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Pop icon Justin Bieber and his model wife Hailey welcomed their son, Jack Blues Bieber, on Friday, as announced in a post on Instagram that quickly gained millions of likes.
The celebrity couple announced in May that they were going to be parents, posting pictures of fashionista and businesswoman Hailey, 27, cradling her belly.
Justin Bieber, 30, rose to global fame as a teen pop sensation in 2009, releasing hits like the mega-hit "Baby" featuring Ludacris and "Somebody to Love."
His devoted fans, known as "Beliebers," have helped make him one of the best-selling artists ever.
Fans congratulated the couple on Instagram, with one suggesting playing "Baby" again. Justin's mother, Pattie Mallette, also posted congratulations to the couple on X.
Hailey Bieber, daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin, has modeled for major brands and launched her own skincare and makeup line, Rhode.
She told GQ in October that she looks forward to motherhood, seeing it as a private, intimate thing.
The model told US outlet GQ in October that she looked forward to being a mother, and found it amusing how much others cared, calling motherhood "a private, intimate thing."
She was quoted as saying, "It's something that's going to come when it comes. And it's just, honestly, at the end of the day, so hilarious how much people… care.
Let me do what I want to do with my body and you guys can do what you want to do with your body."
