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Did I hit him back? Five months after Kelis made her claims, Nas responded to her accusations by sharing a seven-part statement on Instagram , denying that he physically abused her during their marriage.

The rapper also claimed that Kelis had been keeping him from his son, despite winning joint custody a few months prior.

A year before that, the singer expressed her support for Nas finding love again after it was rumored he and Nicki Minaj were dating. Take him! Please dear God, take him back! Erin Donnelly. In this article:. Kelis calls out ex-husband Nas pictured in in a new interview with the Guardian. Kelis says the Rihanna-Chris Brown domestic abuse case prompted her to leave Nas. Story continues.

Kelis says she was "blatantly lied to and tricked" by Pharrell and producing partner Chad Hugo. Celebrity In The Know by Yahoo. Politics The Daily Beast. Celebrity Yahoo Life. News Men's Health. Celebrity People. Sports Patriots Wire. I'm not afraid to throw a punch, but I wouldn't have started it," she said.

Nas's first public response came via seven Instagram posts in which he claimed Kelis had been abusive to him. The pair divorced in , with Kelis saying in April that she considered going public about the alleged abuse at the time - after seeing pictures of Rihanna's face following an attack by Chris Brown.

Do I say it? He looked at me like, 'Are you gonna do it? Nas said his response was the result of receiving a call from Essence Magazine "about my ex wife doing another sad fictitious story".

Exploiting some people's real struggle and pain Still, three years into their union, rumors of Nas' alleged infidelity started popping up, but no substantial proof could be found.

In April , Kelis, who was seven months pregnant, surprisingly filed for divorce from Nas. At the time, she cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

Four months after filing for divorce, the couple welcomed their baby, son Knight Jones amid the process of their divorce. While Knight was Kelis' first child, Nas was already a father to Destiny, whom he welcomed in a previous relationship. After years of keeping quiet about the reason for their split, Kelis finally came out to discuss the circumstances surrounding her divorce from Nas. In , Kelis described her five-year marriage to Nas as a toxic relationship while adding that she had suffered both mental and physical abuse.

According to her, there were several times Nas would get drunk and become violent towards her, which would cause her to fight back in self-defense.