Whereas Kareem is Ashanti’s first baby, Nelly shares two older youngsters — Chanelle and Cornell — along with his ex-girlfriend Channetta Valentine. He additionally raised and adopted his niece and nephew, Shawn and Sydney Thomas, after his sister, Jackie Donahue, died of leukaemia in 2005.
For some extra context, Nelly, 50, and Ashanti, 44, quietly acquired married on the finish of 2023. In fact, the couple beforehand dated again within the 2000s, and rekindled issues romantically roughly seven years after breaking apart.