The couple broke the news of their engagement and pregnancy to Essence.
这对夫妇向《Essence》透露了他们订婚和怀孕的消息。

"This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation,” Ashanti told the outlet. “Motherhood is something that I have looked forward to, and sharing this with my family, fiancé, and loyal fans, who have been so supportive of my career, is an amazing experience.”
阿珊蒂告诉媒体:“我生命中的新年充满了爱、希望和期待。”“成为母亲是我一直期待的事情，与我的家人、未婚妻和忠实的粉丝分享，他们一直支持我的事业，这是一种奇妙的经历。”

The "Foolish" singer also shared a video on her socials promoting her and Nelly's company, Proov, appropriately, an at-home pregnancy test. In the video, Ashanti is seemingly preparing to go onstage when someone asks her how much time she's going to need.
这位演唱了《Foolish》的歌手还在她的社交网站上分享了一段视频，宣传她和Nelly的公司prov，这是一款家用验孕棒。在视频中，阿珊蒂似乎正准备上台，这时有人问她需要多少时间。

"I'm a need about nine months," the 43-year-old singer-songwriter says after finally emerging.
“我需要九个月的时间，”这位43岁的创作型歌手在终于露面后说。

Though this will be Ashanti’s first child, this will be Nelly’s fifth. The 49-year-old St. Lunatic has a daughter, Chanelle, a son, Cornell Jr., and also adopted his sister Jackie Donahue's kids, Shawn and Sydney, after she died of leukemia in 2005.
虽然这将是阿珊蒂的第一个孩子，但这将是Nelly的第五个孩子。这位49岁的圣疯子有一个女儿Chanelle，一个儿子Cornell Jr.，并在姐姐Jackie Donahue 2005年因白血病去世后收养了她的孩子Shawn和Sydney。

Nelly and Ashanti go back years and years. They previously dated, on and off, for about 11 years before calling it quits in 2013. Then, last year they brought the old band back together.
耐莉和阿珊蒂是好多年前的事了。他们之前分分合合地约会了大约11年，直到2013年分手。然后，去年他们让老乐队重新组合在一起。

"Yeah, we cool again," Nelly, said last September, confirming his relationship with Ashanti. "I think it surprised both of us, though. It wasn't anything that ...[was] planned. I think we're both pretty much doing what we do."
“是的，我们又和好了，”Nelly去年9月说，证实了他和阿珊蒂的关系。“不过，我想这让我们俩都很惊讶。这不是什么……[是]计划。我觉得我们俩都在做自己该做的事。”

Seems like they did it pretty damn well.
看起来他们做得很好。