REALITY television star Kim Kardashian gave birth to a girl fathered by rapper Kanye West, celebrity magazines People and Us Weekly reported Saturday.

    People magazine said Kardashian, 32, gave birth Saturday ahead of schedule, with the baby reportedly due in early July.

    The couple checked in to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood where Kardashian gave birth to a baby girl with her boyfriend by her side. The reality TV star recently spoke about expecting a child on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”

    “I’m so excited we’re having a girl. ... I know that’s really what Kanye has always wanted. He wanted a little girl,” she said. West was asked about parenthood in an interview published this week in The New York Times. He responded: “One of the things was just to be protective, that I would do anything to protect my child or my child’s mother. As simple as that.”

    Grammy-winning rap star Kanye West and Kardashian began dating in April 2012.

    Two months ago Kardashian and her second husband, Kris Humphries of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, announced they had reached a divorce settlement. They had split 72 days after their August 2011 wedding. Humphries had first sought an annulment, alleging that Kardashian had no intention of keeping to the marriage, which was filmed as part of her reality show.(SD-Agencies)