--- title: 2 Chainz Gives Us a 2018 Met Gala Proposal on the Red Carpet description: 2 Chainz "proposed" to Nakesha Ward on the 2018 Met Gala red carpet. canonical: https://time.com/5268822/2-chainz-2018-met-gala-proposal/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-08T01:57:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:42.596Z og:title: 2 Chainz Gave Us a Met Gala Proposal on the Red Carpet og:description: Here's what you need to know og:url: https://time.com/5268822/2-chainz-2018-met-gala-proposal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87ca1d2467257e5/69892fc00a4a227c4f9d2a12/gettyimages-955773702.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-ENTERTAINMENT-FASHION-METGALA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2 Chainz Gave Us a Met Gala Proposal on the Red Carpet twitter:description: Here's what you need to know twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87ca1d2467257e5/69892fc00a4a227c4f9d2a12/gettyimages-955773702.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 2 Chainz Dramatically Proposed to the Love of His Life for the Second Time at the 2018 Met Gala  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 8, 2018 1:57 AM UTC  Chainz (L) proposes to wife Kesha Ward at the Met Gala on May 7, 2018\. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images) Chainz (L) proposes to wife Kesha Ward at the Met Gala on May 7, 2018\. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images)HECTOR RETAMAL—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 8, 2018 1:57 AM UTC The steps of the [Met Gala](http://time.com/5263190/catholicism-and-fashion-moments/) are always where the night’s action begins and this year is no exception, thanks to rapper 2 Chainz. At the [2018 Met Gala](http://time.com/5256466/met-gala-2018-details-theme-date/), 2 Chainz dramatically dropped to one knee before pulling a ring out of his pocket, which he presented to his partner of 5 years, Nakesha Ward. According to [PEOPLE](http://people.com/style/met-gala-2018-2-chainz-proposes-to-wife-kesha-ward/), 2 Chainz previously proposed to Ward at the BET Awards in June 2013, but they never made it official. At any rate, the Met Gala is as good a time as any to give the love of your life another ring. For the occasion, the Atlanta rapper wore a Versace suit, while Nakesha wore an angelic white gown — a fitting match to the theme of the 2018 Met Gala: _Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination_. “I’m so happy, I’m blessed and I’m so thankful to have this person in my life,” she told reporters,” Ward told reporters, [according to _Essence_](https://www.essence.com/celebrity/black-celeb-couples/rapper-2-chainz-propose-wife-2018-met-gala). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5268822/2-chainz-2018-met-gala-proposal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5268822/2-chainz-2018-met-gala-proposal/"},"headline":"2 Chainz Dramatically Proposed to the Love of His Life for the Second Time at the 2018 Met Gala","datePublished":"2018-05-08T01:57:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:42.596Z","description":"Here's what you need to know","url":"https://time.com/5268822/2-chainz-2018-met-gala-proposal/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Met Gala 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87ca1d2467257e5/69892fc00a4a227c4f9d2a12/gettyimages-955773702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87ca1d2467257e5/69892fc00a4a227c4f9d2a12/gettyimages-955773702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-FASHION-METGALA","caption":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-FASHION-METGALA","creditText":"HECTOR RETAMAL—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5268822/2-chainz-2018-met-gala-proposal/","name":"2 Chainz Dramatically Proposed to the Love of His Life for the Second Time at the 2018 Met Gala"}}]}] ```