India Royale is an American Instagram personality, digital creator, YouTuber, social media influencer, and vlogger. The 30-year-old is known for making short make-up tutorials and lifestyle vlogs on her social media handles. Additionally, she is a businesswoman who has carved a niche for herself in the beauty and cosmetic world.
Royale is more famous as the girlfriend of the American rapper, Lil Durk whom she has been in a relationship since 2017. She has been described as ‘loyal’ by the rapper and has proven it by being with him through down times. She is also a proud mother of two; Willow Banks and Skylar Banks.
Did You Know These Enthralling Facts about India Royale?
1. She is one of 4 Children
India Royale was born on March 9, 1995, in Illinois, Chicago, United States of America. She was born India Cox and is one of 4 kids. The information gathered is that she has two older sisters and an older brother.
With the aforementioned information, it is obvious that the American entrepreneur is the last child of her parents. Detailed information about the names and occupations of her other family members is yet to be revealed by Royale. Nonetheless, starsoffline.com claimed that the last of 4 stated that she is the most identical to her father.
2. She Owns India Royale Cosmetics and India Royale’s Hair Vendor
Starting a career in the modeling and fashion world, India got a hang of beauty products. She became interested in it and so, she started her own business lines geared towards products like eyelashes, lip gloss, and more..
Royale is the owner of India Royale Beauty and India Royal’s Hair Vendor. Both franchises specialize in offering beauty products to customers the world over. Similarly, she is a brand Ambassador for FashionNova – an online fashion store for women.
3. India Royale and Lil Durk Began to Date in 2017
Since the confirmation of a romantic union between India Royale and Lil Durk surfaced in 2017, they have been in and out of the relationship. Despite the rollercoaster, the fashion enthusiast and her rapper boyfriend have been together for 5 years as of 2022.
The lovers took their relationship further after Royale responded in the affirmative when her boyfriend asked if she would be his wife. This proposal came as a shock to fans who gathered at his December 2021 concert to watch him perform.
While on stage, Lil Durk, born Durk Derrick Banks in Chicago on October 19, 1992, brought his girlfriend up the stage and spoke about how much he cherishes her loyalty and sacrifices before going down on a knee to ask if she would be his wife.
Before the FashionNova ambassador could respond, the crowd had begun to cheer. Overwhelmed India then said ‘yes’, and this sealed the relationship.
4. Does India Royale have Kids?
Lil Durk’s fiancé is the mother of two adorable daughters. She had her first daughter, Skylar, on August 29, 2014, with an unnamed man with whom she was in a relationship.
Though she didn’t reveal who the father of the 10-year-old is, internet detectives did their job and revealed that his name is Sadez. The speculation came following a response Idia gave on one of her Instagram posts when asked about the identity of her daughter’s dad.
Still, on the said father of the first daughter of the entrepreneur, Reddit users have speculated about his identity. Someone posted on the platform that India’s ex and supposed first baby daddy was dead. As a result of this announcement, others there began to send in their condolences.
On October 31, 2018, India Royale and Lil Durk welcomed their first child together. The child, a daughter, is 6-year-old Willow Banks. Although Willow is the first child between the lovers, she is not their first offspring, individually.
As already seen, Royale had a daughter 4 years before Willow. In the same vein, Lil Durk has 5 kids from past relationships. The rapper has a total of 6 children from several relationships and one marriage.
His 5 other kids are first; Angelo Banks who was born in 2011. There’s also Bella Banks and Zayden Banks, both born in 2013 but by different women and in different months. Angelo and Bella were born by Nicole Covone while Zayden was born by an unnamed woman.
Durk’s fourth child is Du’mier Banks who was born in 2014, and the fifth is Skyler Banks. The identities of the mothers of Lil Durk’s other children are unknown. However, Tameka Kute has been alleged to be the mother of Skyler Banks.
5. About India’s Past Relationship
The mother of two has been in at least one relationship previously. Just as with her first baby daddy, the identity of Royale’s ex is unknown. Inasmuch as there has been no name or face put to the title, it was revealed that she was with the ex, shortly before her relationship with her rapper boyfriend.
A video of India and her ex-boyfriend surfaced on the internet showing both of them vibing to Lil Durk’s song in the car. The video sparked reactions as social media users commented on how crazy it was that Royale moved from listening to Durk’s songs to dating him.
On the other hand, the Chicago rapper has been in a couple of relationships. He has, in the past, dated women such as Nicole Covone, the mother of his first child and second children, Angelo and Bella. They met in 2008 and got married a while later but eventually got divorced just after Bella’s birth in 2013.
After Covone, the rapper went on to date fellow rapper, Dej Loaf. They sparked dating rumors from 2014 till the confirmation when they shared a kiss on stage. However, by the end of 2016, they broke up but remained friends.
In the same year, there were rumors that Lil Durk was seeing an Atlanta model named Takala Welch. The supposed relationship only lasted from November to December of the same year.
At the end of the relationship with Welch, Derrick met and began dating India. However, there is still another woman whom the rapper purportedly dated years prior. According to an ex-friend of Mia Burks, Lil Durk and Mia were once in a relationship. Burk’s ex-friend admitted this to The Chicago Morning Takeover radio station during an interview in 2017.
6. Royale was Caught in a Gun Battle at Lil Durk’s House
Lil Durk’s Georgia home was invaded by unknown people on July 11, 2021. Royale was in the house with her boyfriend during this invasion at about 5 AM on said day. According to the reports, it is said that the lovers were engaged in a gun battle with the invaders who eventually fled. Luckily, no one was hurt during the exchange.
7. India Royale Controversies
The mother of two and current fiancé of Banks has been on and off with the rapper since their relationship started. The pair have sparked break-up rumors twice, since 2017 with the most recent happening a few months before their engagement.
The rumors began to make waves after the couple deleted shared images and unfollowed each other on social media, twice. Further fuelling the speculations were posts by the rapper suggesting that his then-girlfriend-turned-fiance had cheated on him. However, he always came back to refute the breakup stories.
As if the back and forth wasn’t enough, Royale had to defend her boyfriend when fans and followers attacked him. The 32-year-old rapper who was a guest at the Million Dollaz Worth of Game Podcast made a statement that got tongues wagging.
When asked what prompted his decision to marry India, the father of 6 stated that it was her low body count. He went on to explain that he would have not been attracted to her if she had slept around before.
Although he also mentioned that her loyalty was a contributing factor, the comment about India’s body count, rubbed off wrongly on a lot of people. However, Royal took her time to defend her man on her page as well as respond to some comments.
Additionally, the CEO was caught in the middle of a rapper’s feud with NBA YoungBoy.
8. Did Indian Royale Have Plastic Surgery Done?
Indian Royale raised eyebrows concerning her body transformation in recent years. Juxtaposing her old pictures with recent ones, there have been questions about if she had plastic surgery done.
She has not admitted this, and neither has the mother of two denied it. However, some people believe that the transformation came with years of being on her career path.
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9. She Has a Song Dedicated to Her by Her Fiancé
You may have heard India I, II, & III by Lil Durk. If you never knew who the song is about, then now you do. Love-struck Durk Derrick Banks took to the studio to record a song for his fiancé and the mother of his daughter – Willow. The lyrics to the songs are lovely to listen to.
Not only does he have the 3-part-song dedicated to the mother of his daughter and social media sensation, but Lil Durk also promoted his wife-to-be’s business in another song. Somewhere in Drake’s In The Bible song, featuring Lil Durk, he can be heard saying ‘India Royale Cosmetics’. With this, he was referring to her business and promoting it to his fans and listeners.
10. What is India Royale’s Net Worth?
As a social media entrepreneur and a businesswoman, India Royale’s net worth is estimated to be about $1 million. She has over 450,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel and her views-per-videos have risen to about 2.5 million.
The least number of views India Royal’s YouTube video has fetched her, is 280,000. With this, she has a total of 13,129,370 views on her channel. This would in turn fetch her about $39,388 or $65,564 from just YouTube.
She also makes money from her beauty and hair business although the exact amount is not known. However, as a FashionNova ambassador, India is supposed to make as much as $3,506 monthly, according to glassdoor.com.
India Royale is not as rich as her $8 million rich fiancé, Lil Durk, but she does make a decent amount for herself. Seeing that she is still young, it is possible that in the following years, she will make more money and continue to rise on the business ladder.
Relationship-wise, she is set to become Lil Durk’s wife.
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