( CNN ) Grammy-award winning rapper Macklemore and fiancée Tricia Davis are expecting their first child in May , the couple announced Saturday . The couple shared the news in a YouTube video after rumors surfaced Friday of the pregnancy in gossip column Page Six . `` Today the media speculated about some big news in our life . So we decided to share it with you ourselves , '' the couple said in a video posted Saturday on the YouTube account of Macklemore 's musical partner , Ryan Lewis . The video shows Davis undergoing an ultrasound with Macklemore , nee Ben Haggerty , at her side . It ends with a slide announcing the due date : May 2015 . Within hours of the video being posted , hundreds of comments congratulating the couple had poured in .
Macklemore and fiancée Tricia Davis expecting first child in May . The couple have been dating for a year but are now planning to start their family together.