Ashanti Expects First Child @43, Celebrates Reunion With Nelly

<h4>Ashanti Expects First Child &commat;43</h4>&NewLine;<a href="https&colon;//openlife&period;ng/">OpenLife Nigeria</a> reports that Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, an American singer, songwriter and actress is currently enmeshed in the ocean of joy over the expectation of her first biological child at 43&period;&NewLine;The hip hop Grammy-winning singer has disclosed her expecting her first child with longtime love, Cornell Iral Haynes better known as Nelly, who is officially her fiancé&period;&NewLine;Nelly, 49, an American rapper, singer, and actor grew up in St&period; Louis, Missouri, and embarked on his musical career in 1993 as a member of the Midwest hip hop group St&period; Lunatics&period;&NewLine;Said Ashanti&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation,” she says&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Motherhood is something that I have looked forward to, and sharing this with my family, fiancé, and loyal fans, who have been so supportive of my career, is an amazing experience&period;”&NewLine;However, information has it that this will be Ashanti’s first child and Nelly’s fifth&period;&NewLine;Nelly has a daughter, Chanelle, a son, Cornell Jr&period;, and adopted Shawn and Sydney Thomas, the two children of his sister, Jackie Donahue, after she died of leukemia in 2005&period;&NewLine;The couple reunited in 2023, with the <a href="https&colon;//www&period;vanguardngr&period;com/">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Country Grammar”</a> rapper confirming the news after the two were seen attending events together and performing in a flirtatious way and following Ashanti carrying a clutch bag with her and Nelly’s face on it last year’s Grammy Awards&period;&NewLine;The romance reportedly began in 2003, during the early stages of their music careers&period;&NewLine;Ashanti says things are much lighter now that they’re older and doing love differently&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yeah, we cool again,” he said during an interview last fall with Love and Hip Hop&colon; Atlanta stars Kirk and Rasheeda Frost&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think it surprised both of us, though&period; It wasn’t anything that was planned&period; I think we’re both pretty much doing what we do&period;”&NewLine;