{"id":4277,"date":"2024-04-19T21:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4277"},"modified":"2024-04-19T21:20:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:20:25","slug":"ashanti-nelly-are-engaged-and-expecting-a-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=4277","title":{"rendered":"Ashanti, Nelly are engaged and expecting a baby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Congratulations are in order for singer Ashanti and rapper Nelly.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0reunited couple<\/a>\u00a0have gone public with both a pregnancy and their engagement. They shared the news exclusively with Essence magazine,\u00a0which posted an announcement Wednesday on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation,\u201d Ashanti, 43, said in a statement to the publication. \u201cMotherhood is something that I have looked forward to, and sharing this with my family, fianc\u00e9, and loyal fans, who have been so supportive of my career, is an amazing experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ashanti had some fun with the news\u00a0on her own verified Instagram account<\/a>, with a video in which she\u2019s seen preparing for a performance.<\/p>\n

When her mother and manager Tina Y. Douglas asks her how much time she\u2019s going to need in the clip, Ashanti quips, \u201cI\u2019m gonna need about nine months\u201d as he mother gasps and the screen goes to a logo for Proov, an at-home fertility and hormone marker test.<\/p>\n

In a statement to CNN, the singer said, \u201cAs you know, I am so close with my mom and dad, so I am looking forward to being an amazing parent to our clild, like they were to me and my sister. Nelly and I are so excited to welcome and love on Baby Haynes.\u201d (Nelly\u2019s real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr.)<\/p>\n

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Ashanti and Nelly, 49, confirmed in September that they were reunited as a couple, 20 years after they were first linked together in a relationship that ended after a decade.<\/p>\n

Ashanti attended the MTV VMA Awards around that time, where Nelly was a scheduled performer. She carried a clutch with a photo of her and Nelly from when they attended the awards ceremony together back in 2003.<\/p>\n

During an interview with E! News<\/a>\u00a0at the event, Ashanti said she thought the bag was \u201ccute\u201d and was asked if she and the \u201cHot in Here\u201d star were in a relationship again.<\/p>\n

After some laughing, she responded coyly with, \u201cI mean\u2026yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nelly also came clean during an appearance with \u201cLove and Hip Hop Atlanta\u201d stars Rasheeda and Kirk Frost on her \u201cBoss Moves with Rasheeda\u201d show last fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cool again,\u201d Nelly said. \u201cI think it surprised both of us. It wasn\u2019t anything that was planned.\u201d<\/p>

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