Angelina Jolie, 49, and British rapper ‘boyfriend’ Akala, 40, go Instagram official

Angelina Jolie has gone Instagram official with her rumored boyfriend, British rapper and political activist Akala.

This weekend, the 40-year-old artist was seen at a party in New York City hosted by 49-year-old Jolie for her company Atelier Jolie.

Akala is clearly seen in a photo at the event, moments before images of the Oscar-winning actress appeared in the same photo gallery.

The Eternals actress interviewed Mustafa in the Atelier Jolie showroom on Great Jones Street.

Brad Pitt’s ex-wife wore a gray suit and black boots with her highlights down as she sat. Akala wore a black crew-neck T-shirt while in the audience.

This comes two days after Akala joined Jolie at the premiere of her film Maria at the 62nd New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.

The caption read: “Atelier Jolie welcomed Mustafa to 57 Great Jones, where he hosted a special listening party and panel discussion for his debut album Dunya, out now.

‘Join us to celebrate this beautiful collection of twelve songs, where folk and poetry come together. The album is now available to stream on all platforms.”

Also attending the event was Zoe Kravitz, who was also featured in the Instagram post.

Jolie has been spotted in public with Akala several times amid her ongoing bitter split from Pitt, even though sources have told People they are just friends.

The actress sparked romance rumors with Akala when the pair emerged from her hotel in Italy during the Venice International Film Festival in August.

In Touch claimed that the actress had been seeing the musician privately for “more than a year.”

The rumors first started when Akala joined Jolie and her daughters Zahara, 19, and Shiloh, 18, at the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica last May.

An eyewitness at the time said Akala was “very protective of them as he showed them around.”

Six months later, they enjoyed dinner together in Milan, In Touch also claimed.

In addition to Zahara and Shiloh, Jolie and her ex-husband Pitt share sons Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, and 15-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.

However, an insider said this People that Jolie ‘is friends with him and his partner, Chanelle [Newman] who was also there’.

Newman is his business partner and manager.

Yet Jolie and Akala share a strong bond, with a second source saying: ‘They share the same passion when it comes to social and humanitarian causes.

‘They have done several collabs over the years that focus on global issues such as human rights. Angie speaks very highly of him.’

People’s source claimed that Jolie is “currently single and not seriously dating.”

MailOnline has contacted Jolie’s representatives for comment.

Akala, born Kingslee James McLean Daley, started out as a rapper before turning to political activism and supporting former Labor MP Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 British general election.

His elder sister is also the famous singer and rapper Ms. Dynamite.

Ms Dynamite, 43 – real name Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley – enjoyed a string of hits in the early 2000s with her debut album A Little Deeper, which won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.

Akala is reportedly dating Chanelle Newman, co-founder and executive producer of Akala’s music and the Hip-hop Shakespeare Company.

In Touch also claimed that the Maleficent star had also been seeing another man, Broadway composer Justin Levine.

Jolie and Levine were spotted together at the A New York Evening With The Outsiders at The Greene Space in New York City on Monday.

“Angelina has been seeing two different men in the past year,” a source claimed to the outlet.

Tony award winner Levine was part of the Broadway production of The Outsiders, the musical that Jolie produced.

In Touch reports that he co-wrote the book and score for the play. Jolie’s daughter Vivienne also worked as a producer’s assistant on the program.

“Angie adores Justin, and they spend so much time together that many people think the relationship could turn romantic,” the source said.

An insider also shared with the site that the men are “completely different,” but Jolie “falls for both.”

The new romance rumors come five years after Jolie was declared legally single by Pitt.

Akala and Justin aren’t the first two men Jolie has been linked to since her divorce. A few years ago she was seen with musician The Weekend.

The divorce between Jolie and Pitt has played out publicly and has also affected their six children. Earlier this month, their 18-year-old daughter Shiloh legally dropped her father’s last name.

Shiloh, who hired and paid her own attorney when she filed to drop the Pitt name on her 18th birthday in May, filed to change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie.

There have been long custody battles that ultimately ended in a victory for Pitt, who was awarded 50-50 custody in 2021, but it was overturned on appeal.

Due to the current situation, the children and his ex-wife form a close group of seven.

Meanwhile, Brad has been in a relationship with Ines de Ramon for two years.

DailyMail.com has exclusively learned that De Ramon has ‘banned’ her friends, family and even work contacts from talking about her and Pitt’s relationship and then even signed non-disclosure agreements to ‘build trust’.

She hopes to build a very strong bond with Pitt, which could lead to marriage, it was claimed.