Ashanti's Dad Praises Nelly For Asking Daughter's Hand In Marriage: 'I Was Very Impressed'

Nelly asked Ashanti's dad for his blessing to marry the singer before they quietly tied the knot late last year.

It recently emerged that Nelly, 49, and Ashanti, 43 -- who are expecting their first child together -- have been legally married since December 2023 -- just months after they rekindled their romance.

Now, Ashanti's father Ken-Kaide Thomas Douglas has revealed that Nelly asked him for his daughter's hand in marriage before popping the question.

"We had a discussion about him wanting to marry her. We had a little brief conversation," Douglas recalled of his conversation with his now son-in-law, as seen in a video obtained by The Shade Room.

The couple first shared the news in April that they were engaged and expecting their first child together.

However, TMZ reported last month, citing St. Louis, Missouri, public records, that the couple had gotten hitched on Dec. 27, 2023.

Their baby will be the first child for Ashanti and the third for Nelly, who has two adult children from a previous relationship

The rapper also adopted his sister Jackie Donahue's two children after she died in 2005.