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Clay Aiken welcomes baby boy
Music producer friend gives birth to son of former ‘American Idol’ star
 Richard Drew / AP file Clay Aiken became a father on Friday morning when his son Parker was born to Jaymes Foster. |
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RALEIGH, N.C. - Former “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken is a father.
The 29-year-old crooner from Raleigh, N.C., announced the birth of Parker Foster Aiken on his Web site’s blog Friday.
“No hyphens. One first name,” he wrote. “One middle name. One last name.”
Aiken’s mother, Faye, told Raleigh TV station WRAL the child was born in North Carolina.
Aiken was a favorite of fans during the second season of “American Idol,” where he finished second to Ruben Studdard. His album “Measure of a Man” went double platinum in 2003, and he made his Broadway debut this spring in “Monty Python’s Spamalot.”
The baby’s mother is Jaymes Foster, Aiken’s friend and record producer whom he met while performing on “American Idol.” Aiken's representative confirmed to People magazine in May that Foster was artificially inseminated. The magazine's Web site says that the two are not romantically linked but they plan to raise the child together.
The baby boy was born at 8:08 a.m. Friday, and weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 inches long, according to the statement on the Web site.
“The little man is healthy, happy, and as loud as his daddy,” Aiken wrote. “Mama Jaymes is doing quite well also.”
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