‘Reign Is Too Cool for Me’: Toya Johnson and Her Daughter Reign Rushing Have a Mommy-and-Me Photo Shoot with Matching Outfits

Another day, another mommy-and-me photo shoot with Toya Johnson and her daughter Reign Rushing. On Instagram, Johnson uploaded a series of photos that show her wearing a red sweat suit with pink and white shoes and sunglasses. Next to her stood her daughter Reign who wore a black, yellow, and white sweat suit, white sneakers and sunglasses.

Most of the photos were of Reign just being Reign, but in two of them she stood next to her mom hitting the coolest poses, one being a squat, and in the other she leaned up against a white truck.

Toya Johnson and her daughter Reign Rushing (Photo: @toyajohnson/Instagram)

“Just me and my cool kid 😎,” Johnson wrote in the comments.

Reign, of course, stole the show with her cute outfit and poses. One person wrote, “Reign is to cool for me😍😍,” and someone else said, “oop! yes niece!! 😍😍😍🏆❤️💪🏽.”

Other fans complimented both mom and daughter. One fan said, “My fav mother-daughter duo😍.” Agreeing with that fan’s sentiments, someone else said, “Love me some TOYA AND REIGN BEST MOMMY AND DAUGHTER DUO EVER❤️😍🔥.”

Toya Johnson and Reign Rushing (Photo: @toyajohnson/Instagram)

Reign has always been cute as a button, but when she was younger people would make nasty comments about her appearance, which caused Johnson to gather those people in the caption of an old post. In February 2019, just days after Reign had turned one, Johnson took some time to go off on a few people who were leaving rude comments under photos of her daughter.

She wrote, “People are so f-cking miserable. How can you talk about an innocent baby. Who the f-ck raised y’all stupid a–es? I said I was not going to entertain the negativity but I’m sick of it. Social media goes too far. My kids always have and always will come before any of this sh-t and I will not tolerate any disrespect when it comes to them. Bet the land on that! With that being said….F-ck ANYbody that has ANYthing negative to say about my daughters. Now back to my regular scheduled program. ✌🏾 #missmewiththecyberbullying.”

It looks like they got the message.

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