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Perth Now
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Nelly and Ashanti 'hated' each other before reunion
Nelly and Ashanti "hated" each other before getting back together. The couple had an on-off relationship for over a decade from 2003 and they went on to reconcile in 2023, having son Kareem, aka KK, 10 months, and secretly getting married, but they admitted they never expected to reunite. In a trailer for their new reality show Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together, Ashanti, 44, said: "We were together off and on for 11 years, before the final..." Nelly quipped: "I hated her." His wife laughed: "I hated him. I didn't think that we would get back together." Hot in Herre hitmaker Nelly then smiled as he said: "She got me y'all." But Ashanti suggested she hadn't had to work hard to pursue the 50-year-old singer. She said: "He wanted to get got." The 44-year-old pop star previously admitted she was initially shocked that her feelings for Nelly had returned because she thought they had "gone" away after the end of their relationship the first time round. She told E! News: "It was, 'I can't believe these feelings came back. "That's what it was for me. When we first started talking and dating again it was like, 'Wait a minute, these feelings were gone. How did they creep back?" Ashanti also admitted she and Nelly - who has Chanelle, 30, and Cornell, 25, with Channetta Valentine and then adopted his sister's children after she passed away -are keen to have more children. She said: "I am feeling amazing, incredibly pleased, humbled. "My life has completely changed for the better. I feel full, you know? My cup is full. "We're going to add some more. Definitely a girl to balance it out. I'm outnumbered in the house right now. So, a girl would be great!" Meanwhile, Nelly revealed he married the Foolish hitmaker in December 2023 because she was pregnant. Speaking on The Bootleg Kev podcast, he said: "I was like, 'Yo, you know what? Let's just knock this [wedding] out because we're going to be doing so much and everything's moving so fast.' "I didn't want her to be a baby mama, you know what I mean? "Because we already knew where we were in life. If we're back like this, this must be what it's supposed to be." Ashanti and Nelly did not confirm that they had married until June 2024, and just over a month later, she gave birth to their son.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nelly Says He 'Felt Like a Dick' After 'Miscommunication' Sparked Feud with Eminem: 'Glad We Squashed That'
Nelly is opening up about his decades-old beef with Eminem — and how the entire thing stemmed from a 'miscommunication.' The 'Hot in Herre' rapper, 50, appeared on The Bootleg Kev podcast on Monday, March 24, and offered an apology to Eminem, 52, explaining that the two are cool now after a brief feud in the early 2000s. 'I misinterpreted something when I was really, really new and I want to apologize to Em,' Nelly said. 'But I was at a time where, I'm coming in, I'm the new guy, anybody talking… Well, somehow I misinterpreted that he had something to say about what we were doing.' In response, Nelly took a jab at the 'Lose Yourself' rapper during an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live, famously saying that he didn't appreciate Eminem's 'sly little comments' and quipping, 'I don't play with candy. I eat M&Ms…. I just don't think [the] dude plan[s] on coming to tour to St. Louis.' Related: Eminem Rep Makes Rare Statement After Ex-Employee Is Charged with Leaking Unreleased Music: Damage 'Cannot Be Overstated' Looking back, Nelly said he 'made some comments' on MTV because he was 'still fresh from the Lou,' meaning his native St. Louis. He said he knows now 'that wasn't the case,' and that he considers Eminem 'the GOAT.' Even so, Eminem responded to Nelly's TRL diss at the time by calling him out on the 2002 song 'Invasion,' which is mainly thought to be directed at Ja Rule and Benzino. In the song, he references Nelly's song 'Air Force Ones,' rapping, 'Stomping in my Air Force Ones/But you won't be able to tell/If it's two pairs or one/It's just gonna feel like so many feet kicking you.' Eventually, the rappers met in person at an afterparty in Detroit, with Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade, now 29, in tow. 'Somebody came and was like, 'Yo, Em wanna come through and holler,'' Nelly recalled on the podcast. 'He was like, 'Yo man, my daughter…' I felt like such a dick. We were Eminem fans! And just miscommunication, man.' Related: Ashanti Presents Her 'Husband' and 'Soulmate' Nelly with Landmark Award at 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards He continued, 'He's a dope cat and I'm glad we got that out of the way. It's f----d up when people that you f--- with and that you admire on a level… it's like, dude spits…. I'm glad we squashed that. Em is a cat.' With their differences behind them, Eminem later shouted out Nelly in the 2003 song 'The Conspiracy Freestyle' and 'No Apologies' in 2006. Both rappers are still churning out hits; Eminem released the No. 1 album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) in July, while Nelly is currently in the midst of a massive world tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut album Country Grammar. Read the original article on People
