Is Cher getting ready to marry this Oakland-born rapper and producer?

Nearly 50 years since her last divorce, Cher is reportedly getting ready to give marriage another try, with multiple tabloids picking up on a report that says that the 79-year-old entertainment icon is set to tie the knot with her 39-year-old boyfriend, Oakland-born music producer Alexander “AE” Edwards.

“Cher doesn’t give a hoot about their (40-year) age difference and they’re both ready to commit to each other,” an insider told the Mirror, according to Page Six and the Daily Mail. 

“She has set her heart on walking down the aisle with him around the time of her landmark birthday in May” and she “sees her upcoming celebration at turning 80 as the perfect time for her and Alexander to seal the deal,” the source also old The Mirror.

Cher gushed about her romance with Edwards on “CBS Mornings” last month, according to the Daily Mail. “You know, you get older but your spirit is younger. I just love him. I think he’s beautiful and he’s really talented,” Cher told host Gayle King.

When asked about people criticizing the 40-year age difference, the singer and actor said, “They’re not living my life. Nobody knows what goes on between us. We just have a blast.” In another appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” in December 2022, Cher said, “On paper, it’s kind of ridiculous. But in real life, we get along great. He’s fabulous. And I don’t give men qualities that they don’t deserve.”

Cher and Edwards, an executive with Universal Music Group, met at Paris Fashion Week in September 2022, and the two made headlines when they were first photographed holding hands several months later, The Sun reported. 

Edwards was born in Oakland in 1986, developed a love for hip-hop at a young age and has an ability to spot talent in others, The Sun said. At Universal Music Group, Edwards has worked with Post Malone, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande, according to People. He’s also worked on rapper Tyga’s independent label Last Kings Records, People said. He and Tyga are often seen in each other’s photos or stepping out together in L.A.

Edwards previously dated Amber Rose and they share a son, who was born in October 2019. Cher has said she likes spending time with the boy, who is named Slash, and describes him as being “smart, funny” and “a delight,” the Daily Mail reported.

Engagement rumors first began swirling around Cher and Edwards last year, when he bought her a massive diamond ring as a Christmas gift, People reported. On New Year’s Eve, Cher showed off her new ring in a photo with Edwards — though she was not wearing the diamond on the engagement-ring finger. While a source subsequently told People that the couple were not “talking marriage” just yet, the source said, “They are very much in love. They are exclusive and serious. Cher likes that he’s young. It’s exciting for her.”

Cher also told People about finding love in her 70s: “What I learned is that it’s never too late. If you wrote out all the statistics, you would go, ‘Well, this is doomed.’ But we’ve been together a year, and if it was just a year, it would’ve been worth it. I’ve had the best time.”

If Cher were to marry Edwards, he would become her third husband. She was previously married to Sonny Bono from 1969 to 1975 and to Gregg Allman from 1978 to 1979. She’s also dated a few other famous men over the decades — including Warren Beatty, David Geffen, Gene Simmons, Val Kilmer, Tom Cruise and Richie Sambora, according to Elle.

Both Kilmer and Cruise were younger when they dated her, according to People. So was baker Rob Camilletti, who was only 22 when they started seeing each other in 1987, when she was in her early 40s. He was her boyfriend when she won her best actress Oscar for “Moonstruck.”

“The truth was if I hadn’t gone out with younger men, I would have never had a date,” Cher told People in 2021. “Younger men weren’t intimidated by older women. But older men in my age category, they weren’t having it.”