Ashanti has unveiled her growing baby bump just days after announcing she’s expecting a baby with Nelly.
The 43-year-old singer was attending the POSSIBLE marketing conference in Miami on Wednesday (April 17) and posed for pictures in a tight-fitting blue dress that emphasized her pregnant belly.
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While speaking on stage at event, she also stood up and gave a twirl for the audience, much to the delight of those in attendance.
Check out photos and footage from the event below.
After months of speculation, Ashanti confirmed the pregnancy news in an interview with ESSENCE magazine that was published earlier on Wednesday.
She also revealed that she and Nelly are engaged.
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“This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation,” she said. “Motherhood is something that I have looked forward to, and sharing this with my family, fiancée, and loyal fans, who have been so supportive of my career, is an amazing experience.”
The former Murder Inc. hitmaker also appeared in a scripted comedy sketch for Proov fertility tests where she announced her pregnancy to her mother.
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Ashanti and Nelly got back together last fall after dating for a decade between 2003 and 2013.
The St. Louis rapper said after they reunited: “Yeah, we cool again. I think it surprised both of us. It wasn’t anything that I don’t think planned. I think we were both doing pretty much what we do. Sometimes being separate you understand one another more.”
Fellow rapper Joyner Lucas recently revealed that he dated Ashanti before she and Nelly reconciled.
“She’s an amazing person,” he told Hollywood Unlocked‘s Jason Lee. “I’m a private n-gga. I don’t talk about it, but what I will say is that she’s an amazing person and [I’m] super happy for her. She’s about to have a baby. I know how much she wanted to be a mom.”
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He added: “I would say I loved her, for sure … She’s a very easy person to be in love with though. She’s dope, super dope person, bro. I’m not just saying that. I knew that what she wanted and what she needed — I don’t feel like I could’ve fulfilled that at that time. ‘Shanti been in the game for 25 years; I just got in the game. I know what she wanted and what she needed.
“I don’t feel like I was in a place in my life where I could commit to that, and that’s about it. But, you know, I’m happy she got [her] way. I’m happy that she ended up going— spun the block with Nelly, and now she’s having a baby. I’m super proud of her … She’s gonna be an amazing mom. I would tell her that all the time.”
