This year?s winners of the Lindenwood scholarship were Ammi Bell of Grafton and Cristina Catarinicchia of St. Nelly was joined at the party by a diverse group of his celebrity friends from both the music and athletic worlds, including Grammy-winning producer Jermaine Dupri, hip-hop legend Darryl ?DMC? McDaniels and a slew of NFL players. Nelly was later joined on stage by Ashanti for a string of duets.
Louis last summer during the concert that was organized to help attract the Democratic National Convention in 2012. and revelers were treated to a performance by the rapper himself of his most recent #1 pop single, Just a Dream. More photos from Nelly’s Annual Black & White Ball below: I?m not a person that wants to be in a relationship more than once. I?m not a person that wants to get married more than once. It?s not about how long it takes because there?s no time limit on this. I think you really have to be friends first. But if that relationship don?t work, then society doesn?t want to take the responsibility for when it don?t work. It?s like society puts a pressure on you because they want to see a certain relationship. When asked about their relationship, he replied: Now Nelly is finally opening up about whether he has plans to make an honest woman out of lady love Ashanti. Nelly has often denied that he and Ashanti were ever even dating, but besides all that they still make somewhat of a cute couple. What do you guys think? Can Ashanti pull off an R&B coup? Or will Beyoncé and her royal leotard pummel what’s left of Ashanti’s career? Sound off in the comments section.Nelly & and his On again… off again… boo Ashanti were spotted at Nelly?s 5th Annual Black and White ball in St. It will be interesting to see how this plays. Beyoncé is the only action out there and it’s all very monopoly-esque. I hope her album does well for the simple fact we need some diversity in the business. So, Ashanti didn’t have the label support when she needed it, nor the talent or stage presence of Beyoncé. Murder Inc practically collapsed and Ashanti’s career was affected. She many not have hated Ashanti but she took advantage of Ashanti’s record label issues and that fact that Ashanti’s momager may not have been as effective as Matthew Knowles. I can totally believe Ashanti when she says that she engaged in friendly competition Beyoncé on the other hand, strikes me as a very shrewd robotic. And just for the record.just because you sing a song together does not mean you hooked up Nelly and Kelly never even dated and she was engaged to someone else near that time anyways. Ashanti went on to fade into the background while Beyoncé hasn’t skipped a beat and has pretty much taken over the R&B scene, modeling scene, endorsement scene, shamelessly-buying-her-way into-the-white-house scene… you get the picture. Nelly actually has a child from a previous relationship but does not have a child with ashanti. We all know Yonce is most dangerous when she’s quiet. If memory serves, she basically said that both of them could be stars simultaneously while Beyoncé remained quiet. I was in my youthful glory back then a bright eyed and bushy tailed teenager and I remember Ashanti addressing the rumors then. Hmm, I noticed how she made point to say the rivalry was friendly from her end and that she was rooting for Beyoncé. It was a friendly competition, from my end.” I just think we did two different types of music. “ Everyone wants to be the best right? Who doesn’t? It’s a competitive business, but I was rooting for her. When asked about any rumors of a rivalry with Beyoncé she insisted that their rivalry was always friendly even though she admittedly wanted to be the best. Ashanti has emerged from the confines of Nelly’s complete and total influence to promote her new album Braveheart.