hotel manager. Through her career, she has established herself as a successful businesswoman. Yet, she owes her fame and popularity to being the mother of the late American rapper XXXTentacion who was shot in 2018.
Since her son’s untimely death, she has remained in the limelight through the charity works she does in the rapper’s name such as the XXXTentacion Foundation.
What To Know About Cleopatra Bernard
As captured, Cleopatra Eretha Dreena Bernard is the mother of the late American rapper, XXXTentacion who was born Jahseh Onfroy on January 23, 1998. Focusing on her early life and background, Cleopatra Bernard was born on January 15, 1980, in Jamaica. She is now 45 years old.
While her mother is identified as Colleen Jones, nothing is known about her father. It is assumed that her mother raised her as a single mother leading to their move to the US. Though Cleopatra and Colleen moved to a new country in search of a better life, things did not happen as planned. Things became so difficult that she could not attend High school.
The Jamaican-born Started Her Career as a Model
As captured the difficulty of her early years prevented her from getting a good education. This, in turn, reduced her chances of getting a high-paying job. However, Cleopatra did not allow this to stop her from making a name for herself as she started working in the fashion industry as a model.
She switched to hotel management some years after she got into modeling. Some of the roles she assumed as a hotel manager include housekeeping and supervising its daily running. It was from this that she switched to running her own business.
Over the years, she put her keen business savviness to branch out into talent management, music, film, and television production. Notably, she became her son’s manager when he launched his career. Since then, she did not look back. In fact, she extended her talent management services to other celebrities such as Destiny Mariah and Grim Reaper.
One of the highlights of her career in the entertainment industry is the release of her son’s two posthumous albums, Skins (2019) and Bad Vibes Forever (2020). Skins featured iconic acts like Kanye West. In the course of her work, she has also done collaborations with big brands like Wilhemina and Ford.
A Look Into Cleopatra Bernard’s Marriage and Divorce from Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy
She was previously married to Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy. Apparently, they are both of Jamaican origin and had known each other from a young age. Cleopatra and Dwayne got into a romantic relationship that led to marriage.
The couple welcomed two children; Jahseh Onfroy and Aiden Onfroy. Sadly, the marriage was rife with domestic violence against her and their children. At some point, Cleopatra’s children had to spend some time with her mother. The difficulty in her marriage had a long-lasting effect on the boys, especially XXXTentacion who later took to criminality.
Having held out for so long, the marriage finally ended in divorce. The reason for their end of the marriage is irreconcilable differences.
Cleopatra Bernard Lost Her Son to Gun Violence
Following the collapse of her marriage, Cleopatra was left with raising the two children on her own. Years later, she was forced into mourning when she lost one of her two children, XXXTentacion on June 18, 2018. At the time, the 20-year-old was one of the rising rappers in Florida.
The Look at Me crooner was murdered in what is now believed to be a robbery operation at RIVA motorsports, a Florida-based sports shop that deals in the sales of motorcycles and other watercraft items. Following his death, three men; Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams, and Trayvon Newsome were found guilty.
Prior to his shooting, XXX had his share of run-ins with the law and controversies.
More so, he had fathered a child with Jenesis Sanchez. At his death, the devastated mother posted a sonogram hinting that her son left a child on the way. Seven months later, Sanchez gave birth to the child, Gekyume Onfroy on January 26, 2019. Despite having a grandson whom she flaunts on social media, it has not made the loss easier for Cleopatra.
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XXXTentacion’s Mother Remembers her son Through Charities
While the death of a child is one of the greatest losses that cannot be replaced, many choose different ways to deal with such. In Cleopatra’s case, the Florida businesswoman started the XXXTentacion foundation to honor and remember her son.
The foundation reaches out to the less privileged. So far, she has donated school materials as well as drinking water to communities through the foundation. Such a gesture will surely have impressed the rapper who had wished to change the world. He once revealed in a social media post that if he dies, he’d want other children to be happy because of his message.
Cleopatra Bernard’s Net Worth
She is estimated to have a net worth of $2.5 million which she made from her career in the hospitality industry, modeling, and talent management. Also, she pockets thousands of dollars through her various social media endorsements and the estate of her late son which is valued at over $5 million.
Considering the vast amounts that the late rapper’s estate generates, it’s not surprising that it has led to a lawsuit against her. Two years after her son’s death, Cleopatra was named in a lawsuit filed by Corey Pack, XXXTentacion’s half-brother through another mother. Pack revealed that he was owed 25% of XXXtention’s estate. While the money was supposed to be given to him, Cleopatra allegedly cut a deal with XXXtention’s baby mama, Sanchez. It’s unclear if the case was ever settled, yet, being the benefactor of Jahseh’s estate gives credence to how much wealth she has.
With such huge amounts at her disposal, Cleopatra spends her fortune on things like her 15,000 square home in Parkland, Florida which she bought for $3.4 million in August 2018. Her son had shared plans of buying the property for his mom but was unable to do this. Thankfully, she followed through with the plan and got the house making it one of the other properties she owns in Florida.
