Editing MC Ren (section)

==Personal life==
In June 1993, he married Yaasamen Alaa, with whom he has five children. His oldest son, Anthony, is an aspiring rapper under the name "Waxxie",<ref>{{cite web |title=MC Ren's Son Waxxie Pursues Rap Career, Talks Father's Influence |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.17934/title.mc-rens-son-waxxie-pursues-rap-career-talks-fathers-influence |publisher=HipHopDX |access-date=12 December 2011 |date=12 December 2011}}</ref> and has collaborated with other sons of N.W.A members.

In April 1993, Patterson began attending a mosque, and by July he was a fully registered member of the [[Nation of Islam]], known as Lorenzo X. Two years later he left the organization and converted to [[Sunni Islam]].<ref>{{cite web | title = MC Ren: RenIncarnated | last = Burgess | first = Omar | date = October 25, 2008 | work = HipHop DX | url = http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1253/title.mc-ren-renincarnated | access-date = May 21, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927205439/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1253/title.mc-ren-renincarnated | archive-date = September 27, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>