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Ashanti and Nelly Are Expecting

April 19, 2024
Millennial legends Ashanti and Nelly are both engaged and expecting a child, rekindling their romance after dating on-and-off in the early 2000s.
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Singer Ashanti, 43, and rapper Nelly, 49, are engaged and expecting their first child together. The couple previously dated on-and-off from at least 2006 to 2013, releasing two collaborations during that time: “Switch” and “Body on Me.”

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Ashanti and Nelly have some big news to share after confirming their
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renewed relationship seven months ago,
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Ashanti, which is 43 revealed that she's pregnant with their first
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child. Are they clap?
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Yeah, that's awesome.
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Ok. Honestly, brother,
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when I read this,
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I was like, yay,
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Ashanti is having a baby.
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I'm so excited because,
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you know, I grew up with Ashanti,
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you know, but I also have to say like it gave
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me hope because, you know,
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being a, a single gal in her thirties like I was
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like, fuck, like I gotta like have a partner and
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and get married and,
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and like, you know,
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like the pressure like,
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yes, I'm like,
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dude, like because it's I have a biological clock,
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you know, so the,
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the fact that she is having a baby at 43 like,
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wow, she's given all of us hope that want kids later
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on in life and like you said,
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but there's no time frame for all this.
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Yeah, but people scare you.
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They're like, oh you know,
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your kids, you know,
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like you might not be able to have kids later and this
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and that. So the fact that she's having this baby.
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Awesome. I love it.
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So as Shanti expressed her excitement about becoming a mom and she
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actually posted a cute little Instagram post about it too.
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So we're very excited for Ashanti and Nelly.
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So that's awesome.