According to late news, singer Janet Jackson has a secret daughter, now 18-years-old who lives with the singer's older sister Rebbie.
It appears that the father is James DeBarge, the diva's ex-husband.

Janet's former brother-in-law, Young DeBarge, claims that, when his brother James was married to Janet for less than 3 months, they had a daughter together, which was left to Jackson's older sister Rebbie.
Janet Jackson was eighteen at the time she gave birth to the child.

DeBarge revealed the information during an interview on Friday with New York radio station HOT 97. He said: "James and the Jackson family kept everything real close, real tight", reports MSNBC.com.

"No one really knew how it was working out until things kind of surfaced," he added.

When asked how Renee feels about her mother, Young replied: "I think there's a little despondence.
She hasn't really revealed that, but I'm sure that there are some feelings there. It's only natural that you wonder about what is and how it's come to be that way", reports spotlightingnews.com.

Janet Jackson's representative Patti Webster hasn't denied the claim.

Starting last year, many noticed Jackson walking hand-in-hand with successful rapper and hip-hop record producer and CEO of So-So Def Records, Jermaine Dupri.

Although they denied it at the time, Jackson and Dupri had begun a secret courtship that only grew after Jackson's Super Bowl incident. Dupri left his post in the Grammy committee after Jackson has refused to apologize again for what happened that night.

Since 2004, there have even been rumors that the couple married, though they have constantly denied it. As of October, 2005, they're still together, working on projects.