Keke Palmer & Boyfriend Darius Jackson Welcome Baby Boy, Jokes About His Black History Month-Inspired Name, ‘It’s Giving I Marched With Martin’

Keke Palmer and her boyfriend Darius Jackson just welcomed their first child, a baby boy! Celebrate with the couple and find out the baby’s Black History Month-themed name inside… Baby, this is Keke Palmer: Mom Edition! Keke Palmer has officially become a mom, and she's over the moon about it! In a new Instagram post, the Emmy Award winner, 29, revealed that she and boyfriend Darius Jackson welcomed a baby boy into the world, and they've given the baby the most Black History Month-esque name ever. With his arrival coinciding with Black History Month, the couple gave him a name to match his cultural significance. The couple named their baby Leodis Andrellton Jackson. The new mom shared a couple of adorable photos of baby Leo's face, as well as some intimate shots of the new family in the hospital. "Welcome to the world baby Leo," she gushed in the caption. This is the first child for Keke and Darius, who announced the pregnancy during her hosting debut on Saturday Night Live in December. And although the Brotherly Love star teased the baby's name on her podcast, she kept it a secret until his arrival. Now that Leo is here, the NOPE actress couldn't be happier. "Hey Son!!!!" she exclaimed in her Instagram post. It's clear that she's head over heels in love with her new bundle of joy.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by TheYBF (@theybf_daily)  "1. Only 48hrs of being parents!” the “Bossy” singer captioned a series of phots and videos in a carousel, some of which featured her newborn. “2. Darius always made me playlists when we first started dating, ‘Someone’ by El Debarge was a favorite. We became each other’s someone and made a someone, look at God! 3. The baby love Rolling Ray, cause purrr. 4. ‘I’m not hiding the world from my son, I’m hiding my son from the world.’ Hahaha 5. I’m just playing, my baby face is on this slide. 6. And this slide [laughing emojis]" She concluded her caption with revealing the baby's name, writing, "Born during Black History Month, with a name to match! LEODIS ANDRELLTON JACKSON, welcome to the world baby Leo." It’s giving I marched with Martin, purrrr. https://t.co/gxoL6mGSZY — Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) February 28, 2023 "That name sound like it led a civil rights March," a fan reacted. The EMMY winner joked, "It’s giving I marched with Martin [Luther King Jr.], purrrr" We can't! Swipe through the adorable family flicks above. During a late-night interview with Jimmy Fallon, the YBF actress revealed that she and boyfriend were expecting a son together. It appeared to be a slip-up since she hadn’t mentioned the baby’s sex and casually said, “my baby boy.” "My baby is either going to be a Pisces or an Aries," Keke told “The Tonight Show” host of her bundle of joy's astrological sign. "Pieces are known to be very deep. They're emotional creatures. So I just want to make sure I'm not too blunt for my baby boy." Congrats to the couple!  Photo: Keke's IG