Rapper Eve is expecting her first child with her husband Maximillion Cooper.
The music star, 42, confirmed the happy news on Instagram by sharing a picture of her baby bump and revealing the new arrival is due in February.
In the pictures, she was seen cradling her tummy as she shared her joy with her 2.3million followers.
She wrote: "Can you believe it @mrgumball3000 we finally get to tell everyone!!!!! You all know how long we’v been waiting for this blessing!!!
"We get to meet our lil human February 2022."
Her husband Maximillion, 49, reposted the star's pictures and added his own message, writing: "Very excited to share this news… we have a lil human on the way."
The happy news sent Eve's fans into a spin and she was swamped with messages of congraulations.
Her famous friends also piled in, with singer Brandy writing: "FavEve" and Taraji P. Henson adding: "CONGRATS!!!!"
Maximillion has four teenage children from a previous relationship and Eve previously opened up about life as a stepmum to Lotus, 19, Jagger, 17, Cash, 15, and Mini, 13.
She told People.com the kids "grounded her" and made her realise how "amazing" having children can be.
She said: "It's been now 10 and a half years I've been in their lives and they've been in my life. They've grounded me.
"In the beginning, when I first met my husband, then-boyfriend, I was like, 'This is never gonna last because you got four kids! How's this gonna work?'"But then I met the kids and honestly was like 'Wow, kids are amazing'...
"It did take two or three years to adjust, just our relationship with the kids.
"But I have to say I'm very lucky. I feel very, very lucky that I had my insta-kids - I call them my bonus children!"
She added that her stepkids are proud to have her in their family, but she's a bit worried about them listening back to some of her sweary music from the past.
Eve sadi: "I'm really lucky because they are very proud of me. It's really sweet.
"I do hope they don't go too far back in the day to listen to certain things."
Eve has been married to British businessman Maximillion since 2014 and they dated for four years before they tied the knot.
The family are based in London and Eve previously quit her job on US TV show The Talk so they could all be together in the UK.
Speaking at the time, she explained: "My husband and I were on planes every two to three weeks, and we were just exhausted."
She also revealed the couple were hoping to expand their family - so they needed to be based in the same country.
Eve added: "And you gotta be on the same continent with your partner to have a kid! So hopefully this will help."
