Congratulations may be in order again for Nelly and Ashanti!
Sources revealed to the Jasmine Brand on Wednesday that the beloved musicians are expecting their second child together after secretly tying the knot last December in St. Louis.
The news comes months after the couple welcomed their son Kareem Kenkaide Haynes in July.
Nelly, 50, confirmed he was back together with Ashanti, 44, last September and described the reconciliation as a pleasant surprise. The entertainers first crossed paths at a 2003 Grammy Awards press conference, leading to a decade-long relationship that ended in 2013. Their unexpected reunion occurred in Las Vegas during a boxing match in April 2023.
Their combined fanbase jumped to the comments of the The Jasmine Brand’s Instagram announcement post.
“Get em out the way! Have them back to back, yall married baby” one user wrote in agreement to Ashanti and Nelly’s quick decision if true.
Another fan applauded the move and shared a personal experience, writing: “My kids are 15 months apart! Back-to-back is the best way to do it. Congrats!” This commenter joked that the couple could not “wait the required 6 weeks!” as another declared, “That baby is 17 hours old.”
In addition to Haynes and the alleged new baby, the artist is dad to son Cornell Ill (who goes by Tre), 25, and daughter Chanelle (who goes by Nana), 30. He also assumed the role of a father to his niece Sydney and nephew Shawn after his sister, Jackie Donahue, died in 2005..