Grammy award-winning singer Erykah Badu and her rapper beau, Jay Electronica, welcomed a baby girl on Sunday, the singer's publicist confirmed. The couple blogged about the birth of their child on the Twitter Web site. Badu said she had a home birth that lasted about five hours and that she didn't use painkillers. The newborn is the couple's first child together, but is the third child for the soulful Texan beauty who also has a 10-year-old son, Seven, with rapper-turned-actor Andre "3000" Benjamin; and a four-year-old daughter, Puma, with rapper and childhood friend, Tracey "The D.O.C." Curry.
Badu, 37, released her fifth album in February 2008.

Erykah Badu is taking her brand of 'honey' to the box office again, this time she's starring opposite Mos Def. According to Blackvoices, Badu has picked up a leading role in the indie film, 'Bobby Zero.' Starring opposite Mos Def, Badu will portray the 'Cadillac Records' star's girlfriend in the film due to start shooting next year. Mos Def will play the romantic lead in the story of a 'down on his luck' social satirist who gives up his artistic aspirations to work at an advertising agency where he is confronted with his past. Stepping outside the box, Bobby (Mos Def) discovers the world is not as it seems.