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EXCLUSIVE: Mary Mary's Tina Campbell Welcomes Son Santana Campbell

The proud mom "cried tears of joy" when she welcomed her fifth child earlier today. 
EXCLUSIVE: Mary Mary's Tina Campbell Gives Birth
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By Yolanda Sangweni · Updated October 28, 2020
It’s another boy for Mary Mary’s Tina Campbell.

The gospel singer and husband Teddy Campbell welcomed their second son in Los Angeles earlier today.

Baby Santana Campbell arrived at 9:16 a.m. measuring 19.5 inches long and weighing 7 lbs. and 5 oz.

“With the biggest grin plastered across his face, my husband and proud dad, Teddy, held my hand, as I cried tears of joy when my doctor handed me our new son,” the proud mom tells ESSENCE.com.

“After nine challenging months of carrying our son, every second of it all became so worth it, in this moment. We’re so privileged to have, once again, experienced the gift  of childbirth.”

Santana joins siblings Cierra, 18, Laiah Simone, 8, Meela Jane, 5, and Glendon Theodore, II, 3.

Tina’s older sister Erica Campbell welcomed daughter Zaya on January 24, 2012.

Congrats to the Campbell family!