Nelly Taken into Custody for Possession of Ecstasy
The relationship between Nelly and Ashanti has a long history, starting in the early 2000s and ending in 2013. In September 2023, Nelly confirmed that they had rekindled their romance.
“I think it surprised both of us,” he said on the Boss Moves with Rasheeda show. “But sometimes being separate, you understand one another more, where you could be like, ‘Well, yo, let me exactly see, maybe, what they see.’ ‘Cause you know we all can be defensive sometimes in our own relationships. And we know we’re wrong, but we’re going to stand on it.”
Their upcoming baby will be the first child for the couple and the third overall for Nelly, who is already a father to daughter Chanelle, 30, and son Cornell Haynes III, 25, with ex Channetta Valentine. He also adopted his sister Jackie Donahue‘s kids—Shawn and Sydney Thomas—after she died of cancer in 2005.