Sade Adu's son completes sex change, thanks mother

Izaak Theo Adu, the son of music legend, Sade Adu, has completed his transition from a female to a male.

In excitement, Theo Adu penned a heartfelt message to the 60-year-old iconic singer for her unwavering support in the past six months.

On his Instagram post, Izaak wrote: “It’s been a long hard road but We did it!! We are coming home. “Thank you for staying by my side these past 6 months Mumma. Thank you for fighting with me to complete the man I am.

“Thank you for your encouragement when things are hard, for the love you give me. The purest heart. I love you so much. Queen of queens ?? #mumma #lioness #queen#iloveyou.”

Izaak Theo Adu, born Mickailia ‘Ila’ Adu, has spent the past six months in recovery after undergoing phalloplasty surgery, the reconstructive procedure typically undergone by transgender and non-binary people. Izaak is Sade’s only child from her former relationship with reggae music producer Bob Morgan. In 2016, Izaak came out as transgender to coincide with National Coming Out Day.

Izaak with over 21.3k followers has been chronicling his “exciting, arduous and emotional” journey on social media. In one of his post, he had admitted that the transition process was “trying, tiring, painful, emotionally exhausting, physically exhausting, uncomfortable adding that it’s being hard to sleep like a “normal human being”.

“This process is trying, tiring, painful, emotionally exhausting, physically exhausting, uncomfortable (like I can’t sleep like a normal human being rn lol) I often ask myself “why the fuck do I have to endure this to be who I am” but at the end of the day this is the path that was laid out for me and I’ll walk it to the end.

“My dad always says “keep your eyes on the horizon” and that’s what I do, because through all this pain is the comfort that it’s not forever and I have the rest of my life ahead of me and I am so, SO DAMN EXCITED, I just have to remind myself to be patient sometimes as I’m sure we all do. Big up to my Mumma, Pappa, family, and friends for all the support you give me on the daily, it’ll never be forgotten,” he wrote on Instagram.