BY BBC
Singer Janet Jackson has at the age of 50 given birth to her first child, a baby boy, her publicist has confirmed.
A statement said the musician and her Qatari businessman husband, Wissam Al Mana, were “thrilled” to welcome the infant, Eissa Al Mana.
“Janet had a stress-free healthy delivery and is resting comfortably,” the publicist added.
Speculation about her pregnancy surfaced last April when she postponed her Unbreakable tour.
She posted a video on Twitter at the time in which she told fans that she was postponing the tour because “there’s been a sudden change”.
She said she wanted to focus on planning a family with her husband, whom she wed in 2012.
Jackson had earlier been spotted in London shopping for baby essentials.
Profile: Janet Jackson
- Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born on 16 May 1966 in Gary, Indiana
- She is the youngest of nine children and sister of late pop icon Michael Jackson
- She released her first album, Janet Jackson, in 1982
- She has a total of 11 albums with the most recent, Unbreakable, released in 2015
- She is a seven-time Grammy award winner
- She began her career with the family’s reality TV series The Jacksons in 1976 and has since appeared in several movies such as Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married
- The singer married her third husband, Qatari billionaire Wissam al-Mana, in 2012
- Her two previous marriages were a year-long union with soul singer James DeBarge in the mid-1980s, and to dancer Rene Elizondo Jr from 1991-2000
