After a hiatus from recording that included a marriage to The-Dream and an unexpected pregnancy courtesy of hip-hop spermanator Lil Wayne, now mother of three Nivea is singing her way back to the forefront.

The Southern soulster is putting her spin on Sade’s 1989 ballad “Stronger Than Pride,” which will serve as the first single from her upcoming mixtape, Nivea Uncovered. Nivea does the song great justice, but we think Rahsaan Patterson retains the crown for “Best Sade Cover of All-Time.”

Check out his rendition of this neo-soul classic:

Actress Lauren London gave birth to Wayne’s son Lennox Samuel Ari in September. Lil Wayne also has another son, Dwayne Carter III, who was born a woman identified simply as “Sara” last year. A daughter, Reginae, with ex-wife Antonia “Toya” Carter, was born in 1998.

The hip-hop star – real name Dwayne Carter, Jr. – welcomed a baby boy with R&B singer Nivea on Monday, according to AllHipHop.com. Rapper Mack Maine updated his Twitter.com page to announce his labelmate’s news, writing, “Thank God. Baby Neal was born healthy to Nivea Nash and Dwayne Carter! Thanks 4 (sic) all the blessings and support!”

Nivea has three other children from her marriage to producer The-Dream, expecting a child with his singer wife Christina Milan.

Freddy O snagged a few shots of Lil Wayne’s ex-wife, Toya Carter, in the company of R&B diva Nivea — who is expecting the rapper’s third or fourth child (depending on whether she or Lauren London deliver first).

The girls all smiles at the Power Generation Conference in Atlanta over the weekend. In a recent interview with Sister 2 Sister, Toya revealed that Nivea is the only one of Wayne’s cumrags that she will allow in the presence of the couple’s 9-year-old daughter.

How decent of you, Toya.

Boy does she look ready to pop.

Celebrity photog FreddyO claims R&B singer Nivea is pregnant with Lil Wayne’s baby. Ironically, love is richer the second time around for Nivea and Wayne, who were previously engaged. After their breakup in 2003, Nivea married and had three children with hip-hop producer The Dream. They divorced last year.

In a statement to BlackCelebKids.com, Freddy says: “I would like to be the first to send my congratulations to [Nivea] and her baby daddy soon-to- be husband Wayne. The two are said to be marrying within the next few months. Hummmm I wonder about that. Wayne will also be having a child with the one and only Ms. Lauren London who is also pregnant by him . WOW…. I wonder what they said when they both found out about each other…”

Weezy needs to stop dropping his seed in all of these women. The Grammy-winning is also “allegedly” expecting a baby with actress Lauren London, who is due to deliver later this year.

In addition, Wayne has two other children: ten-year-old daughter Reginae Carter, with his high school sweetheart Antonia “Toya” Johnson, and a son Dwayne Carter III, who was born on October 22, 2008 — that child’s mother remains unidentified.