{"id":514474,"date":"2022-11-23T05:17:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T02:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/august-alsina-tearfully-opens-up-about-adopting-nieces-after-his-sisters-death\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T05:17:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T02:17:33","slug":"august-alsina-tearfully-opens-up-about-adopting-nieces-after-his-sisters-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/august-alsina-tearfully-opens-up-about-adopting-nieces-after-his-sisters-death\/","title":{"rendered":"#August Alsina Tearfully Opens Up About Adopting Nieces After His Sister\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4075c4645f8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4075c4645f8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/august-alsina-tearfully-opens-up-about-adopting-nieces-after-his-sisters-death\/#%E2%80%9CAugust_Alsina_Tearfully_Opens_Up_About_Adopting_Nieces_After_His_Sisters_Death%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;August Alsina Tearfully Opens Up About Adopting Nieces After His Sister\u2019s Death&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAugust_Alsina_Tearfully_Opens_Up_About_Adopting_Nieces_After_His_Sisters_Death%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;August Alsina Tearfully Opens Up About Adopting Nieces After His Sister\u2019s Death&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/11\/august-alsina-tearfully-opens-up-about-adopting-nieces-after-sister-death-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"August Alsina Tearfully Opens Up About Adopting Nieces After His Sister\u2019s Death\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\/August Alsina<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\">August Alsina is the caretaker for his three nieces following his sister-in-law Chandra\u2019s death in 2018, and he takes his role in their lives very seriously.<\/p>\n<p>While talking to <em>VH1<\/em> for the finale of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/surreallifevh1\/?hl=en-gb\"><em>The Surreal Life<\/em><\/a> on Monday (November 21), the \u201cEntanglements\u201d singer tearfully opened up about adopting the three young girls and how he can feel like a bad parent at times because of his busy lifestyle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen my sister died, she asked me if I would take custody of my nieces and I told her I would, so I became the legal guardian of my three nieces,\u201d Alsina began. \u201cMy relationship with my nieces is, I guess, a complex thing because I can sometimes feel like a bad parent, an absentee parent because of parts of my life and I\u2019m missing out on certain parts of their life. And I just feel for them and parts of their journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another part of the clip, his nieces were asked what they love about their uncle.\u00a0\u201cI like that I can talk to him about anything,\u201d one said. \u201cHe understands me,\u201d said another, while the third echoed her sentiments with, \u201cUnderstanding!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@surreallifevh1\/video\/7168139414751743275\" data-video-id=\"7168139414751743275\">\n<section><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@surreallifevh1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@surreallifevh1?refer=embed\">@surreallifevh1<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"augustalsina\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/augustalsina?refer=embed\">#AugustAlsina<\/a>\u2018s relationship with his nieces \u201cis a complex one.\u201d Don\u2019t miss <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"thesurreallife\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/thesurreallife?refer=embed\">#TheSurrealLife<\/a>\u270c\ufe0f episode season finale TOMORROW NIGHT at 9\/8c on @vh1 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - The Surreal Life\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7168144048375597866?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound \u2013 The Surreal Life<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chandra died from cancer on Christmas Day in 2018, eight years after losing her fianc\u00e9 Melvin \u2014 August\u2019s older brother \u2014 to gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Sister, My friend, life giver to my nieces, my hair magician, my biggest supporter, my number one fan,\u201d he wrote <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Br3bNfOAsjh\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=1f9435df-d77f-4583-bbf4-204fd4e41b16\">in an Instagram post <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Br3bNfOAsjh\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=1f9435df-d77f-4583-bbf4-204fd4e41b16\">at the time of her death<\/a>. \u201cWe lost such a beautiful soul on Christmas Night To the battle with cancer. I am Utterly devastated &amp; Deeply shattered! Not only for myself, but for my 3 little nieces, whom are now robbed of BOTH parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst they killed Mel, Now Cancer has stolen you,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhat is life? Why is life? Why is THIS life? I\u2019m calling on God for the answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On a positive note, <em>The Surreal Life<\/em>\u2018s Monday night finale also revealed that August Alsina has found new love in his life. The singer opened up about the love entering his world in a \u201cnew way\u201d and wanting to honor \u201cthe person that I love\u201d before introducing a man onto the screen and telling him he loves him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLove showed up \u2013 but in a new way. I wanna share that and really honor the person that I love and that loves me back and teaching me so much about love and healing,\u201d Alsina said. \u201cI wanna do that in front of the world because it defies all the constructs that one would say love is supposed to be or love should look like.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Marisa Mendez\">by Marisa Mendez<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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