Nelly is setting clear boundaries when it comes to parenting his son with Ashanti.
In a new episode of Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together, the couple opened up about balancing life as new parents, Nelly’s upcoming tour, and their very different roles when it comes to raising their 11-month-old son, Kareem Kenkaide “KK.”
“I’m split about his tour,” Ashanti said in a joint confessional with Nelly. “My first response is I’m super happy for him for putting it together. The wife and mommy side of me is like, ‘F—!’”
“Nah, the wife side of me and mommy side of me is a little sad,” she continued. “You know, Daddy’s gonna be gone for a long time.”
Nelly responded without hesitation: “Well, listen, it’s all you. I ain’t going to even lie,” he said. “You know, I ain’t got nothing for him.”
“Absolutely not, I know,” Ashanti replied.
The rapper goes on to explain that his stance has been clear from the beginning.
“Until he can say, ‘I’m hungry,’ until he can say, ‘I need to use the bathroom,’ it’s gonna be a lot in your lap,” Nelly recalled telling Ashanti. “But as soon as he start walking, I told her I said, ‘Enjoy.’ Cause as soon as he get to walking and talking, he with the crew.”
Later in the episode, Ashanti presses Nelly on why he never seems to hear their son crying during the night.
“Do y’all really be up at night? I heard about it,” Nelly asked
“You know what? It’s absolutely ridiculous that you’ll still be dead sleep and he’ll be mad loud,” Ashanti said
Nelly insists it’s not on purpose. “I’m blessed with that tune-out,” he says.
Ashanti, clearly unimpressed, replies, “No. That means get up. It’s your turn to change him.”
But Nelly sticks to his original point. “I’ma take you back to this conversation we had before you kicked me under the table,” he says. “I said, ‘Baby, I’ll give you the world. I just ain’t changing no diaper.’”
Ashanti rolls her eyes and says “Oh my god,” she says.
Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together is now streaming on Peacock.