Fantasia has announced that she is expecting a child!

The 27-year-old American Idol winner sang at a charity event over the weekend for the opening of the Riverview Apartments in Jacksonville, Florida, when she announced the news.

“You are the first persons that I share this news with,” Fantasia said. “And I share this with you because I can relate to you. And for a while I walked around figuring out what will they say and what will they think about me. But now I tell you I don’t live my life for folk.”

“This child that I’m carrying, God has given me this child. And I don’t have to hide it from none of y’all,” she added.

Fantasia already has a 9-year-old daughter, Zion, who will celebrate her tenth birthday next week.

Pictured inside: Fantasia performing in London just weeks before her announcement.