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Lauryn Hill in 2014. The singer recently became a grandmother following the birth of her eldest son's son. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
Remember back in 1998 when Lauryn Hill tenderly sang about her baby son, Zion, on her acclaimed, Grammy-winning album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"?
Well, now her eldest baby has a baby -- Zion Marley is a father.
The birth of Zion's son, Zephaniah Nesta Marley, makes Hill a grandmother for the first time.
Zephaniah's grandfather, Rohan Marley, 44, a son of Bob Marley who has five children with Hill, shared the news on Twitter Sunday with photos of both he and Zion, 19, holding the baby.
Marley tweeted a quote from the Bible's Book of Zephaniah, which BET points out may have served as an inspiration for the baby's name.
Hill, 41, who grew up in South Orange, has so far not publicly addressed her newfound grand-motherhood.
JAH RASTAFARI MORNING " In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.#ZEPHANIAH [?] [?] pic.twitter.com/DF6d4ftFU9
-- ROHAN MARLEY (@Romarley) February 19, 2017
JAH BLESSINGS 'WE GIVE THANKS FOR LIFE Welcome to Earth Little ZEPHANIAH NESTA [?] [?] #ZionMarley [?] #Joyofmyworld [?] #MARLEYBOYS [?] #LIONORDER [?] pic.twitter.com/5Wc8h9Rn6t
-- ROHAN MARLEY (@Romarley) February 20, 2017
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