It’s a girl! Congratulations to Grammy award-winning artist Kendrick Lamar and his fiancée Whitney Alford. According to US Weekly, the couple became proud parents to a baby girl on Friday, July 26.

Via US Weekly:

In April 2015, the Grammy winner acknowledged that he was engaged while promoting his album To Pimp a Butterfly on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club show. “Yeah, yeah, definitely,” he said when asked about Alford. “I’m loyal to the soil.”

At the time of his announcement, Lamar and Alford had been dating for about 10 years. Their relationship began when they were both attending Centennial High School in Compton, California.

“I wouldn’t even call her my girl,” the “Humble” rapper told Billboard of his then-girlfriend in January 2015. “That’s my best friend. I don’t even like the term that society has put in the world as far as being a companion — she’s somebody I can tell my fears to.”

Alford, who has styled her fiancé’s hair for a few performances and photo shoots, graduated from California State University Long Beach with a degree in accounting before she became a licensed aesthetician.

This is wonderful news! Hopefully we’ll be able to meet the precious baby girl. Again, congratulations to the happy couple.