Nelly and Ashanti are giving fans an inside look at their love story with an upcoming reality show.
Peacock announced on Friday, May 9, that an unscripted series titled Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together has been greenlit. The show will follow Nelly, 50, and Ashanti’s journey as they tackle life as a newly married couple.
The press release teased that Nelly and Ashanti, 44, will “reignite their love, navigate the ups and downs of newlywed life and the challenges of parenthood while juggling their thriving careers.” Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together will also be a “fun-filled exploration of love’s second chances.”
In addition to starring in the show, Nelly and Ashanti will serve as executive producers.
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Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together is scheduled to premiere in June.
Ashanti and Nelly have a lot of history. The pair were first linked in 2003 after meeting at the Grammy Awards. They dated off and on until 2013. After a decade apart, they rekindled their romance, making it official in October 2023.
Two months later, Us Weekly broke the news that Ashanti was pregnant with her and Nelly’s first child. (Nelly is father to daughter Chanelle, 31, and son Cornell, 26, whom he welcomed with ex Channetta Valentine. He also adopted late sister Jaqueline Donahue’s two children — Sydney, 27, and Shawn, 26, — following her death from cancer in 2005.)
In December 2023, Nelly and Ashanti tied the knot. At the time, Ashanti gushed about how excited she was to embark on this new chapter of her life.
“This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope and anticipation,” she told Essence in April 2024. “Motherhood is something that I have looked forward to.”
Nelly and Ashanti welcomed son Kareem in July 2024. The “Hot in Herre” rapper later confessed that marriage wasn’t on his mind initially but her pregnancy sparked the idea.
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“We hadn’t talked about it yet,” Nelly said during a March episode of “The Bootleg Kev” podcast. “We hadn’t talked about any of that yet. I was like, ‘Yo, let’s just knock this out because we’re going to be doing so much and everything’s going to be moving so fast.’ I didn’t want her to be a ‘baby mama.’”
Seven months after giving birth, Ashanti surprised Nelly by paying tribute to him while he was honored with the Landmark Award at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards in March.
“[Nelly] created a movement, shaped the culture and made history doing it,” Ashanti said of her partner. “I’m so proud to honor Country Grammar and the talented guy who made it!”
