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Lauryn Hill welcomes baby number six

LOS ANGELES — Hip hop singer Lauryn Hill has welcomed her sixth child, a boy, while the identity of the father of the newborn remains unknown.

Hill gave birth Saturday and “had a little scare because the baby came out the womb with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. All is well now and everyone is happy,” a source told the Black Celeb Kids website.

The Grammy winner already has five children, three boys and two girls, with longtime boyfriend Rohan Marley but rumors had emerged that Marley is not the father of Hill’s youngest baby and that he is dating a Brazilian model.

“I’m forwarding all well wishes to Ms. Hill on the birth of her new son. I’m sure she’ll appreciate the love being sent to her,” Marley, son of reggae legend Bob Marley, tweeted Monday — raising eyebrows for referring to the child as “her son.”

“The nature of our relationship [is] something we don’t expect people who spread gossip for a living to fully understand,” he added in a nebulous posting.

Hill, 36, only confirmed her pregnancy in June, telling fans at a concert in Detroit she was the “most fertile woman in America.”