Ashanti is pregnant with her first child after rekindling her romance with Nelly previous this year, Us Weekly can verify.
“Nelly and Ashanti are welcoming their first baby in combination,” a supply solely tells Us. The baby can be Ashanti’s most effective child, whilst Nelly, 49, shares daughter Chanelle, 29, and son Cornell Haynes III, 24, with ex Channetta Valentine.
Ashanti, 43, first sparked being pregnant hypothesis over the weekend when she attended Nelly’s Black and White Ball in St. Louis with her spouse. During the development, the “Only U” singer put her hand on her abdomen whilst on degree with Nelly and he did the same. According to a fan video shared by means of TMZ, the couple broke into laughter after apparently hinting that they're expanding their circle of relatives.
Ashanti and Nelly dated off and on from 2003 to 2013 after meeting all through a Grammy Awards press convention. In April, the duo sparked reconciliation rumors when they had been seen keeping hands at a boxing fit in Las Vegas.

Nelly confirmed the relationship in September in a clip from Philo TV’s “Boss Moves with Rasheeda,” saying, “Yeah, we cool once more.” He printed that the rekindled romance “shocked either one of us even though,” including, “It wasn’t anything else that I don’t think used to be planned.”
That identical month a supply exclusively told Us that Ashanti didn’t expect to get back together with Nelly after 10 years aside.
“A couple of years in the past, Ashanti never would’ve imagined reconciling with Nelly, but they’re taking part in spending time together,” the insider mentioned on the time. “They don’t want to rush anything else.”

In October, the twosome went Instagram official as Nelly toasted his love’s birthday. “One time for the birthday woman,” he captioned a slideshow of pictures appearing himself and Ashanti smiling. “Such a gorgeous, an incredible person in and out and some of the hardest working women. I know.. @ashanti Enjoy your day Ma you glance awesome!!!! Happy Birthday Love ya!!!!”
Last month, Ashanti returned the desire by way of gifting Nelly a car for his birthday, a supply exclusively showed to Us. “She had been making plans this wonder for months and it was the sort of arduous secret to stay. But seeing his response made all of it worthwhile,” the insider advised Us in November.
Nelly, for his phase, used to be in awe over the lavish gesture. “He used to be in general shock and overcome with emotion when he noticed it. This present meant the world to him as it had a much more sentimental explanation why in the back of it,” the supply defined. “This was Nelly’s dream automotive since he was once a child and he couldn’t consider Ashanti gave him any such thoughtful gift. It’s one of the crucial very best gifts he’s ever received.”
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After Nelly shared a picture of the new automobile by way of social media, he hinted that he and Ashanti have been planning to start out their very own family. When a fan wrote in the comments segment of his Instagram put up “get her pregnant @nelly,” the rapper replied, “I’m on it.”
With reporting through Sarah Jones
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