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[Nelly] Previously on Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together...

[Ashanti] Before having the baby, I felt like I can have it all.

But it is a little challenging to get back to business.

I'm just very excited that I can see my ankles.

[laughter]

Nelly already has kids.

KK is my first child, so I'm a little more frantic.

My parenting style? Just don't burn down the house.

What about where KK's gonna go to school?

If it was in New York, it would be amazing.

[Nelly] I'm not living in New York.

I've made it very clear, even before KK,

before the I do's, before everything, how I felt.

[*]

ATL, what's happening?

When Shanti's away, when I'm away,

missing her and her missing me,

it's something that we definitely go through.

I did a show last night,

on the bus, come down here, show today.

I ain't been doing nothing but constantly working.

-Hi, thank you. -[man] Yeah, you killed it, Shan.

It was good being back on the stage.

[*]

Hi, baby!

But nothing outweighs my child.

Oh, Mommy missed you.

So, yeah, it's been very challenging.

[*]

-Hello, pookie. -Hey, pookie.

What's up? How are you?

[Ashanti grunts]

It took everything for me to, like, leave KK.

I was on FaceTime with him every five seconds.

I got on a plane, I was crying. I had to pump on the way to the airport.

Bro, I was like, "Do I really wanna do this? Is it worth it?"

You know what I'm saying? But, um, I'm back.

And tomorrow.

The World Series. Girl.

Okay, so we have everything. Wardrobe, all the things.

Yeah, it's crazy because-- You know, it's very--

It's New York. You know what I mean?

So I gotta put the fitted on,

I gotta, you know, be in my New York vibe.

So it's cutesy-casual, not too over the top.

[Michelle] All right.

The New York Yankees are in the World Series,

and I was asked to sing the National Anthem.

This is my second performance back since having the baby,

and it's starting to feel really good.

-Ladies, how are you? -Good.

-This is the menu for you, madam. -Oh, thank you.

-Thank you. -I'm starving.

-It smells good. -Can I have all three...

[Michelle chuckling]

I just wanna try 'em.

-I don't know which one I'm gonna like. -Sounds good.

-Thank you. -They're all good.

[Michelle] And Sauvignon Blanc. No mocktail for me.

-Oh, Lord. -[waiter] Excellent.

I think I'm gonna get the sea bass

and a little bit of Brussels sprouts, you know what I'm saying?

Not too much on the greens right this second,

'cause Nelly's landing tonight.

Bop. We can't have no bop-bop.

[laughter]

I hate you! I was sitting here like this.

I'm thinking you gonna say something about KK.

-Like, "Oh, because of the breast milk..." -No, my baby too!

I was like-- You threw me with that.

-I was like, I cannot. -[Ashanti] Yes.

I mean, we don't need to be newlyweds to be banging.

[frantic laughing]

Oh, my God. Bang, bang!

-So, after World Series... -Mm-hmm.

-...bus to Atlanta. -Yes.

And his kids will be there, and we'll all be able to just kick it.

-You know, just being family and spending time with family... -Right.

-...which is really important. -Gonna be cute.

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing all of them in Atlanta,

and, you know, when Nelly and I broke up, obviously it was--

it was hard to, like, just not be around the kids.

And it was really weird for me. Seriously.

Having a strong blended family is so important.

Then, let's move on later to the week.

We'll have the Halloween party, the birthday. It's a lot.

Bro. First of all, how did we get here this fast?

But it's always like this. Your birthday, his birthday, the holidays.

-It's back to back. -It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous.

We are getting ready to celebrate

Nelly's annual Halloween party in Atlanta,

and then right after that, we drive to Vegas,

which is really, really special and important.

This is the big one. It's the big 5-0.

It's his 50th birthday, and I'm throwing the birthday bash.

-All right, so we five days away. -Five days away.

So we need to have as much conversations

and finalizations of everything while we're on the bus.

But we should get the majority of everything done now

without him around on the bus.

Because you know he be ear hustling.

-"What y'all doing?" -Take out your notes.

-For you, ma'am. Two mocktails. -Oh, perfect.

Your drinks look real!

[Ashanti] Thank you!

-Mm! -[Michelle] Oh, cheers.

I typically don't toast to non-alcoholic,

-but I will 'cause I love you. -[Ashanti giggling]

This is fire. Mm!

The guest list, so we need to finalize the guest list

because we have to send it over to them no later than Thursday.

Whew! Oh, my God.

-I gotta pump. -[Michelle laughing]

Okay, so, just-- Can we just finish this, please?

-Mm-hmm. -Cake.

-Cake. -[phone buzzing]

-Speaking of the devil. -[phone buzzing]

[Ashanti snickering] Hello? You at the house?

Bri is there with the baby.

No. I'm not far, though.

I should be there in a little bit. I'm close.

Okay. [chuckling] Bye.

I'm gonna go home, get some sleep.

Well, actually, I'm not gonna get any sleep tonight.

[Michelle] Lil' Shan, you need to get rest, though.

We're not together every day,

so some people will look at it as,

"Oh, man, you don't see each other every day?"

But some-- some of that is almost a good thing,

'cause you're so excited when you do see each other.

You know what I mean? So for me, it's still...

-Seriously, you need to pack. -No, I do. I gotta pack.

-[Michelle] Please. -He's packing.

How you think KK got here? No, I'm just kidding. [laughing]

-[Michelle laughing] -I hate you!

[Michelle] I don't-- TMI! TMI! [laughing]

[*]

[Ashanti] Wanna be on the show?

Now.

On my phone. 'Cause I got you on my FaceTime.

[both chuckling]

Yeah. I mean, I feel like I've done the National Anthem

9,162 7,000 times, so...

* O say does that *

* Star-spangled banner *

* Yet wave *

[laughing]

It is a hard song because you-- you have to start so low

because of the notes that are at the end and in the middle are so high.

So you gotta be like, "O say..."

So that by the time you get to the end, you can still hit them notes.

But, you know, big head is going for the Dodgers.

It is such a big deal to be able to sing the National Anthem

for the World Series in New York City with the Yankees playing.

I mean, I'm a New Yorker. I gotta represent.

But yeah, of course my husband and I are rooting for two opposite teams.

We are going down to Atlanta right after the game,

so I'll hit you... when we, um, get on the bus.

Yeah, we going down tonight. 'Cause you know I'm not flying with KK.

I heard the singing. What happened?

Oh, God. Big head is here.

What's all that yelling you had going on?

That was not yelling. That was practicing.

-[Nelly] You practicing? -Yeah.

We got tickets?

Yeah, we got tickets, but only for the people

-that's wearing Yankees. -What you mean?

What do you mean? Who you talking to like that, chat?

Wait, what are you talking about right here? I'm ready.

-I'm proud. -[Ashanti] Oh, my God.

-We in this thing. -Why did he pull out the LA Dodgers hat?

-You gonna act like you don't know me? -A little bit.

-[Nelly] Listen, ain't nothing wrong with this. -No!

-Yeah. -Not in New York, in Yankee Stadium.

Well, listen, in fairness, you know I'm a Cardinal fan,

so you ain't gotta worry about that.

Let's be clear, the Dodgers are like my second team.

And the reason the Dodgers are like my second team because of my grandfather.

My grandfather who passed, he was a huge Dodger fan,

because obviously the Dodgers was a first team to integrate,

and Jackie Robinson was huge.

They were the first ones to open their arms

and welcome Black men.

I mean, this is greatness.

Just make sure I'm in my seat first before you go down.

-Okay. -'Cause them folks might not let me in.

I might need you to bring me upstairs.

You know y'all boo y'all own. I know y'all will boo me.

Nah, I'll let you in. I'm gonna still have a Yankee hat for you, though,

-On deck. -You can keep it.

If you need my help on singing, I could do that too.

-Oh, you got me covered? -Yeah, I got that.

You can't hit the high note at the end, though. Let me hear it.

* Banner yet waves *

[Ashanti laughing]

* O'er the land of the free *

-I ain't gonna do all that. -[Ashanti laughing]

Did y'all hear, "free."

So let me know if you need me to step in for you.

-I got it. -All right. I appreciate you.

[Nelly] Where my son at? I'm gonna get him a Dodgers hat.

[*]

[announcer] This is game four of the World Series.

The Dodgers find themselves on the verge of the sweep.

And the Yankees are back in.

They are trying to force a game five.

[Ashanti] Dear heavenly father, please allow this performance to go on 100% perfect.

Please don't let it rain.

Keep us all safe. In your name we pray.

-Amen. -Amen.

Let's kill it! Kill it, kill it, kill it, kill it.

Who with that Duke New Yankee on.

Who but me? Boom.

Make this anthem Ashanti's anthem.

-Okay? -That's right.

[*]

You know, she's done national anthems before,

for football, for basketball, for the finals.

* Gave proof through the night *

* That our flag-- *

Just let me know when we gotta go.

-We gotta go? -Yep.

* Still there *

This was different. And everybody was excited.

New York was on fire. The Bronx was killing it.

Everybody was like, "It's on, it's on."

[announcer] Please welcome, Ashanti!

[crowd cheering]

[announcer] Please welcome the grammy-winning singer,

songwriter, and actress, Ashanti.

[crowd cheering]

* O say can you see *

* By the dawn's early light *

She loves what she does and I love what she does, she's great at it.

* Oh, say does that *

* Star spangled banner yet *

* Wave *

* O'er the land of the *

* Free *

* And the home of the *

* Brave *

She killed it. My baby killing it.

This is the first time getting a chance to see Ma do her thing

since she's had KK and she was great.

Beautiful. Oh, my God. Did you guys see it here?

[Tina exclaiming]

Oh. Can we please make sure that people know this is fake?

Yes, yes.

[overlapping conversation]

-[Tina] How you feeling? -Good.

-New York needed that. -Yay.

Yes. Yes.

I have not seen her sing a national anthem in a while.

And out of all of them, this one I had chills to the bone.

You know, with Nelly there to support her and she just had a glow.

[indistinct chattering]

-Got it. -Thank you all for being here.

Let's go, Yankees.

Ooh, you almost had it.

[both laughing]

I couldn't believe he was serious about wearing all the Dodgers gear.

Yeah, 'cause I'm like that.

-Oh, man. -I am him.

[man] Disrespect.

[laughter]

[crowd cheering]

[indistinct shouting]

You know, the good luck charm came out there.

I give you that, baby. You did your thing.

She sung. And she got them a game.

That I didn't think that they were ever gonna get.

-Yeah. -Hater.

-[Ashanti laughing] It's over. -It's not over.

Yeah. See. Yay.

-They should thank you. -Mm-hmm.

I don't think I'll be invited back, but...

[*]

All right. You got that.

Right on my guy. Appreciate it.

Babe.

Oh. Oh, shit. He asleep?

Aw...

-[Nelly sighs] -[Ashanti] Oh, my God.

He doing what I wanna.

-[Ashanti] Let me-- I'm gonna put him down. -[Nelly] Get nanny Bri?

-Gonna put him to sleep? -Yeah.

Don't put him in my bed. Put him in a bunk.

-No. What? -[Nelly] Put him in a bunk.

-Never. -He gotta learn.

He's a bus baby.

We're headed to Atlanta.

First time that the rest of the kids

will get a chance to meet their baby brother.

I know Shawn is looking forward to it.

I mean, obviously, you want someone that gets along

with your children and with your whole family, for that matter.

How did that ass whooping feel? I love you, though.

[laughter]

We in New York City.

If you was gonna spank me, I would have preferred--

-Let me shut up. -[Michelle] TMI. TMI.

-Oh, my God. -Let me shut up.

Michelle is over there.

-[Ashanti laughing] -Pow, pow. -[Michelle] I'm leaving.

[Ashanti] So, how you feel about the party?

I'm ready. You got my costume ready?

Yeah, I saw it. I did a fitting with Cass the other day.

He showed me yours. It looks like--

-What I look like? I'm fire? -Yeah, it look fire.

Something we've come to do every year

that people look forward to down in Atlanta

is the Nelly Halloween party.

Themes for the Halloween party, one of them was Motown.

We all went as The Temptations

with the hair and everything, it was dope.

The next one was GI Moe,

and that one was really, really dope.

-You done took over everything. -Man.

Including the bus. You ain't even like the bus.

-When I told you I had my own tour bus... -Babe.

-...you treated me like, uh, "Tour bus?"

[Ashanti] For your first time, like riding on a bus

when I'm just used to being on a plane.

I was like, "Wait a minute.

It's about to take you 12 hours to get somewhere

that it can take you two on a plane?

-That didn't make sense to me. -Yeah, but that sleep is good.

-It's definitely good. -[both laughing]

-That sleep on the bus is amazing. -Sleep is definitely...

It's definitely amazing. I love it.

I'd rather take the bus than fly all the time now.

Yeah. Especially with the baby.

Look at that coin, done flipped on the other side.

It's funny how they say a baby changes your life.

He kind of dictates everything,

so I just want to make sure that he's straight.

And if that means taking the bus for two days

as opposed to airplanes just cause of the germs

and flying and altitude and all that, that's what we're gonna do.

Well, I'll buy you a whole new bus every time.

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

Ah, but y' all still shouldn't have won.

That was some bullshit. I'm outta here.

-That was some bullshit. -Where we at right now? We in New York City.

Get your old ass up in that bunk.

-I'm from New York. -You only won--

-He said my old ass. -Get yo' old ass up into that bunk.

He about to join the 50 club in three days.

We the same age.

-Oh, yeah. Please. -[Nelly] The baby is asleep.

Oh, my God. Please don't--

Wake your ass up, it's Daddy!

No. Stop. Stop.

-Wake up! -Do not do that--

-It's Daddy! -[Ashanti laughs]

[baby crying]

[bus honks]

[intriguing music playing]

Oh, yeah.

[Nelly laughing]

[Ashanti] So, we are finally getting the family together

since KK was born.

Very happy, very excited.

Unfortunately, any family bonding is gonna have to wait

until KK's poop is cleaned up. [giggles]

[Nelly] We got a shit ton emergency.

-Oh, my. -[Ashanti] Hey!

[Nelly] This boy, he done shitted.

[Tre] Oh, man, he gotta change?

Oh, KK.

Yeah, my baby had a little pop-pop.

-Not-- Well, it wasn't a little. -[Ashanti laughing]

The boy got talent.

I said, "What's up? What's up, Slimmy?"

Slim. Man, you know.

[Nelly] It's always fun when I get a chance

to have all of the family around.

We don't get a chance to do everything like we used to together.

Obviously, when you get older, people have responsibilities.

But any time that you can spend with the people that you love,

it's going to be awesome, it's going to be great.

-That strawberry? -So you gonna taste first?

-It's fire, it's fire. -You taste it.

[Nelly] Hey, hey, hey. Watch your mouth.

-[laughter] -Shady.

I am Nelly's nephew.

His sister is my mom, Jackie Donahue.

Even before my mom passed, he helped out a lot.

But after she passed, he definitely stepped up big time.

Especially looking out for me and my sister.

What's happening? Look at you.

Look at you. You getting big, man.

My dad does not like being called a grandfather or grandpa.

His nickname is Two Pop.

He's my papa and then he's his papa,

so he said he's Two Pops.

Let me see? What you give me?

This for me? Let me see.

-[baby exclaims] -Yeah, man.

[Chanelle] Growing up with a superstar father,

you got your pros and your cons.

Pros, of course, you got a certain life,

got a certain amount of money.

What I missed was him being there 24/7.

[Nelly] You want me to do it?

Yeah.

I'm not turning 50.

-[Chanelle] What you turning? -I'm turning 49-9-9-9.

[laughter]

[Tre] Yeah. Oh, that's a milestone.

That's, that--

That's a milestone.

You know, you keep the youth around you. You're as young as you feel.

-They say it make you stay young. Yeah. -Yeah.

I appreciate that, Stink. You'll get a bonus this month.

[laughter]

Me turning 50 is a day I never thought

or ever thought seen coming, I was hoping.

I'm very excited about celebrating it

with my new family. [chuckles]

I'm just happy we all together. It's been a minute.

-It's been a while. -You know what I'm saying?

I'm thankful y'all here to celebrate that 5-0.

Even though the next person that say that shit...

-Say what? -[laughter]

Don't even worry about it.

[Shawn] After this weekend, we can't say it.

It's all good. It's all good.

I'm proud to be 50, man.

I'm proud to be 50.

-We get to celebrate another one. -[all] Yeah!

This time it's a rodeo, baby!

[laughter]

[*]

I got you.

Ooh!

What's up? Hi!

So, the first time I met the kids,

it was fairly early into our relationship,

and they were young.

It was a little weird stepping into a role of, like,

a mom figure, you know?

'Cause it's like, you know, you don't want to step on toes.

And, like, I think him and his baby moms have always been cool.

Well, no, I don't know about always been cool,

but there wasn't, like, tension and static.

-You got one? -Yeah, from a--

I think mine is on the--

Once we got back together, they were full on adults,

you know, even with his daughter having a child before me.

So now, it's a different kind of relationship.

[Chanelle] Is y'all ready for this Halloween party?

-[Tre] Ready for the rodeo? -That's for me?

-Yes, ma' am. -Fire.

-Right. -You fuckin' with that?

-Yeah. That's the back. -Shwoop!

-We're gonna do this real quick. -Oh, wait. Is that too small?

Looks like I'm riding dirty.

-[Ashanti laughing] -It's bomb. Okay?

When my dad and Ashanti first got together,

I was around 12 years old.

I didn't really place her as this is my dad's girlfriend.

It was more of like, this is Ashanti.

But now that I'm older,

we're growing into our closeness.

And we're, like, friends now, too.

-Oh! That looks good. -Sexy.

I like that leather.

-It's cute. Yeah. -But too small.

[Ashanti laughs]

[*]

[Jaimz] Yeah.

I love, like, Black cowboy movies and the history of it.

Black cowboys was the first cowboys,

and coming out of slavery,

being a cowboy was one of the jobs that the brothers had.

And I don't think a lot of people know

what Black cowboys meant to not just being in the south,

but helping us settle the west and moving westward.

Ooh! Oh, yeah. You about to loosen these up, boy.

[Nelly grunts]

Boy, these motherfuckers tight as a son of a bitch.

These ain't gonna work. We gotta loose... [groaning]

[groaning]

-What happened? -What happened?

Too many turkey burgers?

-[laughter] -[Nelly] Yeah.

You see what they're doing to your Two Pop?

Outfit looks fly, but the shit don't fit.

Oh!

You must acquit. [laughing]

You out of breath.

[Nelly] You know what? That was your last old joke.

[Shawn] I was thinking he was gonna pass out.

[Nelly] What's wrong?

[Nelly] The calves -ain't calving? -[Ashanti] Calves ain't calvin'.

[Nelly] All right, you know what?

I'mma need to get up out of these. I can't breathe.

[Tre] Yeah, look at that walk.

[Nelly] This town ain't big enough for all of us.

And these leather pants ain't big enough for me.

[dynamic music playing]

-She looked great. -Well, thank you.

He did, too. Swing it, cowboy.

-[laughing] -Bang, bang.

[*]

Shout out to my cowgirls. Shout out to my cowboys?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Come on, y' all. Hey. Hey.

[Nelly] The Halloween party was dope.

You got full-blown Black cowboys.

Family and friends came out and it was rocking.

Yes, sir.

All right, everybody on three. Look right here. On three.

I think this go round, the relationship with Shan and the kids has gotten stronger.

As with any relationship that matures,

we'll see what happens together.

But now it's time to party. We gonna rock.

The town ain't big enough for the two of us, aight?

[chuckles]

[*]

[Ashanti] Next time on Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together...

[loud cheering]

Happy birthday!

[woman] We did!

[Ashanti] My husband is always saying

how he feels a little neglected since KK came on the scene.

Can we move some of this shit? Like, damn.

He always, like, "She forgot about me once KK came."

-Oh, my God. -[Tina] Doesn't he say that?

I have been planning this party for a while.

The mirrorball man, the gold girls,

-we'll have all the surprise performances. -Yeah.

Hopefully, this weekend will show that he's still my number one.

In the spirit of Viva Las Vegas.

There's a slot machine calling my name down there.

-I was drunk. -Yes.

I need a shot of whiskey from Nantucket.

Somebody's getting off the elevator.

I'm not supposed to see them.

Yes. Oh, no, no.

Anderson Paak kind of just blew a surprise,

but I still have a few more surprises.

-[Nelly] Who's that? That's not me, that's not-- -[Ashanti] You.

You know what? I'm done drinking.

[Ashanti laughing]

I'm done drinking.