Stevie Wonder, 64, welcomes his NINTH child, a daughter named Nia with girlfriend Tomeeka Bracy
Stevie Wonder is a father for the ninth time.
The 64-year-old singer and his girlfriend Tomeeka Robyn Bracy have welcomed a baby daughter named Nia.
The baby is the couple's second together with Wonder a dad to seven other children from previous relationships.
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| Happy parents: Stevie Wonder and Tomeeka Robyn Bracy have welcomed their second child together. |
The 64-year-old singer confirmed he would be a father again in an interview with The View last month after he was asked to set the record straight that he was expecting triplets.
'I got, how many, 22 kids?' he joked, before telling The View ladies: 'It's not true. The truth is we're going to have a wonderful daughter, born in December, [and her] name is going to be Nia, which i[means] purpose.'
The singer's spokesman added that 'Purpose' is also 'one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa,' referring to the African American annual festival.
The Grammy-award winner has taken inspiration from being a father - penning hit Isn't She Lovely about his first child Aisha Morris back in 1975 by girlfriend Yolanda Simmons.
Multiple children: Stevie pictured with wife Kai Millard and their two sons back in 2006
Me and my brood: Stevie, pictured with ex-girlfriend Yolonda Simmons, daughter Aisha Morris, and son Kwami
Wonder got together with Tomeeka following his divorce from wife Karen 'Kai' Millard Morris in 2012 after 11 years.
He and Kai are parents to sons Kailand and Mandla Kadjay - he is also father to son Mumtaz who he fathered in 1983 by girlfriend Melody McCulley.
'Aisha [his oldest] enjoys her dad quite a bit, they get together and eat and joke,' a source told Page Six earlier this year. 'He’s been helping [his son] Mumtaz with some of Mumtaz’s music and he always talks about how talented his son is.'
The stars's children range in age from one-year-old to 39.
The Superstition singer was first married to Syreeta Wright from 1970 to 1971.
First marriage: Stevie was wed for a year to singer-songwriter Syreeta Wright from 1970 to 1971
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