Roles
Giant baby? Rapper Nelly refuses the care tasks in his infant
Rapper Nelly and his wife Ashanti are still arguing after decades. Topic this time? The roles in the care work of her son. Nelly doesn’t want to change diapers.
From the outside, it looks like a modern happy ending: Nelly and Ashanti, who were one of the most prominent couples in the US-R’n’B and hip-hop scene in the 2000s, are once again united after almost a decade separation. In the meantime, they are parents of a son-and show in their reality TV series “R” how they organize their new everyday life for three.
The common history goes back to 2003 when the two met at a Grammy press conference. A relationship followed that kept them out of the public for a long time. It was only after the separation in 2014 that it became known that there had been discrepancies for many years. Ashanti later spoke in interviews of trust problems, Nelly was in the meantime with model Shantel Jackson. In 2023 the surprising love comeback followed – in 2024 the news of Ashanti’s pregnancy.
Rapper Nelly only feels responsible for his son when he can run
In the TV series, which was created shortly after the birth of her son KK, it quickly becomes clear: private harmony is put to the test in everyday life with a child. Especially when it comes to the division of tasks. In one scene, the two speak openly about Nelly’s upcoming two -month tour. The 44-year-old is dissatisfied: “I’m torn about his tour. My first thought is: ‘I am totally happy for him that he has put it on.’ But the wife and mama side in me thinks: ‘Damn it!’.
When mealing in the restaurant together, she addresses the topic again, especially the burden that alone brings with it. Nelly answers bluntly: “So listen, that’s everything with you. I don’t want to lie at all. I can’t offer him anything.” In a review, Nelly explains that the distribution of roles had already been clearly agreed in advance: “As long as he cannot say: ‘I am hungry’ or ‘I have to go to the toilet’, most of it is with you. But as soon as he runs and speaks, he is on the road with the team.”
A similar pattern is also shown at night. Ashanti asks how it can be that 50-year-olds do not wake up when the baby screams. He replies provocatively: “Are you really awake at night? I heard about it.” She poisets back: “Do you know what? It is absolutely ridiculous that you are still sleeping deeply even though it is really loud.”
A relationship debate flares around the care tasks: “I am blessed with this switch-off skill,” explains Nelly and further: “I remember the conversation that we had before you stepped under the table. I said: ‘Baby, I give you the world. But I don’t change diapers.'”
The scenes give an insight into a clear division of roles that the couple apparently decided together – at least according to Nelly. His participation in childcare should apparently become more intensive as soon as the child is older.
Source: Stern
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