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- Ashanti Says She's a 'Very Protective' Mom. Nelly Believes Kids 'Learn More on Their Own' (Exclusive)</p>
<p>Jack IrvinJune 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM</p>
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<p>Ashanti and Nelly in March 2025</p>
<p>Nelly and Ashanti take different approaches to parenting.</p>
<p>The married couple put their lives on display for Peacock's new reality series Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together, and now they're opening up about where they differ when it comes to parenting their 11-month-old son, KK.</p>
<p>"For me, obviously this is my first child," Ashanti, 43, tells PEOPLE, describing herself as "very mama bear-ish" with KK, whose full name is Kareem Kenkaide Haynes.</p>
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<p>Ashanti and Nelly in February 2024</p>
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<p>"We have to boil everything and sanitize everything. Everything has to be organic. His sheets are organic, his socks, food-grade silicone, everything," continues the Grammy-winning singer. "I'm just very, very protective."</p>
<p>Nelly, 50, was already a father to four other kids — Shawn, Chanelle, Sydney and Cornell — before welcoming KK with Ashanti, whom he quietly married in December 2023. "I think I understand a little bit more about children," he says. "They learn more on their own."</p>
<p>The rapper describes Ashanti as "motherly overprotective," while he considers himself more "safety overprotective."</p>
<p>He explains, "I know if they don't learn certain things by the time they reach a certain age, we're going to pay for that, I promise you. And it's going to backfire on us in a big way."</p>
<p>The "Hot in Herre" musician jokes of their future, "Right now I know she's loving it, but that boy turns 17 or 18, she going to be like, 'Why is he acting like this?' And I'm going to ask [Ashanti's mom and manager, Tina Douglas] for that video of him being three. And I'm going to say, 'You see this right here when he used to...'"</p>
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<p>Ashanti and Nelly in November 2024</p>
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<p>More seriously, Nelly notes Ashanti is a "great" mom to KK. "I have no complaints. I wish all mothers could see the way that she get down a little bit," he says. "You wish every kid had that type of love."</p>
<p>Throughout the reality series, Nelly opens up about struggling financially in his childhood with parents Cornell Haynes and Rhonda Mack. He hopes to provide KK with a different kind of life.</p>
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<p>Ashanti and Nelly in February 2025</p>
<p>"I'm just trying to be a better father than I had. And don't get it twisted, I love my father, but I've been through a lot," says Nelly, adding that Ashanti has "some tough shoes to fill" while praising her mom, Tina.</p>
<p>"Yeah, Momager is a whole different beast," quips Ashanti. "I'm very grateful."</p>
<p>Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together is streaming now on Peacock.</p>
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