OK - no he's not Chico. He's Darryl and he has a new album coming out - so is this a publicity stunt. I just listened to the radio interview.
(If you see a red x, right click and choose "show picture")
And there's another article on Yahoo:
Janet Jackson: Secret Mom?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20051025/en_celeb_eo/17641
Anyway... it's definately sad - if true (why do I think it's true?).