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New Edition's Ronnie DeVoe And Wife Shamari Are Expecting Their First Child Together

After 11 years as husband and wife, baby will make the duo a family of three!
New Edition's Ronnie DeVoe And Wife Shamari Are Expecting Their First Child Together
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By Lauren Porter · Updated October 26, 2020

There is a new addition on the way for New Edition member Ronnie Devoe!

The soon to be 50-year-old shared that he and his wife Shamari of the 90’s R&B group Blaque are expecting their first child together. 

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Wishing his wife a happy birthday, DeVoe posted a picutre on Instagram to share the news. 

“Today I want you to join me in wishing my beautiful, loving, talented, strong, ambitious, funny, witty, intelligent and most importantly, GOD fearing wife @ShamariDeVoe the biggest #HAPPYBIRTHDAY on the planet!,” he wrote in his capton. “I LOVE you to #LIFE babe…! And, I thank GOD for sending me an angel, a soul mate and a best friend to share the rest of my life with! Lastly, of all the great things to happen in #2017 so far, GOD has blessed us with the greatest! —> A #NEWEDITION TO OUR FAMILY…….”

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• Today I want you to join me in wishing my beautiful, loving, talented, strong, ambitious, funny, witty, intelligent and most importantly, GOD fearing wife @ShamariDeVoe the biggest #HAPPYBIRTHDAY on the planet! Yah-Mon! • I LOVE you to #LIFE babe…! And, I thank GOD for sending me an angel, a soul mate and a best friend to share the rest of my life with! • Lastly, of all the great things to happen in #2017 so far, GOD has blessed us with the greatest! —> A #NEWEDITION TO OUR FAMILY…….

A post shared by Ronnie DeVoe aka RBDJr (@bigrondevoe) on Feb 22, 2017 at 1:32pm PST

Looks like 2017 is shaping up to be an amazing for the expectant parents. In addition to the success of BET’s The New Edition Story, the two will celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary in March. 

Ronnie joins his bandmates Bobby, Ralph and Michael as proud fathers. 

Congrats to the mom-and-dad to be!