Reports: DMX to welcome 13th child at 45

Get the balloons! DMX is apparently set to be a dad - for the 13th time!

According to reports coming out of the US this week, the veteran hip-hop artist and his new girlfriend are expecting a baby later this year.

US blog Theshaderoom, posted an Instagram image of the star, whose real name is Earl Simmons, embracing his pregnant girlfriend and the message: "Congrats to DMX. He and his girlfriend. They have a baby on the way! This will be his 13th child."

A photo posted by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on May 18, 2016 at 7:48am PDT

DMX, who is in the process of finalising his divorce from his estranged wife Tashera Simmons, has children with multiple women. His last child was born in 2013.

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