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Previously onNelly and
Ashanti: We Belong Together...

Still ain't ready.

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

I said, "Sweetheart,
just be on time."

She's not ready.

Why is it so quiet in here?

Compromise is the key
to any type of union.

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

ATL, what's happenin'?

I definitely still love
performing.

I mean, to me,
that's one of the best parts

about being an artist.

I'ma go as long as I got it.

At the very end.

[Ashanti] Being a new mom,

I've passed on a bunch of shows

not wanting to leave him.

I made the original spelling
of "momanger,"

and it's "mom," "anger."

I'm a mom first,
but the management side

has to get her
through this business.

I thought I can have it all.

The career, husband, baby.

But this shit is not easy.

Get the nanny! Hey, man,
I'm rich, man. Listen.

*

Here I come.

-It's me!
-Hello, darling.

Hi! Where's KK?

Asleep. [chuckling]

See,
I asked about you this time.

Yeah, right.
That was a mini.

-I got some food.
-Ooh, yes. Thank you, Jesus.

-[Ashanti] Yeah.
-Take these shades off.

All right, I know you going
straight for the pasta.

[Tina] Yes. Right away!

[Ashanti]
I got, uh, almost 70 offers.

[Tina]
That's what I'm talking about.

This is gonna be
a big year for Ashanti.

There are so many concert
and tour and different types of

opportunities for performances.

You know,
the fans are missing her.

That's what happens
when you have hits.

What I do like is everything
is routed to be on the bus.

Dallas, Houston, Austin,

Oklahoma, Birmingham,

-Atlanta, Savannah.
-Wow.

Washington, Providence,
Brooklyn, Atlantic City,

Washington again, Niagara Falls,
Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis.

-This is a lot.
-Slow down!

-We already in May?
-[Ashanti] Yeah.

Coming up, I have a tour,
and we've mapped out a way

for me to balance having my son
with me on the tour bus

as opposed to taking flights
back and forth, and, you know,

I'm not gonna have a show in
Vegas on Monday and on Tuesday

a show in New York,
'cause that doesn't make sense.

-They're all kind of, you know--
-In the same vicinity.

Within at least an eight-hour,
you know, maybe less drive.

We're gonna sit down
with the team members,

we're gonna look at the radius
clause, because a lot of times

when those dates come up
and they're very close together,

the promoters get funny.

I'm still a little bit nervous
about how I'm gonna travel

and how things are gonna be
different now, obviously,

traveling with a nanny
and an assistant, manager,

and, you know, everyone else,
the entire travel party.

But I already said, if I don't
like it, I know how to get home.

Realistically, like,
am I gonna, like, do everything?

Because doing a show pregnant,
it was cool.

But, you know,
after my first two songs,

-I'm like, "I need rest."
-Yeah.

This is going to be
a different type of tired.

Pumping--one round of pumping

is equivalent
to running seven miles.

-Seven miles?
-Yeah. You know what I mean?

-That's crazy.
-It's crazy.

So when you're doing that three,
four, five times a day--

But here's the thing.

I'm not the first mom,
you know, to be doing that.

To be on the road.
You will adjust.

I think I went back to work
after four months,

and I breastfed for eight.

And it was difficult.

I was working three jobs
at the time.

-Well, thank you.
-Absolutely.

If I wanted to just be
a stay-at-home mom, I could.

But, um, you know, it's just
in my heart to pursue my career

and get back to what I love.

So it's just about the balance.

We're gonna go over everything

to make it as easy as possible.

Once I get back
to the first two, three shows,

that will tell me if, you know,

if I'm really ready
to just be doing all of this.

[Tina] Let me tell you
something about Ashanti.

She's very indecisive.

But it's not really her fault,
because she's a Libra.

I don't know, it's weird.

It's like I kind of
wanna get back to it,

but I kind of don't.

[Tina] But she has
to make up her mind,

because once she's contractually
obligated... You going.

'Cause we don't want
to have another situation

like the Motown situation
where it's like,

"I'm not doing that.
I'm not--" You know what I mean?

I'm just a little torn.

Some of the things
in the itinerary are--

they're complete, but there's--

See, every time I say
that I'm hesitant,

-you move on to the next--
-Yes, I am.

I'm still undecided on
if I'm really going or not.

We got an offer for Ethiopia and
then South Africa, Cape Town.

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

We'll get the details.

They're gonna say
what they want,

we're gonna say what we want.

We're gonna hopefully
come to the middle.

No, no, no, no.

I don't even think
there's a conversation.

Ethiopia's mad far.

But that's where the bag is.

[Ashanti] It's not happening.

[Tina] At the end of the day,
we're gonna make it work.

We just have to be
prepared for--

that you know that's
that bag that's gonna go.

That might be a wake-up for you.

I don't dictate, I communicate,
and as long as she understands

the repercussions that could
happen, she makes a decision.

You have to still coincide
this with Big Head's schedule.

Between the two of you
and the baby, it's a lot.

Seriously, map it out,
'cause the organization of

how you generate your business

causes the success
or the failure.

And then, uh, the elephant
in the room is baby number two.

-What happens?
-Oh, my God.

[chuckling]

We got to have
that conversation.

[Tina] You have to have
a real conversation.

'Cause next year...

I don't know.
2025, popping another one out?

Is that what you're thinking,
or you're not sure?

-[Ashanti] I don't know.
-[Tina] Yeah.

*

Smell good.
Hey, champ, how you doing?

Hey, how are you? Good.

What up, champ?
Come on over.

Thank you.

[waiter] Cocktail menu?

[Ashanti] Well, not for me.

-Mocktail?
-Yeah, yeah, dog.

-Mocktail for me.
-Don't worry about it.

Oh, my God.

I'm starving.

-Hi, how are you?
-Hello, my name is Saul.

I'll be your server. Drinks?

Yes. Nino's Beach Spritz.

I'll have a passion mocktail.

-Good choice, miss.
-Yes.

-Very good.
-Thank you.

This is good. At least we get
a little something going on.

I know,
'cause this is about to be...

A crazy year.
When do you go? You go in...

-April.
-It's over the summer?

Mm-hmm. Well, not summer.

-Right, right.
-More spring-ish.

I'm nervous a little bit.

KK's first tour.

Well, you got help.
You got T-Ma, and you got Bri.

Mm-hmm. And it's not only that,
it's just--

It's 'cause you gone a lot.

You're gone a lot.

This year, we're kicking off
the Where The Party At Tour.

We'll be taking the whole
tour around the world.

So, yeah, man, this is gonna be
a long year.

And then when I found out how
long it was, I was like, "What?"

He's about to go on tour
for 200,000 million days,

and I hate it.

I don't like it at all.

That's a long time.

No, it is. It is.

It's back and forth
periodically.

Three weeks here,
two weeks back.

Two months.

I'm split about his tour.

My first response is
I'm super happy for him

for putting it together.

Um, the wife and mommy side
of me is like, "Fuck!"

Let me call Live Nation,
'cause I don't like this at all.

Nah, the wife side of me

and mommy side of me
is a little sad.

You know, Daddy's gonna
be gone for a long time.

[Nelly] I think it'll be fine.

It's just, with a baby,
it's a lot.

Well, listen, it's all you.
I ain't gonna even lie.

You know,
I ain't got nothing for him.

Absolutely not. I know.

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.

But as soon as
he started walking,

I told her, I said, "Enjoy."

'Cause as soon as he get
to walking and talking,

he with the crew.

I'm trying to understand
how is it that you sleep through

when he starts crying?

Do y'all really be up at night?

I heard about it.

You know what? It's absolutely
ridiculous that you'll still be

dead sleep
and he'll be mad loud.

But I don't even
hear y'all, man. That's--

That's ridiculous.

You know? It's a gift, I guess.

-Why is that a gift?
-I'm blessed with that tune-out.

No, no. That means get up.

It's your turn to change him.

I'ma take you back to this
conversation we had

before you kicked me
under the table.

I said,
"Baby, I'll give you the world.

I just ain't
changing no diaper."

Oh, my God.

What you--what you doing?
Who you calling?

-Where is my baby?
-[Bri] Wait.

I'm right here.

Hi, baby!
Oh, Mommy loves you.

Why you don't ever sound
that excited when I call?

-Hi. Well...
-[baby crying]

I don't even know
why I'm here.

Me and Nelly broke up a few
times way back in the day.

Just--We weren't
on the same page.

There were a lot of things
that kind of came into play.

Traveling,
living in different cities.

And I don't think
either one of us

were really listening
to each other.

Bye, baby! Mwah.

This time around,
that's not gonna happen.

*

-Here we go.
-Hey!

Hey, girl.
Look at you, pretty in pink.

Pretty in pink. You know
I see the Milky outside.

You know that.
You know I saw that.

-I said, "Okay."
-[Ashanti] The Milky is here.

[Simone]
Okay, the Milky is here.

-You look cute.
-Thank you. I just came from--

I just had a facial.
You got to go see my girl.

I was just gonna say,
is she in Long Island?

She's right on Long Island.
You probably would love Anna.

-Hello, how are you?
-Hi!

-Saul!
-Hi.

-Ready to order?
-Yes, can I have kale salad?

Mmm, can I start with
a margherita pizza?

-Perfect.
-Thank you.

I'm gonna take a little
piece of your pizza.

Yeah, definitely.

So how's things going, like,
with Nelly traveling

and you here, and--You know?

It's hard with him, and,
like, we start in St. Louis,

and then I'll be in New York
for a little bit,

and then he's in L.A.,
and I'm like,

"I ain't going all
the way out to Vegas."

Yeah, but you know what?
Look, it's gonna be fine.

Yeah, it's gon' work itself out.

And you guys are both
used to it,

'cause you're both
entertaining.

How long y'all been married?

-29 years.
-Wow.

You know, absence makes
the heart grow fonder.

-Mm-hmm.
-That's how I always felt

when he used to tour
all the time.

If Todd wasn't touring,

then he was doing movies
and all of that stuff, so.

And you know,
I was home with the kids

and would travel
when I could.

But when he was
coming home

and I knew he was coming home,
it was exciting.

You know what I'm saying? So...

Yeah.

You know, this music industry is
full of stressful moments,

and I'm definitely not
thrilled about how long

he's gonna be gone
and on tour.

You know, you want
your person to be there.

But I'm super grateful to have
friends like Simone

that understand what it takes
to be married in this business,

especially to a rapper.

I know, like,
once I get on the road,

your mind is kind of like--
You got so much going on,

and with me having the baby and
the schedule and everything else

happening, I know
it's gonna be like...

-It's gonna be crazy.
-It's gonna be a lot.

But it ain't gonna be that bad,

'cause you got your cousin
Bri holding it down, so.

[laughing] Brizy holds it down.

You know Bri is holding it down.

And you know my girl Tina.

You know your mom is not playing
no games with nobody.

T-Ma is not playing no games.

-No.
-Oh, my gosh.

So, the good thing is that
you have a good support system

around you,
and that's what's important.

No, very. And I'm so grateful.

And I was saying the other day,
I'm like,

I couldn't even imagine--
I don't know how women

or women still do it today
without all of that help.

-I'm like, "Girl."
-It's a lot of work.

-Absolutely.
-I'm just like--Yes.

Oh, man. See,
I should've got some of that.

You can have some of this too.

Well, honey, you have
a lot to be excited for,

-a lot to be thankful for.
-Mm-hmm.

Healthy baby. That little KK is
just as cute as he wanna be.

-Aw, thank you!
-He is so cute.

And you guys look
so happy together.

Oh, my gosh.
But yeah, it's like,

everything happened so,
so fast.

And now it's like--

We are just now going to,
like, size his ring.

Well, look at that ring, honey.

-Bam!
-Honey, that ring is fabulous.

-Thank you, thank you.
-That ring is fabulous.

I think it's important
for a married man

to wear a wedding ring.

But everything happened
very fast with us.

Like, as soon as we got married,

I left, like, the next day
for a tour in Australia.

So, um, there really
wasn't any time for me

to go get a wedding band.

So I wanted to make it kind of,
like, perfect,

and obviously have it be
custom with my girl Lorraine.

How are you?

Okay, perfect.

It's been about a year.

You know,
he's been very patient.

But yeah, so we're supposed to
go and get everything sized,

and, um--But it's dope, though.

I'ma show you a picture. Look.

[Simone] Yeah. Oh, that's nice.
That's beautiful.

It says, "I love you."

-Is that a heart?
-Mm-hmm.

Because, like--
Look at the inside of mine.

-It says, I love you.
-Oh, that's so sweet.

Isn't that cute?

That's beautiful.

And he doesn't mind wearing it,
saying, I love you,

with the I love you
and diamonds?

Nope. Nope.
He gonna wear it.

-That pizza's good.
-Isn't it good? I'm coming.

But I feel like
I'm playing myself a little bit,
just how I eat.

Because I'm kind of
in the middle, like,

I want to go back
to the gym and get snatched,

but then I don't want
to spend all of that time
getting snatched

if we're going
to have another kid soon, which
I kind of want to, you know?

Well, then just go ahead
and do it. Just rock one out.

-The longer you wait,
the older you get, right?
-Yes, exactly.

So, if that's how you guys are
feeling, you might as well just
do it and just get it over with.

And look, it ain't
like we ain't practicing.

[laughing]

* Yeah *

* Girl, your stare,
those eyes, I *

* Love it when you
look at me, baby *

* Your lips, your smile, I *

* Love it when you kiss me,
baby *

I'm going to do you a favor.

I'm going to beat you so bad now

-that you're going
to want to go practice.
-He's just talking.

-He's just talking.
-That you're going
to want to go practice.

-That's my brother.
He love talking.
-So by the time we go on tour,

-you're going to be ready.
-He love to hear himself talk.

Oh, God. Here they go.

Yeah, I feel bad for you
on the tour,

because you're going to be
hitting this all day long.

Yo, I'm going to try to spin.

Go ahead, champ.

* Love it when
I'm with you, baby *

Oh, it just missed that.

-Just a bit outside.
-Gee.

The whole thing?
Ah! Eesh. What?

It's double date time. It's...

Oh, we was hanging out.
That's all it is.
It was no double date.

It was a double date.

Ah. Don't say that.
Me and Ja still rap.

Oh, God.

I know something wrong.
Oh, oh, oh.

-There it goes.
-Uh oh!

I like that. I like that
energy. I like that.

-Ah!
-I like that energy.
Give me one, two.

The funny thing is
the first time I saw Ja on TV,
I was like 16.

I was like, "Who is that?"

You know, he was new.
And I was like, "Oh, he's dope."

You know,
I was kind of a fan.

And then to end up making
history with him and my record
label, Murder Inc.

And now Nelly and Ja
are going on tour together
for a long time, like a year.

Want that money? 2025,
put your head down and run.

It's way too long.

Consult? What do you mean?
Did I consult with?

Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Hold on. Consult with
how we get the money?

And I don't--This is not--
I respect my wife.

My wife,
my voice is no louder
than hers in any of this.

But this is some
old school shit here.

I work.

Yo, let me ask you,
where y'all at now?
Y'all in, where y'all staying?

-Everywhere.
-Everywhere.

-Here.
-Everywhere.

-Here, St. Louis.
-St. Louis.

Where y'all wanna land at?
Where y'all gonna stay?

I love being
in the middle of the map. You
know me, I'm more conventional.

I'm about the taxes
and the money.

I hear you. I hear you.

You can't get a direct flight
anywhere from St. Louis.

I thought you loved the bus.

[laughing]

No, in the beginning, I did not
like the bus at all. I hated it.

We traded places though.

I love the bus, I just don't
love anything over 15 hours,
I ain't with no more.

I like the bus because
I'm back there with the baby.

What?

There's no smoking.

-Sh--What?
-No smoking.

The bus ain't the bus no more.
It ain't the bus no more.

Y'all are stupid.
They so dramatic.

-You gotta get the bus back.
-[indistinct]

Nobody understands me.

No, I feel you.
I feel your pain,
I feel your pain.

-But your lungs are thanking me.
-Thank you, Ja.

-And KK.
-Jesus.

Yo, that's hilarious.

But you know what?

I'mma say what I say about
y'all relationship is so dope.

When I see it, it reminds of us,
of our relationship.

-The fun. The...
-Laughter.

You know what I'm saying?
The laugh and the friendship.

That shit is very important.

Like y'all have fun together.
That shit is very important.

I see that with y'all.
That's important.

Ja has always been like a big
brother, protector.

You know,
it's always been that vibe.

Now, we're both married.
Ja has been married
throughout the duration.

So it's, you know,
it's cool just to see
a positive situation.

You know, they've been
through it for a long time.

What y'all think?
Y'all going for it?

Another one?

-Two?
-Yeah.

-Listen. I have no problem.
-Yes.

As long as we got
as many nannies as possible
to accommodate.

[Aisha]
You got grandmas.

T.Y.'s off the chain.
But my mama?

Nah, she ain't
chasing no toddlers.

We'll probably be grandparents
in the next two years or so.

Yeah, that's right.

-I got a grandson.
-Yeah, y'all old.

I ain't with that crew.
Y'all old.

It's good that we are still
active artists and we're able to
find time for each other.

So, I'm in
a way better mood now,
for the most part.

I just can't handle
any more surprises.

-Fuck!
-[Nelly] Huh?

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

It got bigger.

I can barely see it.

You know you can see it.

It looks bad.

I mean, it's--

What? You can see my face?
Did I do something?

Yeah, I can see your face.

So, I thought I was like
spraying deodorant this way.

And the nozzle was this way.

So, I sprayed myself
directly in my eye.

And oh, my gosh.

Boom!
I had like a fist on my eye.

Let me kiss it, make it better.
Is that contagious?
You know what?

How about--

You're not gonna kiss me?

Yeah, turn this way.

No. No, you definitely
gotta go to the doctor, though.

Oh, no, that's bad.

No, because you keep
putting your hand--
Why do you keep touching it?

I can't even touch a pimple on
my face without you like,
"Yo, leave your hands."

-And here you are with the--
-[Ashanti] Oh, my God.

It ain't like you gotta go
to the Golden Globes

or the Grammys
or no shit.

[Ashanti] Oh, fuck!

[Nelly] Ma!

-[Ashanti] Hm?
-Ma, come here for two seconds.

So, um, I think
it's a possibility

that they want me to perform
at the inauguration.

What? For real? You're playing.

I'm deadass.
There's nothing confirmed yet.

I mean, I gotta, you know,

give them my answer
or whatever the case may be.

But they--

Yeah, they just
hit the team, um...

Yeah, it's looking
like this is real.

We've been asked to perform at
one of the inauguration balls.

We won!

[reporter] Tonight, Donald Trump
returning to Washington
as president-elect.

I am honored, but with Shan, um,

I don't think that
it's gonna be high on her list
of things to do.

Listen, I will tell you what.

-If this was a campaign trail,
if he was campaigning--
-Yeah.

Any candidate was campaigning,

I believe, you know,
you should vote for
who you feel

best helps whatever it is
that you're standing for.

But for me,
the politics is over.

We're talking about
performing for the president.

-And that's an honor for me.
-Yeah.

Ain't no other president
asked Nelly to do a damn thing.

So, I feel like this
is an opportunity for me.
You never know.

Maybe he can help a lot of
the non-profit work
that we do already.

[chuckling] Next.

You know how it is for a lot
of side of my family anyway.

I was born on a military base.
My father served.
My grandfather served.

Uncles, aunts served.
Cousins served.

If they could give
their lives for a president that
they might not have voted for,

the least I can do is perform.

Uh-huh. It's just a lot.
A lot of people are going
to say negative things.

[Nelly]
A lot of what is he doing?

A lot of comments.
A lot of backlash.

Yeah, you know, that don't
bother me. That don't bother me.
That don't bother me.

What bothers me is if it's
coming from people who say

they're about choice and not
allowing me to make my choice.

You know what I'm saying?
Like, that's the thing
that bothers me.

I was always taught to have
respect for the office.

Some people may feel that
the only reason he's asking you

is because of race or whatever.

But then I would say
to those people, well,
are you for DEI or not?

-You all right?
-It's a big thing.

-You know what I mean?
-It's a big--Right.

I mean, it's just because of
the times that we're living in

and everybody's
just so opinionated.

And that's why I think it is--

That's what's leaning me
more towards doing it.

Because of the times
that we're in and because of,
I agree,

I think I'm getting a chance
to go represent for
what I believe in

and taking my beliefs
and where I came from
front and center.

I mean, I haven't decided yet,
but I'm not deciding not to.

[Nelly] To me, this ain't about
politics. I'm not helping this
man get voted in.

This is literally--

And that's what I'm talking
about with motherfuckers.

Motherfuckers is only good
when shit go their way.

All this shit I done did for you
motherfuckers, so then we good.

I mean, yeah, this is perfect.

I know for a fact that this
will be,

to say controversial,
to say the least,
will be an understatement.

-[doorbell ringing]
-[Tina] It's mommy!

-Ma, that's you?
-[Tina] It's T-Ma.

It's T-Ma.

-How are you?
-Fine.

-Where's KK?
-Asleep.

Oh, come on.

-Do you have any water?
-Yeah.

Oh, boy.

Like what?

So, they asked Big Head

to perform for the inauguration.

What?

[Ashanti] Mm-hmm.

What'd he say?

[Ashanti]
He's thinking about it.

I think he's kind of
leaning towards doing it.

This is more about
the opportunity of performing
at the White House

as opposed to
performing for, like,
a particular candidate.

With everything,
there are pros and cons.
You know what I mean?

But I don't know.
I mean, it's a lot.

It's a lot.

-That's a lot.
-[Ashanti] Yeah.

[Tina]
This is very emotional for me.

My dad was heavy
into civil rights.

He marched on Washington
with Martin Luther King,
and he also marched to Selma.

When he came back to Glen Cove,
he started to integrate
the systems, the school system,

the fire department,
the police department.

So, he was deeply, deeply
involved in civil rights,
and I'm very proud of him.

Do you understand
why it's a lot?

Like, what are your thoughts
and views on it?
Like, just real quick.

I mean, ultimately,
it's his decision.

100%. It's his decision.

But as a married couple, it's
going to affect both of you.

I mean, this is a new role. You
know, being a wife is different
than being a girlfriend.

-You know what I mean?
-Absolutely. Absolutely.

-This is a forever thing.
-[Ashanti] It's a forever thing.

So, no matter what happens,
you're still going
to come together.

In terms of marriage,

I think that
she does try her best.

You know, they're a team.

So, every team member,
you're only as strong
as your weakest link.

I personally don't really
do a lot of talking about

my beliefs in politics
and all of that stuff, so.

But again, you know, at the end
of the day, it's his decision.

But it's my job to make sure,
as your mom and your manager,

it's my job to make sure
you can voice your opinion on
what you feel and what you know,

as opposed to,
"Oh, let me think about this,
let me think about that."

So, hold on for just a second.
Hey, what up, Mom?

-Hey.
-How you doing?

-I'm good.
How you doing?
-I'm chilling. Y'all are here.

You ain't talking
about divorcing me

and no shit like that.

-Because I'm doing it.
-[Ashanti] You're doing it?

[Nelly]
I talk to you two seconds.
Yeah, I'm doing it. No big deal.

It's a big deal.

It's a big deal.

-Yeah, well,
we'll see what happens.
-[Tina] We'll see.

[Ashanti] Next, on the season
finale ofNelly and Ashanti:
We Belong Together.

I'm having a slumber party.

Grateful to have friends
who keep everything
into perspective.

The craziest part, we still
trying to figure out
where we're going to live.

-You like St. Louis?
-I mean, St. Louis is cool.
I like the fee--

[laughing]

Her voice went high.

When you see a man with a ring,
sometimes they're
more attractive.

Tell me more.
What do they say about it?

There is no way he's going on
tour all around the world
without the ring on his finger.

I have to just because
it's the elephant in the room
and this just happened.

Irv passing.

[Ashanti] Irv's passing,
it hit everybody differently.

Irv and I definitely
were not on the best of terms.

Irv was telling everyone
not to record with me.
You know what he said to me?

-What?
-He said,
"You want to be with Nelly?

Go sign to Derrty Ent.
We don't want you."

How did you feel
about the inauguration?

I didn't expect you
to come under fire, so to speak.

Right. But you didn't think
it was going to be that much?

You want to shoot at me, fine.
I'm way thick skinned.

But when you go and have
comments about my wife

or my children or
any of my family...

that hurts.