Ashanti reveals the meaning behind her and Nelly's baby name: 'His dad named him with a lot of pride'

Ashanti reveals the meaning behind her and Nelly's baby name: 'His dad named him with a lot of pride' Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com READ MORE: Ashanti and Nelly welcome first baby together Ashanti earns fan praise for candid postpartum photo in maternity underwear By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.

com Published: 00:55, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 01:15, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments Ashanti opened up Wednesday about the meaning of the name of the newborn baby son she welcomed with husband Nelly , Kareem Kenkaide 'KK' Haynes. The 43-year-old songstress earlier Wednesday confirmed that she welcomed her son with the Hot In Herre rapper, 49, on July 18. The Glen Cove, New York-born beauty explained to Entertainment Tonight the meaning of her son's name.

'Kenkaide is my dad's name, and obviously my dad has only girls,' Ashanti told the outlet . The baby's middle name, Kareem, has Arabic origins and translates to 'generous, kind and dignified,' she told the outlet. Ashanti, 43, opened up Wednesday about the meaning of the name of her newborn son with husband Nelly, 49 - Kareem Kenkaide 'KK' Haynes.

Pictured in Atlanta in June The couple was pictured embracing in Fairburn, Georgia on Halloween last year Ashanti said that Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., was the person who named their son. 'His dad named him with a lot of pride' and thought the name was 'really, really dope,' Ashanti told the outlet.

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