He's finally here! On August 21, Ashanti announced she'd given birth to a baby boy a month prior. Named Kareem Kenkaide Haynes, the bundle of joy is her first child with husband Nelly. "Seeing his face for the first time,

"Four weeks postpartum," Ashanti said in the video. "You have no idea what this body can do." Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. In the caption, she explained how she has been coping with the fourth trimester and new motherhood.

The “Body on Me” collaborators first dated from 2003 to 2013 before a “surprise” reconciliation last year. They reportedly wed in December 2023.

After reportedly giving birth on July 18, Ashanti and husband Nelly share the sentimental details of their first child together.

This is the first child for Nelly and Ashanti. The “Hot in Herre” rapper is a dad to two children from a previous relationship and adopted his niece and nephew after his sister died of leukemia in March 2005.

Nelly shared insight into his and Ashanti’s latest chapter as parents one month after the couple welcomed their first child together, son Kareem Kenkaide Haynes, also known as “KK.”

After news broke on Wednesday, August 21, that the 43-year-old singer gave birth to son Kareem Kenkaide, Ashanti opened up to Entertainment Tonight about her “amazing” first weeks of motherhood. When it comes to the little one’s name, Ashanti revealed it was Nelly who made the final call.