Nelly and Ashanti Expecting a Baby According to a Report

Nelly and Ashanti Expecting a Baby

Nelly and Ashanti are all the buzz following a report from Us Weekly that the singer-actress is pregnant with the rapper’s child. Reached by Yahoo Entertainment, a representative for Ashanti had no comment. A rep for Nelly did not immediately respond. The report followed one from TMZ, which said that, while appearing at Nelly’s 11th Black and White Ball for charity in his hometown of St. Louis, he and Ashanti both posed for photos with their hands on their bellies as part of a possible ‘inside joke.’ The couple has a long history together, with years as a couple — maybe more than we realize, because they’ve kept us all guessing about exactly when they’re a couple.

Nelly and Ashanti’s Relationship Timeline

Jan. 7, 2003: Nelly and Ashanti meet and hit it off. She revealed on an episode of VH1’s Behind the Music that she met her future love at the 2003 Grammy Awards announcement event. A photograph of them was snapped. ‘The first time I met Nelly he asked me for my autograph, but I think he was being sarcastic and I remember writing it down on the program,’ she told the show. ‘That picture has been in so many publications as something else, but it all started out as a joke. For the record, it took him a long time to get my number.’

Rekindling Romance

September 12, 2024: Nelly and Ashanti confirm they’re officially reunited. He does it first during an appearance on Philo’s Boss Moves with Rasheeda. When asked if they were back together, he says, ‘Yeah. We cool again. I think it surprised both of us. It wasn’t anything that was like, I don’t think, planned. I think we both were pretty much doing what we do. But sometimes being separate, you understand one another more.’ That evening, on the red carpet at the 2024 MTV VMAs, Ashanti tells E! that the pair have reunited.

Pregnancy Speculation

December 4, 2024: Us Weekly reports that Ashanti is pregnant with the couple’s first child together. This would be the reunited couple’s first child together. He’s already a father to four adult children, including two from previous relationships and a niece and nephew that he adopted. Their mother was his sister, Jackie, who died of leukemia in 2005.

Public Display of Affection

Nelly and Ashanti’s latest barrage of PDA has led to pregnancy speculation — and it’s all because they created it!!! Over the weekend, Nelly, Ashanti and many more got suited and booted for the ‘Country Grammar’ rapper’s 11th Black and White Ball at the Four Seasons Hotel … which brought the event back to St. Louis after a seven-year hiatus. The superstar couple appeared to share an inside joke on stage when Ashanti placed her hands on her stomach, to which Nelly did the same … making them both burst out laughing. Could be a bun in the oven … or they were planning to bake one that night. Either way, fans have been happy to see Nelly and Ashanti on the prowl after breaking up 8 years ago.

Conclusion

It seems that Nelly and Ashanti’s relationship has come full circle, from their initial meeting to rekindling their romance and now expecting a child together. The couple’s journey has been filled with ups and downs, but their love has endured. Fans are eagerly awaiting further confirmation of the pregnancy news and are excited to see the next chapter in Nelly and Ashanti’s love story.