Nelly & Ashanti Reportedly Expecting Second Child Just Months After Birth Of First
Nelly and Ashanti are reportedly already expecting their second child, just months after the singer gave birth to their first!
The superstar couple welcomed a baby boy, Kareem Kenkaide Hayes, on July 18. Now according to a report from The Jasmine Brand on Wednesday (November 27), 44-year-old Ashanti is once again expecting, though it is not known how far along she is just yet.
Ashanti and Nelly not only managed to keep their first baby a secret until they were ready to share the news, they also did the same thing with their marriage.
In June of this year, TMZ got their hands on a marriage record for the expecting couple that revealed they tied the knot prior to the new year, on December 27, 2023.
While the document doesn’t state what city the lovers said “I do” in, it was made official in St. Louis County, so it’s likely they wed in the rapper’s hometown.
Ashanti only just confirmed their engagement in April, and reflected on the moment her partner popped the question during a conversation with Entertainment Tonight.
“It was just such a beautiful, intimate moment,” she said. “We were not dressy.”
Considering the pair were lying in bed and watching TV in T-shirts and boxers, she was rightfully “shocked” he picked that setting.
The R&B icon added: “I cried. I gave him the biggest hug and kiss ever. I FaceTimed everyone I know … I was overjoyed and shocked and surprised and happy kind of like all in one.”
The couple got back together last year. after dating in the early 2000s and then spending over a decade apart.
“The growth has been like superb, you know, like on both ends,” Ashanti said about their chemistry. “We are both at a place where like before, sometimes we would argue and walk out, slam the door, and not talk for a few days.”
As for baby Kareem’s name, Ashanti explained in an August interview.
“His dad named him with a lot of pride,” she said. “We were going back and forth for a long time on his name and he was very adamant. He was like, ‘This is what I want! I love this!’ And I thought it was just so amazing and so thoughtful and so sweet because Kenkaide is my dad’s name and obviously my dad has only girls.
“So Nelly was just like, ‘I think that will be really, really dope.’ And this was all his idea. [And] Kareem means generous, kind, noble, dignified, bountiful and just having dignity. So I was like, ‘That’s so cute!’”
