In the span of 24 hours Nelly and Ashanti announced two big bombshells, they’re getting married and having their first baby together.
The rapper and singer, who made a blazing music career path in the 1990s and early 2000s, are known for their many millennial hit songs about love.
Ashanti, 43, and Nelly, 49, began dating each other in 2003 before breaking up 10 years later. The two rekindled their relationship in 2023 and decided to move forward, despite the good or the bad.
On Wednesday, Ashanti posted a video on Instagram to share her pregnancy announcement.
The video was captioned, “Baby baby baby baby….”
It showed the superstar getting ready to go on stage for a performance as her mother Tina Douglas asked her how long she would be until show time.
She then walked through a curtain holding a pregnancy test and announced she would need “about nine months.”
The video was also an advertisement for Proov, an at-home fertility testing kit.
That same day, the couple revealed they were engaged to be married.
This will be Ashanti’s first child, but it will be Nelly’s fifth.
He has a daughter named Chanelle, and a son named Cornell Jr., and he adopted his sister Jackie Donahue’s two children Shawn and Sydney Thomas.
Jackie died of leukemia in 2005, leaving her kids behind.
He had his first two biological children with Channetta Valentine, 47, who does her best to remain out of the limelight.
Fans on social media have gone crazy after Ashanti and Nelly’s pregnancy and engagement announcement.
One said, “I’m so happy for Ashanti!! Any time I see true love come together it makes me so happy.”
“My ship is getting married. Nelly and Ashanti. OMG. Guys, I have waited TWENTY years for this,” added another.
A third wrote, “Don’t let Ashanti and Nelly make you want to go back to your ex, ladies!”
