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Nick Canon, Elon Musk

Elon Muskis continuing to speak his mind on the importance of adding more people to the population.

Cannon, 41, who iswelcoming at least his eighth child this year, then chimed in,tellingMusk, “Right there with you my Brother!”

Musk replied to Cannon’s tweet Friday morning to congratulate the rapper on his growing family.

“Congrats on your family! We must expand scope & scale of consciousness for civilization to flourish & understand nature of Universe,” the CEO wrote. “Consciousness resides most strongly in humans, therefore we need more people!”

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According to the court documents, the twins were born in Austin, Texas. The papers reveal that in April, Musk and Shivon Zilis –– who is the project director at his Neuralink company –– asked a Texan county court to change their babies' names so they would “have their father’s last name and contain their mother’s last name as part of their middle name.”

The twins' sexes were not made public and their names were redacted from the documents.

An Austin judge granted their request in May, perInsider.

A representative for Musk did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. Zilis also did not respond.

The twins' arrival came before Musk and Grimes had daughter Exa Dark Sideræl, who they’ve nicknamed Y, in December. She revealed the birth in the April 2022 cover story forVanity Fair. They also share 2-year-old son X Æ A-12. The twobroke upin September 2021.

Musk also shares 18-year-old twins Vivian Jenna Wilson and Griffin, along with triplets Kai, Damian and Sax, who were born in 2006, with his first wife, Justine Wilson. The two had another son, Nevada, who died at 10 weeks.

Cannon is also father to a child with Alyssa Scott, sonZen, who died in December 2021 after beingdiagnosed with brain cancer. In January, Cannon revealed he’s expectinghis eighth childwith modelBre Tiesithis year. He then confirmed last month that he’s having even more babiesin 2022 and joked, “the stork is on the way.”

source: people.com