Ashanti Confirms She Is Expecting Her First Baby With Nelly: ‘My Life Is Such a Blessing’
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After months of speculation, Ashanti confirmed that she is indeed pregnant! The “Falling For You” singer announced that she is expecting her first baby with fiancé Nelly — and, BTW, that engagement news is new too!
Ashanti confirmed both the pregnancy and the engagement news to Essence on Wednesday. She also told the outlet, “This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation.” Aww!
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“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,” she added.
The couple are co-owners of Proov, a diagnostics company that offers at-home tests to help people conceive faster. Ashanti and Nelly made a joint pregnancy announcement video featuring Proov, which was captioned, “Baby baby baby baby…. ❤️🙏🏽😆.”
Ashanti gets ready to perform on stage, and people ask her “how much time” she needs. “Uh, I’m gonna need about 9 months,” she quips, holding up a pregnancy test. Ashanti is all dressed up for her performance and is absolutely glowing in the video. You can tell how excited she is!
The announcement was met with tons of love. “That baby bout to b sooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!” one person wrote. “Congratulations on this beautiful blessing!!!!❤️❤️❤️so happy for u guys!!!”
One comment, which echoed what many others said, wrote, “I LOVE YOU AND I KNEW IT.”
Back in December, a source broke the news, telling Us Weekly, “Nelly and Ashanti are welcoming their first baby together.” Around the same time, TMZ had obtained a video of Ashanti putting her hands on her stomach at smiling at Nelly at his 11th Black and White Ball in St. Louis, which was seemingly alluding to her pregnancy.
The “Country Grammar” rapper originally dated Ashanti of and on in the early aughts before breaking up in 2013. They rekindled their romance in May 2023. Nelly is also dad to Chanelle, 30, and Cornell Haynes III, 25, with ex Channetta Valentine, and he adopted kids Shawn and Sydney Thomas when his sister Jackie Donahue died of cancer in 2005, according to Essence.
We love that Ashanti and Nelly announced their baby news on their own terms — and we are so excited for this growing family!
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