As the center son of LaVar Ball’s famously outspoken basketball household, LiAngelo Ball grew up beneath the identical shiny highlight as his brothers Lonzo and LaMelo. Each siblings turned NBA lottery picks and went on to earn tens of tens of millions of {dollars} on the highest stage {of professional} basketball. Lonzo established himself as a beginning NBA guard, whereas LaMelo rapidly emerged as a franchise cornerstone and perennial All-Star. By comparability, LiAngelo’s path unfolded very in a different way.
Not like his brothers, LiAngelo struggled to achieve a long-lasting foothold within the NBA. His skilled profession has largely consisted of brief stints, non-guaranteed contracts, and developmental league alternatives that saved him on the fringes of the league moderately than firmly inside it. After starring alongside Lonzo and LaMelo on an undefeated Chino Hills Excessive Faculty group, LiAngelo dedicated to UCLA, solely to see his school profession derail following a extremely publicized shoplifting incident throughout a group journey to China. From there, he bounced between skilled stops in Lithuania, the Junior Basketball Affiliation, and the NBA G League, whereas incomes transient seems to be from groups just like the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets. Regardless of signing a number of NBA contracts on paper, none translated right into a everlasting roster spot, cementing his standing because the least profitable Ball brother on the court docket.
Mockingly, the monetary breakthrough that eluded LiAngelo in basketball arrived by means of a completely totally different lane. In January 2025, he pivoted decisively into music, signing a $13 million take care of Def Jam and Common Music Group. The settlement included $8 million in assured cash, full possession of his masters, and management of his personal imprint, Born2Ball Music Group.
Outdoors of his music and basketball careers, LiAngelo has earned some headlines for his private life. In January 2023, he welcomed a child boy with mannequin/actuality star Nikki Mudarris, who’s finest recognized for showing on a number of seasons of the VH1 present “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood.” They welcomed a lady on December 3, 2024. Hold that date in thoughts for a second.
Nikki and LiAngelo have been by no means married. In February 2025, Nikki publicly accused LiAngelo of dishonest on her and abandoning their kids.
In a shock twist, on March 24, 2025, LiAngelo married one other girl, Rashida Nicole. In yet one more shock twist, Rashida and LiAngelo are already in the course of a divorce! Divorce court docket filings checklist their date of separation as June 15. As in, 83 days after they stated “I do.”
On December 2, 2025, simply two weeks in the past, Rashida gave beginning to LiAngelo’s child. He was apparently not current for the beginning and didn’t meet his new child for a full week. Social media posts seem to point out that he missed the beginning of his newest youngster as a result of he was celebrating the beginning of his center youngster, the daughter born nearly precisely a yr earlier to Nikki.
Talking of Nikki, she is struggling financially and is in court docket trying to get youngster help from LiAngelo. And that brings us to the current.
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In response to paperwork that have been first obtained by Us Weekly, Nikki appeared in household court docket this week as a part of an ongoing youngster help dispute involving the couple’s two kids. As a part of the proceedings, each events have been required to submit sworn monetary disclosures, leading to an unusually detailed snapshot of LiAngelo Ball’s revenue, belongings, money owed, and money circulate.
In her filings, Nikki’s authorized group states that LiAngelo reported incomes roughly $666,666 per thirty days. At that stage, his annual revenue would strategy $8 million. Her legal professional underscored the disparity by noting that LiAngelo’s month-to-month revenue exceeds Nikki’s complete reported internet price. Nikki disclosed that she has roughly $20,000 in money and financial institution accounts, actual property valued at roughly $441,502, partial fairness in a Beverly Hills condominium, and an possession curiosity in a Rolls-Royce.
The identical court docket paperwork declare that, as of Could 2025, LiAngelo held whole belongings of $6,453,546.55. In opposition to that, he reported liabilities of $2,558,984, leading to a said internet price of $3,894,562.55. Whereas these figures don’t account for potential future royalties or backend earnings tied to his music profession, they mirror the numbers LiAngelo positioned on the file beneath oath.
Nikki’s personal monetary disclosures paint a really totally different image. In her filings, she listed her occupation as an influencer and reported minimal present revenue, citing being pregnant, childbirth, and her choice to not return to work as an actual property agent throughout that interval. She said that her common month-to-month revenue in 2024 was roughly $10,000, however that her present month-to-month revenue is successfully $0, apart from roughly $2,000 per thirty days generated by her lingerie and clothes firm.
Regardless of that, Nikki reported month-to-month bills totaling $36,349.27, together with $9,750 in lease, $4,400 in childcare, $2,000 on groceries and family provides, $1,000 on DoorDash, $1,431 on utilities, and $8,975 categorized as hygiene, well being, social, and literary bills. She famous that roughly $31,120.70 of these month-to-month prices are at present being paid by others. The filings additionally reveal excellent money owed, together with $156,725 owed to members of the family for residing bills, $28,000 on an American Specific stability, a $2,375 month-to-month Vary Rover lease, and a separate $5,800 month-to-month automobile cost, together with $97,000 already paid to attorneys within the case.
So there you’ve got it. Far more than you ever wanted or wished to know in regards to the funds of the third-most-successful Ball brother and his actuality star ex, Nikki Mudarris. No phrase but on whether or not or not Rashida Nicole will even quickly be looking for help…
