Ashanti is pregnant and expecting her first child with her rekindled love, Nelly, and that's not all: The couple is also engaged! The 43-year-old singer confirmed the news in an interview with . “This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope and anticipation,” she told the magazine on April 17. “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.
” That same day, Ashanti posted a teasy Instagram video, revealing her pregnancy. The clip shows Ashanti getting ready before a show with people asking how much time she needs. "I'm gonna need about nine months," she says, holding up a pregnancy test strip.
"Baby baby baby baby," the video is captioned. The confirmation comes months after fans speculated the singer was pregnant. Back in December, video circulated of Ashanti and Nelly placing their hands on her stomach at an event he hosted in St.
Louis. Nelly, 49, shares two adult children, daughter Chanelle Haynes and son Cornell Haynes III, with his ex-partner Channetta Valentine. The rapper also adopted Shawn and Sydney Thomas, his sister Jackie Donahue's two children after she died of leukemia in 2005, per Essence.
Nelly previously commented on the possibility of kids with Ashanti in the comments section of an that thanked Ashanti for the blue convertible she gifted him for his birthday. "Get her pregnant @nelly," read one commen.