Nelly married Ashanti in 2023, and he’s been speaking about what prompted his determination to place a hoop on the songstress’ finger.
The 50-year-old rapper, whose actual title is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., appeared on the Monday, March 24 episode of The Bootleg Kev Present podcast, the place the host requested him about his wedding ceremony to Ashanti, 44. That’s when the “Sizzling In Herre” rapper admitted that he and his then-girlfriend “hadn’t actually talked about” getting married till they came upon that she was anticipating their first youngster.
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“I used to be like, let’s simply knock this [wedding] out,” Nelly instructed the podcast listeners earlier than he defined, “We’re going to be doing a lot, and every part’s going to be shifting so quick.” He added, “I didn’t need her to be a ‘child mama.’”
The three-time Grammy Award-winning musician and Ashanti first began relationship in 2003 and have been collectively for years earlier than they break up up in 2013. The 2 rekindled their relationship in 2023 and bought married in December of the identical yr. Nelly and Ashanti welcomed their first youngster, Kareem Kenkaide “KK” Haynes, on July 18, 2024.
Nelly fathers 4 different youngsters — Chanelle, 31, and Cornell, 26, from a earlier relationship with Channetta Valentine, together with Sydney, 27, and Shawn, 26, whom he adopted after Valentine’s sister, Jaqueline Donahue, handed away from most cancers.
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