Alicia Keys Gives Birth To Baby Boy

First Published: October 15, 2010 7:58 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images

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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- It’s a boy for Alicia Keys and her husband, music producer/rapper Swizz Beatz.

A representative for Keys said she gave birth Thursday night in New York. The couple have named their son Egypt Dean. It’s the first child for the 29-year-old superstar and the fourth child for Beatz, whose real name is Kaseem Dean. The couple was married July 31.

Swizz Beatz, 31, took time to tweet on Friday: “I’m so thankful for everything I been blessed with in my life wowwwwww!

Singer Mary J. Blige also tweeted her congratulations on the birth.

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