Ashanti And Nelly Celebrate Their Bundle Of Joy With A Love-Filled Baby Shower

Ashanti and Nelly are inching closer and closer to the arrival of their first child together , and to celebrate the anticipation, the couple hosted a baby shower full of family and friends over the weekend.

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According to footage captured by attendees, the event took place at Oheka Castle in Huntington, N.Y., featuring oversized photos from the R&B star’s maternity shoot in the entrance.

In one video, the “Happy” singer can be seen making her grand entrance to Nelly’s “Ride With Me” while wearing a drapey white gown and her hair slicked back into a long ponytail. In more footage, Ashanti also cut a cake with “Baby Haynes” emblazed on it.

Just last month, Nelly hosted a private surprise baby shower for Ashanti at the Dolce & Gabbana children’s boutique in NYC, which her good friend Fat Joe attended.

Following the memorable event, the Terror Squad boss took to his Instagram to share a picture of him and his wife with the couple, with the caption: “Today we had a baby shower. I love you, my sister. I’m sooooooo happy for [you] guys. GOD IS GREAT.”

In another video, Nelly took to the mic to share with attendees how Fat Joe is partially responsible for reconnecting him with his longtime beau.

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The two attended Fat Joe and Ja Rule’s Verzuz battle where Nelly could be seen giving Ashanti a hug, leaving many to say he wanted to re-spark their flame. However, at the time, Ashanti was dating someone else.

Speaking of the encounter, in 2021 Nelly told XONecole , “It wasn’t just like that. I said what up to everybody bro. I said what up to everybody… I didn’t want no uncomfortable feeling, nothing like that, everybody was celebrating. I just said what up, it was all good I just said what up to everybody… But they didn’t catch that. They zoomed right in. But it was cool.”

The couple announced their first pregnancy and engagement in April of this year, and privately got married in St. Louis — Nelly’s hometown.

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