Fantasia gives birth to a son

(CNN) — Singer Fantasia Barrino gave birth to a child in North Carolina on Tuesday, her deputy said.

Dallas Xavier Barrino, weighing 7 lbs 9 ounces and measuring 21 inches, was innate during Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, according Sherlen Archibald.

“I feel so sanctified that my son Dallas Xavier was innate healthy, and is a smashing new further to a family,” Barrino said, who also has a 10-year-old daughter. “I appreciate all my fans for their good wishes and continued support.”

The 2004 “American Idol” leader announced her pregnancy in Aug during a Florida concert. She has not pronounced who a father is.

The past 18 months have been formidable for a 27-year-old Barrino, who concurred a attribute with a married male in a summer of 2010. She primarily denied meaningful Antwaun Cook was married.

She was treated during a Charlotte, North Carolina, sanatorium for a “sleep aid” overdose several days after Cook’s mom filed a child-custody petition that enclosed allegations of a affair.

Barrino after testified in a child control box that she knew from a initial day of her attribute with Cook that he was married and still vital with his wife, according to justice records.

Barrino’s tender talent as a songstress, total with her hard-luck story as a teenage mother, won her many fans, starting with her winning a third deteriorate of “American Idol.”

Her six-year-long party career has been pockmarked with adversity, including being sued by her possess father and well-publicized financial troubles.

CNN’s Denise Quan contributed to this report.