The young son of former Fugees rapper Pras is living in a tiny fifth-floor walkup studio apartment, while the “Ghetto Superstar” enjoys the high life, taking a private jet to the World Cup and dropping $50,000 a month to rent luxury apartments on both coasts, the child’s mother testified in court Thursday.
The Grammy winner, whose real name is Pras Michel, is the father of 4-year-old Landon.
“This isn’t about [Pras],” huffed the singer’s ex-girlfriend, Angela Severiano, outside court. “It’s about my son who lives in a shoebox.”
Michel’s only comment on the child-support dispute was to scream at a reporter, “Get the f—k out of my face,” before dashing out of the hearing.
Severiano, a singer-turned-consultant, testified in Manhattan Family Court that she lives in the cramped E. 91st apartment where Landon sleeps in a converted bedroom and she bunks down in the living room.
Michel, Severiano alleged, “has been fighting against his own son’s well being.”
The absentee dad is scheduled to testify in September about why he shouldn’t up child support from $3,000 to $7,000 a month so Severiano can move into a two-bedroom apartment.
He finally obeyed a court order Thursday to show up for the child support hearing after skipping the first appearance last month.
Meanwhile, Michel was posting pictures of himself on Facebook boarding a private jet with the comment, “#Flying #private here we come #Brazil #worldcup.”
The star, now a film producer, made over $1 million last year and plunks down five-figures for homes in Soho and Los Angeles, according to court papers.