Nelly and Ashanti—who announced their engagement and pregnancy in April—are already married, with public records listing their wedding date as Dec. 27, 2023.

It might be getting a little hot in here for Nelly and Ashanti.

That's because the couple have already taken the next step in their relationship and gotten married, despite announcing their engagement and pregnancy in April.

Their wedding date was listed as Dec. 27, 2023, in public records obtained by TMZ. While the documents did not specify exactly where the "Body on Me" collaborators got hitched, it did say that the marriage became official in St. Louis County, where Nelly's hometown of St. Louis is located.

E! News has reached out to reps for Nelly and Ashanti for comment but hasn't heard back.

Nelly and Ashanti's marriage news comes more than two decades of their first meeting. The pair dated during the early aughts but broke up in 2013, with Ashanti saying at the time that they were focusing on their respective careers.

However, Nelly, 49, confirmed in September that they had rekindled their romance after years apart.

"I think it surprised both of us," the "Hot in Herre" rapper said on the Boss Moves with Rasheeda show. "But sometimes being separate, you understand one another more, where you could be like, 'Well, yo, let me exactly see, maybe, what they see.' 'Cause you know we all can be defensive sometimes in our own relationships. And we know we're wrong, but we're going to stand on it."

Ashanti, 43, announced her pregnancy with Nelly's baby earlier this year, saying that the past months have been filled with "love, hope and anticipation."

"Motherhood is something that I have looked forward to," the "Rock Wit U" singer told Essence in an April statement, "and sharing this with my family, fiancé, and loyal fans, who have been so supportive of my career, is an amazing experience."

This will be the first child for the couple, though Nelly is already dad to daughter Chanelle, 30, and son Cornell Haynes III, 25, with ex Channetta Valentine. He also adopted his sister Jackie Donahue's kids—Shawn and Sydney Thomas—after she died of cancer in 2005.

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