--- title: Alicia Keys is Pregnant, Announced on Instagram description: Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz announced that they're expecting a second child on Instagram Thursday. canonical: https://time.com/3063651/alicia-keys-pregnant/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-31T14:37:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:26:37.058Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Alicia Keys is Pregnant, Announced on Instagram og:description: The announcement was made on Instagram og:url: https://time.com/3063651/alicia-keys-pregnant/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alicia Keys is Pregnant, Announced on Instagram twitter:description: The announcement was made on Instagram twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Alicia Keys Pregnant With Her Second Child ## Video: 10 Questions for Alicia Keys [Watch (HLS stream): 10 Questions for Alicia Keys](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qaDCCAIT.m3u8) (5:45)  _Published 2010-04-02. The singer and sometimes actress Alicia Keys released her fourth album, The Element of Freedom, in December. She took time out from her world tour to answer questions from TIME readers_ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 31, 2014 2:37 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 31, 2014 2:37 PM UTC Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz announced via Instagram on Thursday that they’re expecting a second child. Beatz posted a photo with his clearly pregnant wife with the birthday message: “Happy Anniversary to the love of my life @therealswizzz !! And to make it even sweeter we’ve been blessed with another angel on the way!! 🎊🎉🎊🎉 You make me happier than I have ever known! Here’s to many many more years of the best parts of life! 😍☺️😘” The couple already has a three-year-old son named Egypt. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3063651/alicia-keys-pregnant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3063651/alicia-keys-pregnant/"},"headline":"Alicia Keys Pregnant With Her Second Child","datePublished":"2014-07-31T14:37:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:26:37.058Z","description":"The announcement was made on Instagram","url":"https://time.com/3063651/alicia-keys-pregnant/","keywords":["celebrity","Instagram","Alicia Keys","Pregnant"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrity/","name":"celebrity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3063651/alicia-keys-pregnant/","name":"Alicia Keys Pregnant With Her Second Child"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Questions for Alicia Keys","description":"The singer and sometimes actress Alicia Keys released her fourth album, The Element of Freedom, in December. She took time out from her world tour to answer questions from TIME readers","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/qaDCCAIT/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2010-04-02T16:47:09.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qaDCCAIT.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3063651/alicia-keys-pregnant/","duration":"PT5M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3063651/alicia-keys-pregnant/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```