Newlyweds Alicia Keys, 29, and husband Swizz Beatz, 32, are now the proud parents of their first child together, a baby boy, a spokesperson for Keys confirmed to usmagazine.com Friday. The child, Egypt Daoud Dean, was born Thursday night in New York..
Before making the official announcement, Beatz sent a blissful tweet Thursday night. "I'm so thankful for everything I been blessed with in my life wowwwwww!" he wrote, seemingly out of the blue, on his Twitter page..
Singer Mary J. Blige sent the parents well wishes via Twitter. .
The couple began dating in 2008 and wed in July on the Mediterranean Sea..
Baby Dean is the first child for Keys and the fourth for Beatz, who has two other sons and a daughter from previous relationships..
Keys told Us Weekly that she anticipates expanding her family. "This baby is going to see everything that I do and that we do," she said..
Beatz added that his wife had a smooth pregnancy..