Today, a rep for Ashanti confirmed the news that she and her fiance, Grammy Award-winning rapper Nelly, welcomed their baby boy four weeks ago on July 18. The couple has named their son Kareem Kenkaide Haynes.
Ashanti shared the life-changing news on Instagram, telling her followers that she is “four weeks postpartum.”
In the post’s caption, she wrote, “Funny how life’s plans aren’t…always on time.. Lol.”
“I’ve been waiting to be a mom for a long time now but nothing could prepare me for EVERYTHING motherhood brings!” she added. “This is what postpartum looks like.”
“I’m so proud of my body for giving me my baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,” she said, referencing the lyrics to her 2002 hit song, “Baby.”
Ashanti and Nelly started dating in 2003 and were together for 10 years before splitting up. In 2008, the couple released the song “Body On Me” from Ashanti’s album “The Declaration” with Akon.
Eight years later, Ashanti and Nelly rekindled their flame, and the rest is in Hip Hop history.
