Ashanti and Nelly could also be couple targets now, however issues have been positively totally different between the 2 earlier than the pair acquired again collectively.
Within the trailer for his or her upcoming actuality sequence on Peacock, “Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Collectively,” launched Thursday, June 12, the couple opens up about their journey collectively, which started in 2003 earlier than they picked issues again up for good in 2023.
Nonetheless, earlier than they acquired again collectively, secretly tied the knot in December 2023, and welcomed their first baby, a son, Kareem Kenkaide Haynes, in July 2024, the 50-year-old rapper and the 44-year-old singer “hated” one another.
“We have been collectively on and off for 11 years, earlier than the ultimate [sic]…” Ashanti started within the clip.
“I hated her,” Nelly chimed in.
“I hated him,” Ashanti quipped again whereas laughing. “I didn’t suppose that we might get again collectively.”
With a smile, Nelly mentioned, “She acquired me y’all,” to which Ashanti exclaimed, “He wished to get acquired.”
The trailer then teases the rollercoaster romance marked by drama and tense fights over subjects like the place to reside, earlier than giving us a style of a barely sweeter facet because the newlyweds navigate parenthood, balancing their careers, luxurious life-style, and all that comes with a second shot at fortunately ever after.
“It’s not good, however we’re going to work our means by means of it,” Nelly mentioned.
“Until loss of life do us half,” Ashanti added.
Nelly and Ashanti have been first romantically linked in 2003, once they have been each nominated for the forty fifth Grammy Awards that yr. The superstar couple dated on and off for 11 years, showing facet by facet usually throughout a few of the tradition’s most important moments and largest crimson carpets earlier than they thought they’d known as it quits for good.
In 2021, Nelly and Ashanti reunited for the primary time publicly whereas attending the “Verzuz” rap battle between Ja Rule and Fats Joe. The next yr, the 2 performers stunned followers once they took to the stage collectively to carry out “Physique On Me” at an “Below the Mistletoe” live performance. By April 2023, rumors of a full-blown rekindling between the 2 had begun after they have been noticed collectively an increasing number of.
After they carried out “Physique On Me” collectively, Ashanti instructed TV character Andy Cohen throughout an look on “Watch What Occurs Dwell” how stunned she was by the fan response and particularly, their assist of their getting again collectively.
“My response was ‘wow.’ It was quite a lot of feedback and lots of people wanting that,” she mentioned.
“Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Collectively,” which the couple govt produce, formally drops on Peacock on Thursday, June 26.
