Lil Wayne Announces Birth of Son

He made this announcement during his acceptance speech after being named Lyricist of the Year.

His son, Wayne Carter III, was born Wednesday afternoon in Cincinnati at Christ Hospital, a rep for the rapper told MTV News. This is his second child. The identity of the mother has yet to be revealed.

Though Wayne is a new dad, he is not putting his work on hold. He is currently working on the rerelease of his newest album, Tha Carter III.

"I think we're gonna release Tha Carter III - a new Carter III with none of the same songs, though," he told MTV News recently. "None of them. Not one! We don't wanna call the [next album] we got coming out Tha Carter IV. That was the dilemma we were in. We want Carter IV to be what everybody wants it to be. This is something brand-new, so we don't want it to be some experimental thing, 'cause some people are not gonna like this. I don't want them to not like Tha Carter IV. But I do have an album coming soon, very soon, and it's gonna be called . . . Tha Carter III: The Rebirth. The birth of a new beginning."