‘Too Much Cleavage’: Tammy and Waka Flocka Host Daughter’s Sweet 16 at Nene Leakes’ Lounge, Fans Say She’s Growing Up Too Fast

Waka Flocka and Tammy Rivera‘s daughter is becoming a young lady.

On Saturday, July 3, Rivera posted a series of videos recapping her daughter Charlie Rivera celebrating her 16th birthday. The videos gave a sneak peek of Charlie in her beautiful gown, as well as the venue, which happened to be former “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Nene Leakes’ Linnethia Lounge.

Tammy Rivera’s daughter Charlie Rivera (Photo: @tammiesangel/Instagram)

“Charlie enjoyed her 16th birthday,” Tammy wrote. “Thanks to all the ppl who made it special!! First I have to thank her God mother @noisettejean @dazzlemeparties for always coming through last minute BEST EVENT PLANNER IN ATL!!”

She also gave a special shout-out to Nene Leakes for allowing her to use her lounge to throw her daughter’s party. She wrote that “it was a beautiful VIBE!!” Charlie had a photo dump of her own where she shared some extra pictures of herself from her party. In the caption she wrote, “late birthday dump .. i’m so happy to live to see a another birthday 🥳 thank you god and appreciate everything who help me at the last minute 💕💕 @makeupbybarbee @gorgeously_jojo @kustomkreation90 @dazzlemeparties @minkplusmorellc 💝🦋.”

Some fans debated the teenager’s outfit when they noticed that her black bra was very visible and even protruding at the top of the gown. One person said, “I loved the dress without the black bra😩 it probably was too much cleavage.” Other fans were realizing how much Charlie has grown up. “She grew up so quickly Omgg 🥺❤️❤️ (Lol I’m saying that like I’m old & im 14 💀),” someone wrote.

Charlie Rivera’s photo shoot (Photo: @tammiesangel/Instagram)

Although Charlie had her special night on Saturday, her actual birthday was on July 1. In commemoration, she had a photo shoot that was the theme of the Oxygen hit series “Bad Girls Club.” In most of the photos, she wore a pink dress and a crown, but there was another photo where there were two versions of her. One was wearing the previously mentioned pink dress and the other, who was supposed to be the bad version of her, wore a black skirt and top as she was pulling the hair of the princess version of her.

It’s not certain if Waka was in attendance, but overall it looks like Charlie had a good time. Charlie is not Waka Flocka’s biological daughter, but has been in her life for many years. He and Tammy have been married since 2014, but they do not have any children together. Waka also does not have any biological children of his own.

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