Nas was apparently triggered by a call he got from someone at Essence magazine who told him his ex-wife Kelis was doing another story about their broken marriage.
The former couple has been entangled in a bitter custody battle over their 8-year-old son Knight for the better part of a year. Kelis has also accused him of being an alcoholic and claimed he physically and emotionally abused her.
In seven lengthy Instagram posts, the Hip Hop legend laid it all out for his 4.4 million followers and finally gave his side of the story.
“Today i got a call from essence about my ex wife doing another sad fictitious story. Nothing surprises me anymore, including this,” he begins. “This is what your life has come to sis?
Exploiting some people’s Real struggle and pain…just to get at me….to get attention ? Fame? Another fight against men?”
As he continued, Nas implores his former spouse to “set a better example” for their child and questions her motives for dragging his name through the press.
“Why did i have to take you to court to see our son?” he writes. “Why when i win the joint custody ( which is a win for both of us and our son, it helps us with both our schedules) why do you feel thats an attack on you? Is it control ? Why do you need to have control over my life? because we’re not together?”
In Part 2, Nas expresses the respect he has for women and looks back on their past together, revealing why he wanted to marry her.
“I shouldn’t have ignored the signs from your your first song and video I HATE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. But I thought you was beautiful. You came into my life at a time i was grieving from my moms passing. You was a friend. Because of that i wanted to marry you. And i did. And we had a big lavish wedding. Overall there was too many good times.”
He then apologizes for not being faithful and blames it on his immaturity at the time, while driving home their relationship is forever over.
“I have to say i wasn’t the most faithful husband,” he admits. “I was immature. I’m sorry about that. But you bumped your own head sis. Why do i have to live thru a constant divorce? It didn’t work out. Life goes on. I’m not coming back to you.”
Nas goes on to confess he’s simply worn out from all the drama but held back on certain details for the sake of their son.
“I’m tired of you painting a bad picture of me,” he writes. “I’ve been tired of it but you never seem to get tired. I even had to be in a relationship with you AGAIN after we separated just so i could see my son & I AM JUST TIRED. Back then you asked me why didn’t i stop the divorce from happening. I tried! We are too different. Some things aren’t meant to be. We were meant to be so that we could have our son. Nothing more.”
In Part 4, Nas recounts Kelis’ behavior when it came to his career and accuses her of being verbally abusive and “evil.”
“You used to turn my phone off so my professionals couldn’t reach me and take the battery,” he writes. “You insulted any and everyone whoever was around me. Not a single person in my life loved or could even stand you. Luckily for you our assistants all signed NDA’s or you would have a list of men and women who would happily talk about how verbally abusive and evil you are.”
In Part 5, the celebrated MC broaches the topic of money and rattles off several things he helped fund for Kelis.
“Didn’t want to bring up money but since that’s the fuel behind all of this Let me say that I gave you the tools to be successful after you was dropped from your label,” he continues. “I paid for your cooking school cordon blue.
“The expensive yellow stove we had flown in from Europe. I helped pay for the remodeling of your house. Your assistant stole thousands from my cc according to Amex. Out of all people you should be completely understanding of my my grind. But you just can’t win with you. My schedule is CRAZY but you never help me see my son. I’m hardly allowed to talk to him on the phone. Ever.”
As things start to come to a close in Part 6, Nas insists anything having to do with Kelis is a “plot and a scheme” while reiterating he never beat her.
“I do not beat women,” he says. “I did not beat up my ex wife. Stop. You got beat up in court. How much money do you want? Do you want me to relinquish my rights to see my son is that what you want? Just tell me. After all the tweets and posts you made thru the years disrespecting me and my family I still have love for you as the mother of my child BUT I am done with this.
“This game ends now and GOD will be the judger of all this. And although you tell everyone GOD hates me (some Christian you are) I will survive and thrive from this moment because I know who I am & you have not a clue who you are.”
Finally, in his seventh and final post, Nas explains why he decided to purge his feelings on the matter.
“And to all the fans that knew my silence was due to the fact that I don’t openly do this kind of petty shit… I appreciate you riding,” he concludes. “And to those that were lead down a wrong path… I get it… very sensitive times and all things must be taken seriously.
“This is MY TRUTH. And I don’t care what else she has left to say unless it concerns our son. This is the first and last time I’m addressing this. Despite all of this I still hope for the best for her because whats best for her is what’s best for knight.”
Kelis’ allegations came before the release of NASIR, so he didn’t address it on the album. But, he recently confirmed another project was on the way, which means we could eventually hear about it on wax. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
People really need to stay off social media with their personal drama. It’s embarrassing. People don’t empathize with you, they read that s h I t and laugh. Happy you kidding
Losing*
Yeah. You are losing…
coming from someone named after a pedo lmao
Thats why you CANT let that milk shake get you in the yard…
Damn that’s why we need really over think the women we have children with … Dayum this bitch just wants attention I’ hope she loses custody and she gets weekends fuck this tramp
Happy he spoke on it. Tons of men are going through this.
Hell has no wrath like a woman scorned…nas was cheating while married and got caught….he shoulda been more cautious!!!bitches go crazy when u cheat on em…especially if the broad u cheat with looks better than her….that’s a time bomb waiting to go off….sorry nas, but it is what it is…if u gonna propose and get married, MEAN IT!!! Karma is real…I’m jus sayin..OR DONT GET FUKKIN MARRIED!!!! Simple science!
She did too, which he alluded to.
If we learned anything from Jay Z, it’s to cheat on your wife with a white woman. Then your sister inlaw, you and your wife can write three albums about the situation to milk the controversy and you never really apologize to your wife, about banging Becky with the good hair, and you’ll stay happily married?
Why do dumb people keep thinking Becky means white woman? Becky refers to the Plies song…sucking dick. Some of you people are so dumb. Why would a white woman be referred to as “with the good hair?” It’s why I hate people who can’t understand hip hop culture getting involved in it.
Beyonce confirmed that Jay Z cheated on her with a white chick. I hate it when someone thinks they know about hip hop tries to correct someone that obviously knows more about hip hop than they do.
Where did she confirm this genius. Link. Oh, i know, there is not one. It’s some speculation shit that you’re repeating like the dumbass that you are. The whole god damn line makes no fucking sense talking about a white girl with the good hair. It would actually be retarded, but because white media cluelessly said it was a white girl based off of a 25 year old song instead of correlating it to what slang for Becky means right now in the here and now , especially coming from Beyonce’s country ass who is from Houston where people talk like that all day every day, you know that it’s true. But thanks for calling me out and showing how ignorant you actually are.
Dumbass, google the videos of her saying white bitch during concerts,. They’re actually a couple out there. Please keep owning yourself.
Beyonce changed the lyrics of one of her songs that said Jay-Z cheated on her with a “white bitch”. This was confirmed a long time ago and is common knowledge. You should stop now before you embarrass yourself more.
It would kind of be hard to figure out when she changed any of the lyrics when the woman who wrote the original lyrics for it won’t even say what parts of the song Beyonce changed, including that specific Becky with the good hair part when people directly asked her was that her lyric, or did Beyonce change it. Tell me some more lies though to make a point.
There is literally live concert video footage of Beyoncé@g singing the song with the white bitch lyric. Please, stop this nonsense you making yourself look like an ass.
**Eye Roll* Ummm…nah son. “Becky” is the friend of the White girl talking @ the start of Sir Mix A Lots “Baby Got Back” hating on the thick black girl.
You are everything you described…the ppl claiming they know about hip hop but don’t know shit. Need to go waaay back further that Plies.
Could go in & school you about the “good hair” (for the culture) but I know I’d jus be wasting my time….You ain’t ready
Nah son, you don’t know what the fuck you talking about because you read too much of what everybody else put in your head. The whole fucking line makes absolutely no sense with the good hair part. Nobody refers to a a white person as someone with the good hair. GFOH. The only reason people started speculating that it was a white girl because Becky is a typical name people throw around for goofy, blonde white girls, and dumb fucks on Fox news and shit tried to make it racial after Iggy Azalea’s dumb ass called it racist. Feel like I’m here trying to explain shit to my sister or some shit that don’t know hip hop.
You a Retard… You know why Becky mean sucking dick? Because White girls are stereotypically known for sucking dick! Please kill yourself before you spread more retard around the world.
This is what high powered lawyers are for Nas. Hold this …………………..Social media really is the low point for entertainers today, smh
Nas lost for marrying Kelis’s crazy ass in the first place.
Kells just got ethered!
I just dont know what he saw in her
Love is crazy. We hate to admit it as men.
I no who jungle and Steve stoute is. But Anthony gotta be AZ, I don’t no any other brother name Anthony that Nas is tight with to the point where he would feel some sort of way to not wanna lose there friendship.
His manager Anthony Saleh
So, out of my entire comment, that’s what you wanna argue about? Lol, you Nas stans are pathetic. And yes, he is broke. Not only does he pay endless child support, but he also foreclosed his house and let’s not forget about owing Uncle Sam all that money back too. Forgot about that, didn’t cha? It’s the ROC!
Anybody who has seen either of them over the years can tell that kilis is crazy. Lesson to the kids. That crazy means crazy in bed shit is not wifey material bruh. Just setting yourself up for headaches if you don’t stick and move on that shit.
I kept saying the fact she said he beat her AFTER he got that money from that billion dollar “Ring” deal was maaad sus. Knew the GOAT wasnt a woman beater. Keep Ya Head Up Nas!
Bwahahahahha good one…you can fool most with a rant but not I (I’ll feed you this work this one time…..) ya Mans was getting tossed up in a elevator over infidelity….so stop with the hovier than though nonsense….99 problems will never sound the same again ?
The fact is women lie. When it comes to divorce some women will say the most shit to make a man look bad. I don’t always believe everything I hear from a woman in that situation. I like to get both sides of a story before deciding for myself . The one that suffers the most is the kid.
hahaha Nas’ life is hell coz of a crazy chica.
Go back to Kelis, that’s what she wants. She won’t stop. You two are soul tied haha
Kelis is the epitome of the modern woman.
I laugh, but stay strong Nas. It is a horrible way to live your life.
I bet Kelis hates him so much right now
haaaaa… good one.
But nas is like…
You can hate me now
Where are all of those keyboard SJWs who came out in force against Nas when Kelis spoke a few words now?
at last we are hearing the truth he is fortunate his son is still young so hopefully he will be able to build a bond with his son my son has been fully poisoned against me by his grandmother and mother they were both bitter men haters venomous animals so [ have tried to connect for a long time but she’s way to far gone in on him with her mind fck and deceit i’m glad i’m not the only one who had to deal with deeply broken bitter deceitful hateful woman and i love women in the way i respect and admire my mother and sisters but there are definitely some ghouls out there soul suckers
Stay up brother …
….. I gotta give props to Nas for this. Sounds like a very whack situation.
KELIS NEEDS TO LISTEN TO BLACK GIRL LOST ON REPEAT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE!!!! LMAOOOOOO!!!!! SAD SHIT!!!!!
Is it not possible he is lying and having to release a statement like this to save face? I’m sure the truth will come out in the end, but if he had joint custody awarded by the court and she doesn’t allow him to see his child, one trip to the courthouse and a call to the police and that is taken care of, I’m sure there is more to this story than he is willing to admit, if you have the rights to see your child and you don’t, it’s on you buddy, step up and make it happen! A lot deadbeat dad’s out there blaming the mothers but if you want something bad enough, you take a stand and make it happen, seems his immaturity is showing it’s face again. Hope he takes the necessary steps to get shit done and not just complain on social media like a little girl.
You are obviously so mature and have dealt with these types of situations
(1) the child has to see the daddy arrive with police just so he can take his kid out so the childs upset
(2)the ex agrees to amicably let you collect the child but when you get there has already phoned police telling them you threatened them when you never touched a woman that way in your life
(3)Everytime you paln to take your kid out they all of a sudden are on a trip with the mum somewhere else
(4) persistently instilling hatred into the childs mind
i hope you never have to deal with this type of woman but believe they are out there and they are only not being dealt with properly because of ignorant fools who think that females can’t be grimy please open your eyes i want to live in a fair world were men and women have equal rights as well but that will never happen until we accept for every deadbeat dad there is also a scheming destructive female
Spoken like someone who has never seen crazy chick with the kid in action.
im just gonna point out the fact that nas has only spoken about kelis and his issues with her publicly ONLY THIS ONE TIME. He even said this is the one and only time he will say anything. people have been wanting him to address this. he finally did and said this is it. you saying “seems his immaturity is showing it’s face again. Hope he takes the necessary steps to get shit done and not just complain on social media like a little girl” make it sound like hes always whining or complain when he hasn’t said anything publicly until now. hes self aware hes been immature in the past and acknowledges that in this very instagram post, but getting s*** your chest and being done with talking about this because he wants to move beyond this and still want to have a good relationship with kelis for the sake of their child is anything but immature. you don’t know all the ins and outs of his life, so who is an outsider looking in like you to judge someone else in such a manner? and just because you can call police or take someone to court doesn’t mean your spiteful ex can’t find ways to work around that and still make it difficult as hell to see your child in peace.
Man hope this shit goes well for him womrn likr kelis have spent their entire lives always grtting whatever they wanted (from a man of course too) and now she finaly cant have what she wants which isnt nas but his money and lifestyle shes melting down hope he gets full custody of his kid and leaves this dumb bitch alone like she deserves to be people like her shouldnt have children to spread their venom to
Kelis mind playing tricks on her based on all the attention Nas is getting. Typical unstable scorned woman situation. Nas’ Instagram comments stay flooded with all these women from 18-80 on Nas dick and she sick about it. I’m sure money has a lot to do with it like he’s saying, but I’ve been there. An angry divorced woman will spend her whole day visualizing how much pussy you’re getting that’s not hers and it makes her want to kill you: mentally, spiritually, physically and literally.
She’s definitely sick about the money. Nas scored that huge deal with amazon. She’s bitter he doesn’t want her.
Deep! Hope shit gets sorted, for the sake of the son.
hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn. In this case, her’s is JEALOUSY. She will not let this dude live and properly father the son. Damn shame.
Define “unfaithful”… otherwise fuck this hoe
Sad to see he’s doing the same thing he blames her for. Kids shouldn’t have to read about their parents publicly accusing each other like that. Nasty details and all. They both need to check they selves.
hush mr. high horse. what he is doing is completely different than what she did and is doing. so he should be quiet while he’s slandered? its limp dock men like you as to why women are running over us. I’m all for women’s rights which is really just equal rights. But what I’m not for is double standards. You can’t expect for a female to call you out and spread lies in a man just sit back and take it
Leon dude what you just said is sack and what real man said is true and most people here blame him for not speaking and when he does you still dam.complain what the fuck do you want the man to do .
Nas, as great a musician as he is, has always had HORRIBLE taste in women. Now the chickens have come home to roost lol. Kelis is a talentless hoodrat trashbag.
talentless? nah. I think you are getting Kelis and yourself mixed up.
Chicken heads have come home to roost
Black American women are EVIL and will ruin your life. DO NOT marry them and DO NOT have children with them. They are vindictive, manipulative, and will use the white man’s system against you when they feel they’re about to take an L. Try to find a black woman who raised in America. The Caribbean and Africa have plenty of respectable black women. These American demons are only good for SEX. Stay away from them otherwise. I feel bad for Nas, but he learned a valuable lesson from this situation. I wish him all the luck in the world.
The actual GOAT. None of that white boy shit
Eat a dick motherfucker. No one even knows what the fuck “white boy shit” is supposed to mean.
I knew the crazy Kelis types. look good outside but very evil
It’s funny how y’all wanted Nas to address the Kelis allegations on his album. And now, he finally gives his side of the story and you guys are slamming him for doing so. “Oh no, Nas, don’t do that. You look foolish doing this.” So…damned if you do, damned if you don’t?