On Thursday, Zakes took to Instagram and posted a photo of his son, Shaka Madida - marking the first month since he was born.
Along with the photo Zakes wrote:
‘Today marks the first month since our son was born . Because of tradition, respect families and our elders we couldn’t share his image and his name before he turned a month. Thank you to everyone for respecting our culture, privacy and decision. With that said we would like to introduce to the world our beautiful blessing that my wife and I have created out of love Shaka Madida (@shakamadida) born 22 November 2016. This young king, my amazing children in general and my wife have inspired me to create new music, celebrate and release Love, light and Music 2 visual album next year as I’ve been so inspired by my life, my wife and my family.#Themadidas#shakamadida #family #lovelightandmusic2’
Shaka is the couple’s first child together.