South African rapper A-Reece, who turned 27 in March, and his girlfriend Rickelle Jones are expecting their first child together.

The couple shared the exciting news on social media with Jones proudly displaying her baby bump in a 90’s like photo shoot with her bae.

Fans and well-wishers flooded the comments with congratulations and warm messages for the couple on their new journey towards parenting.

Jones, also 27, expressed her excitement about becoming a mother. She captioned the post: “Chapter 27 🤍”

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The rapper took the news to X as well and fans and well-wishers filled the comments with congratulations and warm messages for the upcoming addition to their family.

❤️. pic.twitter.com/sIfqWvzh1U
— A-REECE. (@reece_youngking) July 14, 2024

@EdwardJNixon commented: “Congratulations to the three of you. You will be great parents. They are as lucky to have you, as you are them. Wishing you the very, very best, my friend. 🎩 🎩 🎩 Nothing grows like love does. ❤️”

Congratulations to the three of you. You will be great parents. They are as lucky to have you, as you are them. Wishing you the very, very best, my friend. 🎩 🎩 🎩 Nothing grows like love does. ❤️
— Audio Consigliere (@EdwardJNixon) July 14, 2024

@M_o_n_d_z commented: “Congratulations, drop a fire album once you settled 👌.”

Congratulations, drop a fire album once you settled 👌
— Mondli (@M_o_n_d_z) July 14, 2024

@Ka1MoreHello18 also commented: “Time really fly man couple of years ago this nigga was rapping in his school uniform and shit ‘nobody nice as me’ now he's gonna be a pops big shout out and congrats my king forever slime and forever king salute.”

Time really fly man couple of years ago this nigga was rapping in his school uniform and shit "nobody nice as me" now he's gonna be a pops big shout out and congrats my king forever slime and forever king salute
— Perseverance 💯 (@Ka1MoreHello18) July 14, 2024

@LubbySA wrote: “Now all what you said on Hamba Nami is making sense, congratulations to the both of you ❤️😭.”

Now all what you said on Hamba Nami is making sense, congratulations to the both of you ❤️😭
— Lubabalo Julingalo (@LubbySA) July 14, 2024

In other news, musical artist Jay Jody recently revealed the official cover art and tracklist for his upcoming debut album, “Shine O’Clock”.

The 17-track album features an impressive line-up of collaborators including A-Reece, 25K, Blxckie, Blaklez, Gemma Fassie, Sjava and Ayanda Jiya

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