Who are The Weeknd's parents?

THE Weeknd is a Canadian singer known for such hits as I Feel It Coming and Can't Feel My Face.

His parents are Samra and Makkonen Tesfaye, but they have not been together for many decades.

Samra and Makkonen Tesfaye split up not long after their son was born.

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, who later became The Weekend, was born on February 16, 1990, in Toronto.

The youngster did not have much of a relationship with his father while he was growing up.

Samra and Makkonen were Ethiopian immigrants who fled to Canada.

Abel was raised by his mother and grandmother when his father left.

His mother worked several jobs to keep things running in the family.

What did The Weeknd say about his mother?

The singer told Rolling Stone in 2015 that he has heavily relied on his mother in his life.

“I’m a mama’s boy,” he told the outlet.

“Everything good, I get from my mother.”

He was he was quiet when he was a child.

“I always wanted a brother so I’d have somebody to play with,” he told Rolling Stone.

“I remember lying to people that I had brothers – that’s how much I wanted one.”

His mother and other relatives had survived the Red Terror in Ethiopia which saw the massacre of tens of thousands of people.

“I actually wish Bono was here to school us both on it,” he joked to Rolling Stone.

“He knows more about Africa than any African I’ve ever met.

"I remember hearing some stories from my uncles – they would chew chat and talk.

"But I don’t think my mom wanted to tell those stories.

"I don’t think Ethiopians want their kids to feel like Ethiopia is a bad place.”

He told the magazine he knows little about his father except for his name.

The Weeknd will perform during the halftime show of the Super Bowl on February 7, 2021, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

The Super Bowl will be a matchup of the Kansas City Chiefs against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The singer returned to his old look in a new Super Bowl commercial promoting his upcoming halftime show.