Ashanti has revealed the that means behind the title of her new child son with Nelly, Kareem Kenkaide Hayes.

Talking to ET‘s Deidre Behar on a phone call on August 21, the “Foolish” singer explained that the decision was all Nelly’s – and he took loads of pleasure in it.

“His dad named him with a lot of pride,” she mentioned. “We were going back and forth for a long time on his name and he was very adamant. He was like, ‘This is what I want! I love this!’ And I thought it was just so amazing and so thoughtful and so sweet because Kenkaide is my dad’s name and obviously my dad has only girls.

“So Nelly was just like, ‘I think that will be really, really dope.’ And this was all his idea. [And] Kareem means generous, kind, noble, dignified, bountiful and just having dignity. So I was like, ‘That’s so cute!’”

Baby Kareem arrived on July 18, however the information wasn’t reported till weeks later, on August 21.

That similar day, Ashanti additionally shared some pictures on Instagram revealing that she’d given start.

“Funny how life’s plans aren’t…always on time.. lol,” she wrote, namedropping her 2001 hit music with Ja Rule.

“I’ve been waiting to be a mom for a long time now but nothing could prepare me for EVERYTHING motherhood brings!

“I’m so proud of my body for giving me my baby, baby, baby, baby, baby.”

Ashanti and Nelly not solely managed to maintain their child a secret till they had been able to share the information, additionally they did the identical factor with their marriage.

In June of this yr, TMZ received their arms on a wedding document for the anticipating couple that exposed they tied the knot previous to the brand new yr, on December 27, 2023.

While the doc doesn’t state what metropolis the lovers mentioned ‘I do’ in, it was made official in St. Louis County, so it’s probably they wed within the rapper’s hometown.

Ashanti solely simply confirmed their engagement in April, and mirrored on the second her companion popped the query throughout a dialog with Entertainment Tonight.

“It was just such a beautiful, intimate moment,” she mentioned. “We were not dressy.”

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Considering the pair had been mendacity in mattress and watching TV in T-shirts and boxers, she was rightfully “shocked” he picked that setting.

The R&B icon added: “I cried. I gave him the biggest hug and kiss ever. I FaceTimed everyone I know … I was overjoyed and shocked and surprised and happy kind of like all in one.”

The couple received again collectively final yr.