MIA has announced the birth of her son, revealing that she went into labour just hours after her performance at the Grammys.

Speaking on her Myspace blog she revealed that she was all ready to go out and party after the awards ceremony but decided to go home instead.

She wrote: “Sunday nite i came home from the Grammy's still in the mood to party , i couda easily gone out but i went home instead , lucky i did!! coz my early stage labour kicked in around 2 am .

“My baby was born Wednesday , he is healthy , fine , beautiful and the most amazing thing ever on this planet, of course I'm his mum!!!

“Me and baby are putting our tour dates for 2010 together and making mix tapes and figuring out a way to break out of the hospital ! hopefully the world is been ticking along and i aint' missed much!”

(by Daniel Melia)