Ashanti and her husband Nelly are celebrating ... Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., is already a father to daughter Chanelle and son Cornell with ex Channetta Valentine.

Now, Ashanti's father Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas has revealed that Nelly asked him for his daughter's hand in marriage before popping the question. "We had a discussion about him wanting to marry her.

Nelly and Ashanti—who are rumored to be expecting their second child—will be bringing their growing family to TV screens soon. Nelly, 50, and Ashanti, 44, rekindled their romance in 2023 after dating ...