I read your letter to your father and I must applaud you on getting your feelings down on paper for your father to get an insight into how his irresponsibility has made you feel. I must say that even though your father was not there for you, airing your thoughts to him for the public to see was wrong. You and your mother should have asked for a private meeting with him and expressed your thoughts with him. I, too, am a mother of a now 18 year old high school graduate whose biological father was never there for him. My son, did not let this discourage him, deter him from his goals, or made him feel unvalidated. I just hope that your mother and I share the same philosophy as far as our children stands and that is to make sure you have all your necessities provided in a way that you will always think for yourself. I do hope that just because your siblings father, who is very well off financially, did not swell your head. I state this to say just because you have the materialistic things being provided for you, for example the lavish parties, expensive cars, all the designer clothes, you do not let this cloud your judgment. There are so many important things you need to worry about and having nice things is not the most important, it helps, but should not be your first priority. I understand that you are almost a man who should have some type of educational goals ahead of your. Making the money is always a young, black, male first worry but getting your education can always bring you many more opportunities.

Do not let your biological father being absent deter you, strive to be the man that he chose not to be for you. Strive to be that young man, that makes his mother overjoyed by your own accomplishments and not what has been handed to you. You show signs of having a great future just in having the courage to address this issue but do not ever let on man’s downfall be at left at your starting point for you to pick and carry. Your biological paternal parent will one day see what he has missed all these years. His lost. Continue to make your mother proud.

you are obviously a woman who is blinded by the wolf’s charm.
just because a man can sing does not make him a father. this man’s own flesh and blood has called him out for his bs. this is just the beginning of bad karma for Al. He is a deadbeat with his kids, his heart and his soul. his soul is dead. who could support a record from a deadbeat father and a human being (if you read quincy’s current letter his dad has still not reached out to him). his dad is too busy trying to make a comeback at his 40yr old tired self. he has no time to be a father and he does not care. i for one am glad quincy is far away from Al. It will save him years of therapy.

Al B’s lack of responsibility and maturity as a father is his lost. I commend Diddy and Kim for raising a strong, intelligent, talent,man.