Alicia Keys welcomes second child

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Sunday, December 28, 2014
Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys enjoy the sounds of Janelle Monae at The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani's Wall Street on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in NY.
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LOS ANGELES -- Alicia Keys gave birth to son Genesis Ali Dean early on Saturday morning. It's baby number two for the Grammy-winner and husband, producer-rapper Swizz Beatz, who are also parents to 4-year-old Egypt Daoud.

The 33-year-old singer shared the news on her Instagram account, Sunday, with a photo of Genesis's footprints. The image also details that the baby was born at 1:52 a.m. and weighs 6 pounds, 5 ounces.

Keys expressed excitement in her social media captions, saying that the joy of joy is joy and that she is grateful.

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