Singer Expecting Her 1st Child with Boyfriend Nelly – Hollywood Life

Ashanti and Nelly are having a baby! The couple who have been together on-and-off since 2003 are expecting their first child together, US Weekly confirmed on December 4. This will be Ashanti’s first child, while Nelly already has two kids — daughter Chanelle, 29, and son Cornell Haynes III, 24 — from his relationship with ex Channetta Valentine.

Nelly and Ashanti first started dating back in 2003. The couple were together for a little over a decade before they split up in 2015. After their split, there were rumors that Ashanti was linked to Flo Rida (which she has denied) and James Harden (although neither of them ever confirmed if they were together). Nelly had been briefly linked to Shantel James after the breakup. Nearly 10 years after their split, the couple first sparked rumors that they’d reconciled when they were seen at a boxing match in April. An insider claimed that they’d rekindled their romance to Entertainment Tonight in May.