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Grammy award-winning soul artist Sade’s only child Ila Adu took to Instagram last week to come out as a trans man.

Though Sade and her family are famously private about their personal lives, Ila was so excited about his announcement that he had to share it with the world.

“Today is the first day of the rest of my life,” he wrote on the Instagram post, followed by needle and sun emojis and the hashtags #yaaassss and #proud.

20-year-old Ila is the only child of legendary singer Sade Adu and Jamaican-American producer Bob Morgan. They raised Ila together during Sade’s ten year break from music between 2000’sLovers Rock and 2010’s Soldier of Love.

While the soulful chanteuse has yet to publicly comment on her son’s transition, Ila’s social media presence suggests that he is supported by his family and well-equipped for the next stage of his life.

Hurts like a brand new shoes...

CoolMF said:

Hurts like a brand new [pair of] shoes...

Eventually, brand new shoes are broken in, form to their provide support, protection and comfort to their new owner's path and the owner is comfortable with the changes. Everyone is happy in the end, and that's all we can ask for.

I wish Ila Adu all the best.

morningsong said:

Well Sade was next on my where is she rollcall list, this is close enough I guess. Big step much luck to him.

We're not quite to the 10 year mark yet...

purplethunder3121 said:

morningsong said:

Well Sade was next on my where is she rollcall list, this is close enough I guess. Big step much luck to him.

We're not quite to the 10 year mark yet...

Right now I'm in mother hen mode, counting off her chicks, most have been accounted for but there are a few stragglers out there that need to pop their head up for a minute at least.

morningsong said:

purplethunder3121 said:

We're not quite to the 10 year mark yet...

Right now I'm in mother hen mode, counting off her chicks, most have been accounted for but there are a few stragglers out there that need to pop their head up for a minute at least.

The chicks seem to be doing fine...but we need a new album and tour in 2020.

purplethunder3121 said:

morningsong said:

Right now I'm in mother hen mode, counting off her chicks, most have been accounted for but there are a few stragglers out there that need to pop their head up for a minute at least.

The chicks seem to be doing fine...but we need a new album and tour in 2020.

That too.