Ashanti shares wisdom on rekindling past relationships like she did with Nelly.
The singer-actress married the “Ride With Me” rapper in 2023, a year after they got back together. The couple, now parents to baby Kareem, had been apart for about ten years before reuniting.
While promoting her new drama No Address, Ashanti spoke with REVOLT’s Ty Cole about what makes spinning the block successful.
“Be true to yourself. You can’t force it,” the Grammy winner said. “What’s meant to be will always be. Regardless of time, regardless of whatever. When it’s meant to be, it’ll be. You have to trust that. Obviously, I’m a testament to that.”
Ashanti and Nelly reconnected in September 2021 during the Verzuz battle between Fat Joe and Ja Rule, starting their reunion after years of dating other people.
In the REVOLT interview, Ashanti described being a mother and wife as a “new chapter” for her.
“Family first — being married and having a child. My mind is thinking bigger and better and more out the box, obviously,” she said. “I wrote a children’s book, and I kind of want to just dive into the lane of children now. I really do because it’s just so natural. I loved kids before. I used to work at a daycare center. I loved kids before, but now it’s like [times] a million.”
