Ashanti and Nelly are engaged and expecting 1st child together
A baby is on the way for Ashanti and Nelly.
The R&B songstress revealed the news to fans in a post to Instagram that also served as an ad for Proov Tests, an at-home fertility and hormone testing company.
“Baby baby baby baby,” the caption reads paying homage to her 2002 hit “Baby.”
The video shows the “Rock Wit U” singer and her team gearing up for a performance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
When showtime comes around and it’s time to hit the stage, her mother asks how much time she needs while pulling back the curtain to her dressing room. The singer then holds up a test result and says: “I’m going to need about nine months.”
A record scratches as her mom steps back with a shocked look on her face.
“To be continued” then flashes across the screen.
In December 2023, US Weekly exclusively reported that the New York native was pregnant, but neither she nor Nelly ever confirmed the news.
In an exclusive interview with Essence, the singer revealed she and the St. Louis rapper are also engaged.
“This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation,” she told the magazine. “Motherhood is something that I have looked forward to, and sharing this with my family, fiancé, and loyal fans, who have been so supportive of my career, is an amazing experience.”
The duo were one of the it couples in the early 2000s. They started dating in 2003 and called it quits in 2013.
The couple rekindled their romance in 2023 with them making it official in a post to Instagram on Ashanti’s birthday in October.
This will be Ashanti’s first child.
Nelly has two children from a previous relationship, Cornell Hayes III and Chanelle. He also has two adopted children, Shawn and Sydney Thomas, from his stepsister Jaqueline Donahue, who died from leukemia in 2005.
It’s not known when the couple’s baby is due.
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