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After fans have been buzzing about R&B singer Jhene Aiko’s pregnancy reveal over the weekend, her partner Big Sean has been happy with the news expressing his own excitement over being a father.

According to a report that appeared last Saturday (July 3rd), the longtime couple is now expecting their first child together, with Aiko sporting a cute baby bump while wearing a skintight grey sundress as she and Big Sean were spotted out and about in Los Angeles, Calif. in a photo posted by TMZ.

Many fans were joyous upon reading the news, and the singer would confirm it by first sharing a heartwarming black-and-white childhood photo of herself via her Instagram account, smiling and holding onto her belly as an expectant mother would. In a post through her Twitter account, she said ā€œthank youā€, topping it off with happy emojis. A representative for the couple responded to press inquiries afterward by saying, “The couple are overjoyed and look forward to this next chapter.ā€

As for Sean, he expressed his happiness in an Instagram story later that day.

ā€œWhole new motivation foreal! Very grateful God continues to bless us, Thank You,ā€ he wrote, adding in a separate entry: ā€œCan’t wait to be a dad.ā€

This news is certainly welcome for the couple, who have been together since 2016, separating in 2019 before reuniting in 2020. The Detroit native alluded to the singer suffering a miscarriage in his track with the late Nipsey Hussle, “Deep Reverence” which was released in 2020.

Aiko has a 13-year-old daughter, Namiko from a previous relationship with O’Ryan Browner, a singer who is the brother to former B2K member and R&B Omarion. The couple has also notably collaborated on TWENTY88, which many would point to as a sterling example of their compatibility as artists, and was released in 2016.

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