Ever since word got out that there was trouble in married paradise for Nas and Kelis, I often wondered what was the catalyst to their divorce, and while he danced around the issue on his Behind The Music special a few months back, he finally revealed why he and Kelis, who have a son named Knight together went their separate ways after a very ugly divorce.
Check out excerpts of his interview with VH1's Janelle Snowdon or if you'd like watch it below...:
On why he poses on his Life Is Good album cover holding Kelis’ green wedding dress:
I just wanted to do things that really have meaning, that have impact. And it just so happens, my life had been so public in the last couple of years that I felt that if everyone else wanted to tell my story and it wasn’t an accurate story, ‘Why not me tell the real story?’ And I wanted the album to show reality, love, pain, heartbreak, happiness, joy. All of the emotions of life. And there’s nothing more emotional that I could think of that’s been so recent in my life other than my divorce. In my VH1 thing (Behind the Music)…I told that story about the dress. And it just felt like the right thing to do for closure, for me.
On whether or not using Kelis’ dress on the album cover gave him closure:
I don’t know man. Certain things don’t go away so easily. The album cover made it fresh again to me in my mind, a little bit. I had to rethink things and stuff but its all good.
On the biggest lesson he learned from his divorce and what he’d do differently should he tie the knot again:
The biggest lesson I learned is respect…trust…no infidelity. I at some point got pissed off during the relationship and strayed. And I wouldn’t do that again. I would be all good.
On whether or not he told Kelis that he’d do things differently:
Yea. I told her. I told her that. I apologized. She apologized and we just move on. We live and we move on.
I always say when you know better, you do better and I truly believe Nas, who is one of the most brilliant MC's in the game (and it doesn't hurt that he's a Virgo, a sign full of intellectuals except a few like Beyonce) has reflected on his mistakes and has learned from them. I just hope he and Kelis have found a common ground where they can work together (not intimately or professionally) for the sake of their son.
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