Janet Jackson is celebrating her son’s special day.
The music icon celebrated his son Eissa’s sixth birthday on Tuesday with an Instagram post, captioning the photo with “🫶🏽.”
“Happy 6th birthday to my beautiful baby Eisa!” she wrote in her message. “I love you and am so proud of who you are!”
Jackson shares Eisa with her ex-husband Wissam Al Mana.
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Appeared in today Discuss her recently announced last month together again On this spring’s tour, her first in nearly four years, the “That’s the Way Love Goes” singer talked about how part of the growth that has happened throughout her career has been becoming a mother.
of today The crew asked Jackson if her son Eisa had “wrapped it together” with her mother about her makings for fame.
“I think his friends are starting to put it together for him,” the 56-year-old said.
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appeared on the cover of essenceIn this year’s July/August issue of .
“It’s something I absolutely love, but it’s still my job, my job,” she explained. I love not doing it.This is all I know.There are so many things I want to do—but my number one job is being a mom.”
Since welcoming Eisa, Jackson has barely been in the spotlight.
“While being a career entertainer and hard worker, she decided to become a parent with the same passion,” said an insider at the time. .”