Ashanti Welcomes First Child: Who Is Ashanti? Ashanti and Nelly welcome their first child Kareem Kenkaide Haynes a baby boy on July 18, 2024.
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Ashanti Welcomes First Child: Who Is Ashanti?
The 43-year-old singer and her 49-year-old husband Nelly announced the happy news of their first child’s arrival on Instagram.
Nelly and Ashanti got married on December 27, 2023.
“On July 18, 2024, Ashanti and Nelly welcomed Kareem Kenkaide Haynes into the world. The delighted and content parents adore KK so much!” A couple’s representative tells PEOPLE.
Ashanti included a video of herself flaunting her figure while wearing a blue robe in the Instagram carousel she published. The caption said, “Four weeks postpartum.” What this body is capable of, you have no idea.”
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“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!” the newly minted mom wrote in her caption.
“This is what postpartum looks like I’m loving these super cozy @fridamom shorts! I’m so proud of my body for giving me my baby, baby, baby, baby, baby. 😆.” Ashanti wrote.
Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.
Nelly is already dad to son Cornell III (who goes by Tre), 25, and daughter, Chanelle (who goes by Nana), 30. The rapper also helped raise niece Sydney and nephew Shawn after his sister, Jackie Donahue died of leukemia at 31 in March 2005.
Who Is Ashanti?
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas-Haynes was born on October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove, New York.
She is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was signed to Irv Gotti’s Murder Inc. Records under Def Jam Recordings in 2002 after being found as a teenager.
She appeared on two of the biggest songs of 2002, “What’s Luv?” by Fat Joe and “Always on Time” by Ja Rule, in that same year. With “Foolish” and “What’s Luv?” she became the first female artist to simultaneously occupy the top two slots on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 list.
When Ashanti’s self-titled first album was published in 2002, it sold more than 505,000 copies in its first week of release.
In addition to two American Music Awards, eight Billboard Music Awards, and a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album were won by the album. By the end of 2003, it had sold six million copies worldwide and received a triple platinum certification in the United States.
With the number one position for the single “Foolish” on the Billboard Hot 100, she became the second artist, after The Beatles, to have three consecutive top ten chart entries. Jennifer Lopez’s “Ain’t It Funny (Murder Remix)” was written by Ashanti and featured background vocals; the song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
With 326,000 first-week sales, Ashanti’s second album, Chapter II, topped the Billboard 200 in 2003. The RIAA certified the album platinum for sales of over 1.5 million copies.
On the Billboard Hot 100, its singles “Rock wit U (Awww Baby)” and “Rain on Me” reached at positions two and seven, respectively. The singles were nominated for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Chapter II was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album.
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She released Ashanti’s Christmas, a Christmas CD, in November 2003.
In 2004 the release of Concrete Rose, her fourth album, which became her third platinum-certified album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 254,000 first-week sales. “Only U” reached its highest position at number two on the UK Singles Chart and number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100.
The second single, “Don’t Let Them,” didn’t do that well because of Def Jam’s Irv Gotti-related legal problems. The Declaration (2008), her fifth album and her last release on a major label, was met with a mediocre reaction. 2014 saw the independently released film Braveheart.
In addition, Ashanti pursued acting, making her screen debut in the 2005 movie Coach Carter and starring in The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz, which drew an audience of around eight million people.
She also starred in Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) and John Tucker Must Die (2006). Around 30 million recordings have been sold globally by Ashanti.
She has a net worth of $20 million dollars.
