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[announcer] Previously onNelly
and Ashanti: We Belong Together.

[Nelly] Back in St. Louis,
relaunching Apple Bottoms.

-[photographer]
-[Nelly]

This ain't
the Vibemagazine shot,
we just need some press, man.

I don't think the creative

was where I wanted it
to be, basically.

It's a man with a woman's line,
like, don't set me up.

Are we the fuck
on the same team around here?

[Ashanti]
I don't know how y'all feeling
about staying in St. Louis,

or, like,
being at a distance, but...

It's hard, so I don't even know,
like, where we gonna end up.

-What y'all doing?
-[indistinct], Ashanti.
We trying to come to New York.

We ain't never been
around New York for real,
like, we trying to see New York.

If the kids love the city,

maybe I can get Nelly
to spend a little bit more time
in New York.

Being a girlfriend and being
a wife is two different things.

Marriage is
putting them before you
and thinking about them first,

and they should be thinking
about you first.

To death do you part,
so that means I'm going to jail
or I'ma die.

What?

[upbeat music playing]

The mall wasn't that crowded.
I'm surprised.

Sometimes it's a lot of people,
and sometimes it's dead.

-I like it when it's dead.
-Yeah.

Just walk around
and grab whatever.

We lucked out, though.
I think it was pretty cool.

-In and out. Boom.
-Definitely.

Okay, so Christmas is coming.

Everything is kind of, like,
still up in the air.

Like, you know,
I was talking with the kids,

and obviously they all want
to come to New York as well.

[Shawn] I just want to walk
through Central Park.

Yeah, Central Park
is beautiful.

-Radio City Music Hall.
-Radio City, all day.

-Yeah.
-I mean, we got the plan.

-I'm with it.
-Who paying for the ticket?
-Not me.

But we'll see.
I mean, but either way, it's
going to be all of the family.

-Together.
-Together.

-Wherever we are.
-Wherever we are.

But one thing for sure,
this is KK's first Christmas.

-It's his very first Christmas!
-Yay.

-First Christmas.
-Oh, my God.

I've watched you adding
and putting stuff together

and getting on this website
and pulling this.

-So, he's set.
-Listen.

Being an only child
for a long time, you know,

my sister and I are
eight and a half years apart.

Some would say
that I was a little bit spoiled
for a little while.

I ain't even front.
Some Christmases,
I ain't get shit.

That's just facts.

But because now
she brings that festive side

that I didn't have growing up

and we get
to merge it both together.

-And we'll be having
some dope-ass Christmases.
-Mm-hmm.

Ma, turn the train on.

-It's Christmas time.
-[train whistling]

-You making me one?
-Yeah.

You can put mine in
the paper cup.

I don't need one of them
old fancy mugs.

Let me just-- I like mine to go.

-[Rhonda]
You want some cream in it?
-[Nelly] Just a little bit.

Well, I was talking to Sha,
we were talking about

where we were going to
kind of spend Christmas at.

We thought about taking
everybody up to New York

because I know last Christmas
she spent down here.

-Yeah.
-And she has
a lot of family up in New York

that she would love
to spend Christmas with.

But I thought about it
and I know, like, it'd be tough.

I didn't want
to take you away from Granny,

and with Granny
being as seasoned.

[Rhonda laughs]

-I don't want to say
[indistinct].
-[indistinct].

-No, but I--
-I get what
you're trying to say.

I know that traveling-- yeah.

Like, traveling ain't
the best thing for her, so...

Right.
Maybe we'll get to a point...

No, I mean she understood.

All right, well,
I'm finna get ready to go.

I'm out.

It's Black and White Ball night.

Black and white ball
is something I do in St. Louis
traditionally.

I raise money
to send kids to school.

[announcer] [indistinct]
in the community so much.

How about a nice hand for Nelly?

[Nelly] Been doing it
for 17 years now.

Kind of like one of those
parties that brings the city
together collectively.

And we get to have
a great night.
We raise money for charity.

We've had some great people
to come through there.

From Janet Jacksons
to the Ashantis

to the Don King's, DL Hughley's,
Ron Isley, Ozzie.

Yeah, a lot of St. Louis greats.

[interviewer]

Yeah, Polow was on the mic
talking about Seal the Deal.

I want y'all to say,
seal the deal!

[all] Seal the deal!

And daddy was on my belly,
so people took that
as I'm pregnant.

And then it turned out
you was pregnant, so they took
that as the announcement.

But we didn't
freaking know shit.

-She hadn't took no tests.
-Mm-mm.

We had no idea.

So, this year...

All the pregnancy rumors
are starting again.
And it's not true.

Let me tell you something.
This business is crazy.

Because if they don't know
what's going on,
they're going to make it up.

Despite everything,
I think it's going to be

a lot of fun this year
at the Black and White Ball.

Last year was amazing.
We had so much fun.

-Yeah, it was good.
-But this year--

No announcements
this time around.

Because it hit the net
before you got down
the steps from the stage.

-Oh, my God. I think--
-That was crazy.

I know they're going to be
tweaking that red carpet.

People are turning in just
for that, I think, you know?

-Yeah, I'm going to have
to hit Polow too. [laughs]
-Yeah.

Because, you know, Polow
going to try to get that mic.

-[laughs] No announcements.
-Mm-mm.

[hip-hop music playing]

It's Black and White Ball night.
And my wife is not here.

She said, "Babe, what can I do?"

I said, "Sweetheart, the only
thing I need you to do for me

is just be on time,
'cause it's going to be hectic."

Is he ready?
Is he, like, looking for me?

[Bri] Yes, honey,
you need to come.

-[Tina] He's ready.
-Oh, my God.

I mean, if he's ready before me,
this is going to be bad.

[Tina]
Hair and makeup will be quick.

You already decided what kind
of hair you're going to have.

And I got to get my nails done.
Ooh.

We're a little worried
that it's starting to get late.
But sometimes things happen.

You put your charm on.

He ain't going to hear
none of that.

You think you have three hours,
but you only have one.

Sir, can we please go
a little bit faster?

-Yeah.
-Thank you so much.

We're from New York,
so we don't care, just go.

[*]

-[Nelly] [indistinct].
-We're close.

[sighs]

What time is it?

[clock ticking]

Check what time is he planning
on shutting down the red carpet
or whatever the case may be.

Hey, are you all down at
the red carpet?

What time are you
planning on stopping?

He said 8:20.

-[Nelly]
-[Bob] Yeah, 8:20.

[sighs]

She's not ready.

She cutting across here.

[Three]

Hey, no, this shit
was happening long before that.

-[Three laughs]
-This has
something to do with...

It stings you more to sit
around and wait on people

than to have people
waiting on you.

[Ashanti exhales sharply]

That's what that do.

[dramatic music playing]

[doorbell dinging]

-Look at this.
-[indistinct].

This nigga
done broke out the socks.

[overlapping chatter]

Look at the cat daddy.

How you been doing, champ?
Look at you.

You got that
from Pharrell Exclusive.

-Hello.
-[indistinct].

How you doing?

Still not ready.

[Ashanti]
Why is it so quiet in here?

Like, you know, being a female,
it's a lot that goes into it.

It's hair.
I'm breastfeeding,
so it's pumping.

And then, you know,
boobs juice everywhere.

And I don't like this.

And this doesn't look
the same today.

And the makeup and the hair,
you know,

you just want everything
to be as perfect as possible.

So it takes a little bit longer
than, you know, the haircut.

-Everything's going
to be beautiful.
-[woman] I love this.

We got media that,

you know, like, there's
a lot going on down there.

Purse, phone,
anything else I'll just come up.

I'm going to have
to come back up to pump.

-Oh, this.
-[woman] With what you just did.

I was promised.

We are trying to press her.
She's such a perfectionist.

But this is not
a good time to be late.

Just grab the perfume.

-[Tina] Where?
-It's in the closet.

-[Tina] Oh, shit.
-[Ashanti] Don't trip
over that milk.

Lot of shit went in today.

Lot of it.
A lot of money was spent.

This don't make
no goddamn sense, bitch.

Jesus fucking Christ.

[*]

[hip-hop music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

-We at a good event right now.
-Yeah.

-Let's all have fun.
-We got so much to celebrate.

-[Shawn] Let's make
everybody proud, man.
-[Chanelle] I love it.

-[Tina] Are you ready?
-[Ashanti] I got to go.

Bring it with you?

[Ashanti] This was my fault.

I kind of messed up a little bit

because he was doing a lot
and still beat me.

[sighs] He's never going to
let me live that down either.

[Nelly] Fucking food
going to be cold.

People, you know,
[indistinct] cook the food
to be served at a time.

Like, everybody's sitting there
by the time.

You don't want to be
re-warming that bullshit.

-I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
-[Tina coughs] Fuck!

I'm so sorry.
I didn't see you [indistinct].

-Woo.
-And then Shereen,
you just follow us.

-[indistinct].
-Go, let's go.

[indistinct].

So he was giving me the silent
treatment a little bit.

I had the dress on
and, you know, hair and makeup.

Everything was good.

And usually I'll get a comment,
a very loud comment.

And it was like
Silence of the Lambs.

Okay, I think y'all good.

I was definitely
not in the husband-y mood.

[tense music playing]

This is the thing.
Like, again, people that show me
support, I'm truly appreciative.

And I love to get in there
and tell each and every person,
"Thank you."

That bought the table,
that bought tickets.

And I didn't get a chance
to kind of do that this time.

And yeah, I was a little upset
at my wife about that one.

Because I just felt like
that was my night.

And St. Louis's night. And yeah.

[*]

[camera shutter slicking]

I knew they were not closing
the red carpet

without interviewing Nelly
and seeing us together.

-[man] Nice meeting you.
-Oh, wow.

[Gary] Hey, man,
what's going on?

Before I say something to you,
I got to say something
to your [indistinct].

Before we get on
with the show, twirl, girl.

-You look good.
-Uh-oh. I gotta do a twirl?

-Hold on.
-[Gary] Oh, my God.

Ain't nothing foolish
about this here.

[Nelly] I was a little hot.

But you can't take
that energy into a situation

because there's
nothing you can do.

So you had to kick
into that mood.

And that's what
being a professional is.

It's like you put
whatever's going on to the side

and you got to get the job done.

[reporter] Now, last time we was
here, y'all had made a joke.

And then, boom,
it turned out to be fruition.

There's a lot of rumors
on the Internet
about a second baby.

Oh, I don't know anything
about that.

Don't know anything about it?
No. Okay, okay.

-Not yet. Not yet.
-Not yet.

I still need some convincing.

-What?
-[Nelly laughs]

Think that was
more of a coincidence
than an announcement.

Shout out to my brother, Polow,
who's actually here
in attendance again.

At the Golden 50,
our good friend, Polow,

decided to make an announcement
on the mic again.

-What?
-Talking about,

"Shanti has a surprise.
She's pregnant."

[all cheering]

-No.
-[Ashanti] ...Knock Polow out.

Yeah. Yeah.
You don't remember that?

-I was drunk.
-[sighs]

I wasn't. [laughs]

Good? Yeah?

-[Ashanti laughs]
-Okay.

I'ma knock him out.
I'ma knock Polow out.

-This is the second time.
-Damn, Low.

["Better To Be Me" playing]

-[Tishaura] Good evening.
-[woman] Good evening.

So, I'm one of
your biggest fans,

but one of the things
we're here to do tonight

is to give you your flowers
while you're here.

You've had an amazing year.

I think we can all agree
that Nelly has put St. Louis
on the map.

Thank you.

And because of that,

it is my honor to present you
with a key to the city.

Yeah, all right.

Whoa.

Yeah, that thang right.

I'm so proud,
I'm so happy for my baby.

You know,
he's still just accomplishing
amazing things in his career.

[Nelly] Even though
you gave me this key,

I wouldn't be here
without my brothers.

So, it would mean so much more
if we could give Murph,

Kyjuan, Slo'Down,
and City Spud they key as well.

Well, as the kids say,
"Say less."

[Nelly] So, if we could give
a round of applause

for Kyjuan, Murphy Lee,
City Spud, Slo'Down.

So, we can all get
our key to the city
at the same time like that.

Gotta know that.

To be able to give one

to the rest of the 'Tics
was special

because, you know,
these are my brothers

and I've been literally knowing
them since, like, sixth grade.

You know, we created something
that was truly, truly dope.

And to watch them
be able to be honored

was something
that was long overdue.

Definitely long overdue.

Y'all make some noise
for Murphy Lee,

City Spud, Kyjuan, Slo'Down.

All right, some of you all want
to get your dancing shoes out

because we're about
to turn this thing out.

["Run It Back
Full Mix Jsh" playing]

After celebration at
the Black and White Ball,

it's just reiterated
that Nelly is St. Louis,
St. Louis is Nelly,

and he's probably
not going anywhere. [laughs]

This is my favorite
Ashanti song.

Check, check.

[Ashanti] Hey, hey.

* See, I don't know
If you get it yet *

* He's like a lighter
To my cigarette *

* I never knew
Another human life *

* Who'd have the power
To take over mine *

* We made a baby, baby, baby *

* I love it
When I hear you, babe *

* Got me saying
Baby, baby, baby *

[Ashanti laughs]

Y'all make some noise
for my goddamn beautiful wife,

one time, one time,
y'all knew the drill.

[audience cheering]

Y'all get home safe.
Black and White Ball 2024.

We love y'all.

["Been Ballin" playing]

-Boo!
-[Grip laughs] I was just
coming back there.

[indistinct]. What's happening?

I'm going to truck stop.
You want something?

[Nelly] Nah, I'm good. I'm good.
All right, all right.

[Grip] I'm going to go ahead.
I'm going to see
what they got, though.

All right. Let me know.
Call me from the inside.

-Let me know
what's going on in there.
-[Grip] I'll do ya.

[Nelly] It looks like
the weather is changing
our whole schedule around,

so no LA because of the fires
and now the ice has got us.

We're going to be here
a little bit, so.

Leaving St. Louis, we were
originally supposed to go to LA.

Mm-hmm.

Due to the fires
that broke out...

[reporter] From the Pacific
Palisades to Pasadena,

multiple infernos,
continuing mass destruction,

tens of thousands
forced to evacuate.

[Ashanti] Now we're heading
back to the east.

-It's terrible.
-It's horrible.

Your heart goes out
to those people.

Again, you hear
those explosions.

So many of these homes,
there is no hope.

It was really hard
to just see so many people
and so many lives affected.

You know,
it was really, really sad.

I couldn't imagine
just like waking up

and just losing everything.

I'm glad that we are not going,

you know,
obviously in that direction,

especially the air quality
for KK and all that stuff.

I was super worried.

It's crazy because it's like
fire on one side

and then it's like snow and ice
on the other side.

You know what I mean?
And it's just like, I don't
know, it makes you think a lot.

The climate and the weather

and all of these, like, natural
disasters that are happening,

it's scary.

And it's weird
because way before

Nelly and I
even got back together
and started talking about kids,

I was always saying,
"It's so weird

to be bringing a child
into the world at this time

because there's
so much going on."

At least on the positive side,
we'll be here for a minute.

I don't know
if you got something that
you want to do for eight hours.

What you want to do
for eight hours?

Well, we can't do too much

'cause we got a little Napoleon
that takes up...

Leave my baby!

...that takes up everything
in there, so...

He be spread out, [indistinct].

-We sleep like a H.
-[Ashanti laughs]

It's you,
him like this, and then me.

I get pushed way over there.

Babe, you have enough space.

It's balanced.
It's equal, I think.

I have to sleep on my side so
I don't fall out the damn bed.

Speaking of, I got a thing.
I have to go pump
in a minute, too.

He only got a little longer.
I'm going to need those back.

[both chuckling]

He just had them
for some time now.

He definitely has.

You ain't going to be
one of them people

who breastfeeding
when the baby's walking.

I mean, I'm trying to, like,

go to, like--
they say to, like, one.

They got a meme of a baby
standing up breastfeeding.

-Just taking it down? [laughs]
-No.

But here's the thing.

Like, when his sister comes,

-then it's going to,
like, start all over.
-When who comes?

Then it's going to start
all over again.

When his sister comes?
Wait, wait, wait.

We got eight hours.
Come on, let's go.

[both chuckling]

I don't know about eight hours.
I got eight minutes.

I give you eight good minutes.

[Ashanti laughs]

["Soulful Christmas" playing]

[Ashanti] Oh, my God.

[Nelly] Ooh, ha-hoo!

-[Ashanti] Well, I mean--
-Christmas was good.

Christmas was amazing.

[gentle music playing]

[both laughing]

[Nelly]
Now you put that together.

-Y'all did it. Y'all did it.
-Yeah.

Although we didn't get a chance
to do both New York
and St. Louis,

I was able to bring my family
down to St. Louis.

So we all celebrated together.

Oh, okay, look at that!
Look at that.

Look at that.
Look at that hot stuff.

Who that? Who that?
Hey, hey, hey, look at this.

Will you look at this?

Anything I get,
again, man, I'm thankful for.

I don't care
if it's a fucking pack of Oreos.
You know what I'm saying?

Like, there was a point in time
I didn't get shit.

So I could get presents
for the rest of my life.

And still have
probably more years that
I didn't get shit. [chuckles]

Oh, that's fun!

And it's got his birthday
on the back.

-[Nelly] Ooh!
-Ooh, baby,
look at that custom on the back.

-Ooh!
-[Nelly] Ooh!

With it being KK's first
Christmas, I wanted to do
something special.

You looking
at your daddy awards?

[all laughing]

So we set it up
so that all the kids
could take pictures with Santa.

[Nelly] I told him
he's not going to even remember.

We could have just put the boy
in a green screen.

-And just put
all this around him.
-No.

And then when he was old enough,
just tell him he knew Santa.

-That's corny.
-You knew Santa.

-No, but he had a great idea.
-No.

And said,
"We can hire our own Santa."

So we had Santa

come down
to the studio in St. Louis.

Studio transformed into a whole
Christmas winter wonderland.

-[indistinct]
-[Ashanti laughing]

Why you beat up Santa?

-Because when I was nine...
-[Ashanti laughs]

...I asked for
a Hot Wheels track.

And he said
he was going to bring it.

And that was my next time
I seen his ass.

I hadn't seen his ass
since then.

-[indistinct].
-[Ashanti laughing]

I'm hot. Fish grease.

He don't even come
to St. Louis like that.

[Ashanti]
We had to make it special.
It was dope though.

But I think if we could find out
a way to go back and forth.

'Cause I understand, like,

Christmas up here for you
as a child is very memorable.

And I don't think that
should just be the end of it.

You know what I'm saying?

I definitely want
to thank my wife

for not making where
we have Christmas an issue.

Because I know
she loves her family.

I know she loves
being around her family.

So I'm thankful
that she understood
where I was coming from.

And helped figure it out.

My main concern would just be

because of some of
the people being older.

Mm-hmm. Gigi.

And I don't know
how many Christmases...

You know what I'm saying?
So we can work that out.

-Mm-hmm.
-But not if we can. We shall.

We should figure it out.

So KK can get
his first Christmas in New York.

-Ay!
-With your damn Yankees.

-And Ma, Ma Mac too.
-Ma Mac.

Ma Mac want to come
to New York too.

The kids definitely want
to come to New York.

-The kids want to go anywhere.
-[Ashanti laughing]

Compromise is the key
to any type of intertwining.

-Union.
-Yeah, union.

[Ashanti] I think we're both
willing to compromise more.

I think we're both
more patient with each other.

Also, one of
my New Year's resolutions

was to be
a little bit more on time.

[both chuckling]

-We're close.
-[Nelly]
And you still ain't ready.

This don't make
no goddamn sense.

I do have to watch the way
I do communicate.

Because it could come off, like,
a little dictatorship.

We got media that,

you know, like, there's
a lot going on down there.

Jesus fucking Christ.

We'll continue to work
and hopefully continue to grow.

Nothing's gonna be perfect.
You know what I'm saying?

As long as y'all talking,
it'll work out.

-If you belong together.
-If you belong together.

[both chuckling]

[Ashanti] Next time onNelly
and Ashanti: We Belong Together.

We got an offer for Ethiopia

and then South Africa,
Cape Town for January 4th.

I mean, I don't think I'm flying
all the way out there.

We'll get the details.

This is gonna be
a big year for Ashanti.

There are so many opportunities
for performances.

You know,
the fans are missing her.

-Ethiopia's not far.
-That's where the bag is.

If the venue's sold out,
you going.

[Nelly] We're kicking off
the Where The Party At Tour.

Get to rock out
with your brother Ja.

-Oh, and just missed that pin.
-Just a bit outside.

Smoke that money.
2025, put your head down
and run.

[Ashanti] It's way too long.

I'm not looking forward
to all of those dates.

Daddy's gonna be gone
for a long time.

-[Ashanti screams]
-[Nelly] Huh?

-Oh, my God.
-[Nelly] Yo! What happened?

You definitely gotta go
to the doctor, though.

-I know. It's bad.
-Yeah.

No more surprises.

Come here for two seconds.

I think it's a possibility

that they want me to perform
at the inauguration.

What?

-You're playing.
-I'm dead-ass.

They asked Bighead
to perform for the inauguration.

-What?
-Mm-hmm.

You ain't talking
about divorcing me
or no shit like that.

[dramatic music playing]