Fats Joe has stated he’s the explanation that Ashanti and Nelly received again collectively.
Talking on Instagram Stay, the Bronx rap veteran claimed that his Verzuz battle in 2021 in opposition to Ja Rule led to the couple rekindling their romance.
Joe, who introduced Nelly out as a particular visitor on the occasion, stated of the second: “I instantly inform them I want 10 p.c of this child as a result of if it wasn’t for Verzuz, that I introduced Nelly out [during] me in opposition to Ja Rule, that’s once they noticed one another and vitality linked once more.”
He added: “That’s when he stated, ‘I gotta have her.’ He was over there considering; he actually needed to go over there.”
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The “Make It Rain” rapper then recalled Nelly going over to Ashanti on the occasion: “He goes over there, and that begins the dialog. You recognize any individual gotta crack the ice — I don’t know why they fell out.”
Fats Joe additionally denied that Ashanti was pregnant regardless of rumors circulating that she was. However he did say the couple reside “comfortable ever after.”
Nelly and Ashanti confirmed their relationship in September, with the St. Louis rapper saying: “Yeah, we cool once more. I believe it shocked each of us. It wasn’t something that I don’t suppose deliberate. I believe we have been each doing just about what we do. Typically being separate you perceive each other extra.
“You might be like perhaps let me see precisely what they are saying. You recognize we might all be defensive in {our relationships}. We all know we fallacious however we gonna stand on it. All of us a sufferer to that.”
Ja Rule additionally lately commented on the 2 getting again collectively after beforehand relationship from 2003 to 2013.
“Probably not,” Ja stated when requested by Tamron Corridor if he was caught off guard by the couple reuniting. “So her and my spouse, they do their ha-ha ki-ki-ing, proper? And so, you may inform typically when girls need that previous factor again.”
“I don’t wanna blow sis up!” he added. “However the chemistry was there. And I believe for each of them, it got here again fast. I believe they missed one another. The way in which they clicked simply got here again so quick.”