Ashanti and Nelly attend 3rd Annual Birthday Ball for Pierre “P” Thomas in 2023.Photo:Paras Griffin/Getty
Paras Griffin/Getty
Happy birthday,Ashanti!
Nellycelebrated his girlfriend’s 43rd birthday with asweet tribute post shared on InstagramFriday.
“Such a beautiful, incredible person inside and out and one of the hardest working women. I know.. @ashanti,” he continued. “Enjoy your day Ma you look awesome!!!! Happy Birthday Love ya!!!!”
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Nelly and Ashanti first dated in 2003. They later broke up a decade later, before reuniting after another 10 years.
Rumors of a reconciliation first began to swirl after the two musicians were spotted together over the last several months.
In May, the pair appeared atthe 3rd Annual Birthday Ballfor Quality Control CEO Pierre “P” Thomas at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, and in June, Ashanti brought Nelly out on stage during her Las Vegas show at the Palms Casino Resort, where the duo performed “Body on Me."
Ashanti, Nelly.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
“I think it surprised both of us,” the “Hot in Herre” crooner said at the time.
“We both were pretty much doing what we do,” he continued. “But sometimes being separate, you understand one another more. You could be like, ‘Well yo, let me exactly see maybe what they see.’ We all can be defensive sometimes in our own relationships. We know we wrong but we going to stand on it, you know what I mean? But we all a victim to that.”
“We are in a great space,” the Grammy winnertold PEOPLEon the carpet of the annual music awards show. “Everything is positive. [We’re] having a lot of fun.”
source: people.com
