Bobby Brown Announces Birth Of Fifth Child

Bobby Brown has become a fifth-time father, the star announced during a performance at Rok nightclub in Las Vegas on Wednesday night.

"I just had a baby," the singer said in a video posted by TMZ on Thursday. "Four days ago – my son Cassius!"

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The 40-year-old R&B star was performing at the New York New York nightclub when he told the crowd that his girlfriend/manager, Alicia Etheridge, had given birth.

Bobby has a 16-year-old daughter, Bobbi, with ex-wife Whitney Houston, and three other children from previous relationships – Landon, 23, LaPrincia, 19, and Bobby Brown Jr., 17.

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A rep for Brown did not immediately return calls when reached by Access Hollywood.

The news of the child comes at the same time as ex-wife Whitney announced her new album will drop in September.

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