Ashanti Reveals Thoughts on Baby No. 2 with Husband Nelly as She Says Her Life Has 'Completely Changed for the 'Better'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Ashantiis looking forward to expanding her family.

The “Rock Wit U” singer, 44, spoke with E! News’ Will Marfuggi inan interviewabout how she feels during this era or her life and shared her plans for expanding her family with musician husbandNelly, 50, who is the father of her 7-month-old sonKareem Kenkaide.

“I am feeling amazing, incredibly pleased, humbled,” she told the outlet. “My life has completely changed for the better. I feel full, you know? My cup is full.”

“We’re going to add some more,” she said, adding that she wouldn’t mind having a girl next. “Definitely a girl to balance it out. I’m outnumbered in the house right now. So, a girl would be great.”

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Ashanti and Nelly attend the Los Angeles premiere of Robert Craig Films' “No Address”.Michael Tullberg/Getty

Michael Tullberg/Getty

In the carousel of photos on her Instagram, Ashanti shared a video of herself in a blue robe, showing off her body as she said, “Four weeks postpartum. You have no idea what this body can do.”

“Funny how life’s plans aren’t…always on time.. lol,” the newly minted mom wrote in her caption. “I’ve been waiting to be a mom for a long time now but nothing could prepare me for EVERYTHING motherhood brings!”

Ashanti and Nelly on Mother’s Day.Ashanti/Instagram

Ashanti/Instagram

The Grammy Award-winning artists first dated in 2003, but broke up a decade later. They spent another decade apart beforereuniting in September 2023. Describing the moment the rapper popped the question, Ashanti said it was a “beautiful, intimate moment” at home. She joked that her outfit, one of Nelly’s T-shirts and his boxers, proved she was not expecting it at all. The twoquietly marriedin December 2023, ahead of welcoming their first child together.

In an interview withET, the couple opened up about becoming parents to their son with Nelly saying that it’s been amazing watching Ashanti settle into becoming a mom.

“She’s an awesome mom, to watch someone care about someone else so much and give their all and is willing to give their all,” Nelly said. “Like she said, sometimes it can be too far but you would way prefer to have a parent that goes too far than a parent that doesn’t go far enough.”

source: people.com