Singer Ashanti has opened up about becoming a first-time mom to son Kareem Kenkaide Haynes – known as KK – with her husband Nelly admitting she’s “insanely in love” with her little boy.
Ashanti is “insanely in love” with her son.
The 44-year-old singer and her husband Nelly welcomed their first child together Kareem Kenkaide Haynes – known as KK – in August and she has now opened about becoming a first-time mom calling her little boy a “blessing” and an “angel”.
Speaking to PEOPLE at the Baby2Baby Gala in Los Angeles, she said: “It’s amazing. He’s a blessing. He’s an angel. My life is amazing right now. I’m super blessed, so happy. I’m insanely in love with him.”
Ashanti went on to add KK is a lot like his dad, joking: “[He] has daddy’s temper. When the bottle isn’t ready – oh, man.”
The couple married in secret in December 2023 and their son was born in August 2024.
Nelly previously praised his wife’s parenting skills telling ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “She’s an awesome mom, to watch someone care about someone else so much and give their all and is willing to give their all …
“Like she said, sometimes it can be too far but you would way prefer to have a parent that goes too far than a parent that doesn’t go far enough.
“It’s a laughable love, in a good way, because I just laugh. I just say, look at this baby. I can’t wait to show him some of the pictures and the videos, like ‘Look at what your mom is doing to you’.
“She treats him like a Build-A-Bear. The boy is three months. Change his outfits in the house. He doesn’t leave the house. He changes outfits three times in the house. Put his diaper on and a onesie and let him thug.”
Nelly actually announced the pregnancy news before it was even confirmed by a test result. Ashanti subsequently confessed that she didn’t know her husband was preparing to share the news with their fans. She explained: “When he blurted that out on stage, we actually did not know. I hadn’t even taken a test at that time.”
Ashanti is ‘insanely in love’ with her son
