More than two years after a judge ordered rapper Future to secure a $500,000 life insurance policy for his son Prince, the policy still does not exist. That is the claim at the center of a new legal filing from Brittni Mealy, the rapper’s ex-girlfriend and Prince’s mother, who is now asking a court to hold Future in contempt and have him jailed until he complies.
Court documents obtained by multiple outlets detail Mealy’s petition, which states that over 18 months passed after the compliance deadline with no action taken by Future despite repeated written requests. She is not asking for money. She is asking for accountability, and she wants a judge to force the issue.
As of this report, Future has not publicly responded to the petition.
How the order came about
The life insurance requirement was part of a broader 2023 ruling that also resulted in an increase to Future’s monthly child support payments. Prior to the ruling, He had been paying $3,000 per month toward Prince’s support, a figure Mealy argued was inadequate given the rapper’s earnings. A judge agreed, and financial records introduced during the proceedings showed He was earning approximately $30,000 per month. His payments were raised to $5,000 monthly as part of the same arrangement that mandated the insurance policy.
The life insurance policy was structured with Mealy listed as trustee, a standard arrangement in custody agreements designed to protect a child’s financial future in the event of a parent’s death. Future was required to open the policy with Prince named as the beneficiary. According to Mealy’s filing, that never happened.
A relationship defined by conflict
The legal dispute does not exist in a vacuum. Mealy and Future’s co-parenting relationship has been contentious for years, with tensions that have occasionally spilled into public view. In 2021, a dispute erupted publicly after Mealy alleged Future called her a derogatory name in text messages when she asked him to buy Prince school clothes. She posted what she described as the exchange on her Instagram Stories, and the resulting back-and-forth drew significant attention.
During that same period, Mealy accused Him of going months without seeing their son despite living in the same state. She described his involvement as inconsistent and said his unpredictable schedule made co-parenting difficult to maintain. He did not address those specific claims publicly at the time.
The current contempt petition represents a significant escalation from that earlier friction. What began as disputes over communication and presence has now become a formal legal action with potential criminal consequences.
What contempt could mean
If the court finds Future in contempt, the consequences could extend beyond financial penalties. Contempt findings in family court cases tied to child welfare are treated seriously by judges, and incarceration until compliance is a tool courts use when other remedies have failed. Mealy’s petition is specifically structured around that outcome, requesting that Future be held until the policy is actually opened rather than simply fined.
The situation puts Future in a position where inaction carries real legal risk. Courts generally have limited tolerance for prolonged non-compliance with orders tied directly to a child’s welfare, and the two-year gap since the compliance deadline gives Mealy a straightforward argument about the pattern of behavior.
A complicated family picture
Future, born Nayvadius DeMun Cash, is a father to seven children. Prince, who is 12 years old, is among them. His other children are Jakobi, Future Zahir, Hendrix, Kash, Londyn and Paris. The breadth of his parenting obligations has been a recurring subject in his various legal matters over the years, each involving different mothers and different arrangements.
The Prince situation stands out because it has now moved past financial disagreements into territory where a judge could order incarceration. His next move in response to Mealy’s petition will determine how quickly this reaches a hearing and what options remain available to him before the court acts.
