Pop star Janet Jackson has given birth to her first child, a boy, at the age of 50, her publicist has said.
“Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana are thrilled to welcome their new son Eissa Al Mana into the world,” the singer’s representative said in a statement to People magazine.
“Janet had a stress-free, healthy delivery and is resting comfortably.”
Jackson and Qatari businessman Mr Al Mana married in 2012, and the singer in April postponed her Unbreakable world tour so they could focus on starting a family.
In October, she showed off her baby bump in an exclusive photo for People magazine.
Jackson, the fiercely private youngest child of the famed Jackson singing family, has not given any details of the pregnancy or where the baby was born.
She and her husband have stayed out of the limelight since their nuptials, which didn’t stop tabloids from reporting the singer had converted to Islam.
In October, photos emerged of Jackson in a full-length head covering which fuelled the rumours of conversion.
The singer has not commented on her religion and as several social media users pointed out, the covering was in fact an item from a menswear line released that year.
She had two previous marriages: a year-long union with soul singer James DeBarge in the mid-1980s, and with dancer Rene Elizondo Jr from 1991 to 2000.
Source: Reuters/ Photo Credit: Reuters
