St. Lunatic Nelly is back with a blazing new track “Just A Dream” and is prepping the release of his new album 5.0. Complex magazine recently caught up with the Midwest rapper to talk about a few things including his on-and-off again relationship with Ashanti. This summer, Nelly and Ashanti were spotted at T.I. and Tiny’s wedding holding hands which set off speculation that the two were back on again. Well, according to Nelly he’s focused on his career right now and Ashanti’s focused on handling her business as well.

Complex: Yeah. This kind of goes along with that. I don’t know what your relationship with Ashanti is like or what led to an alleged breakup, but then the gossip sites will say you said that you’re back together and have pictures of you two holding hands at T.I. and Tiny’s wedding. Is it an on-and-off situation because you’re not good at cutting people if they don’t hurt you, personally?

Nelly: We never admitted that we were together or back together or separated, but we heard that. Only thing we ever said was we friends and it’s the same way now. I’m focused on 5.0. I got an album coming out on November 16th, she’s working on her project right now.

Complex: But are there things that happened in the relationship that have gotten you to a point where you’re not going to be dealing with her in the same capacity?

Nelly: It’s not like that. My ultimate goal and our ultimate goal is to be individuals, to sustain what we been able to sustain. You wanna make sure that when you get into a time and place that you’re able to do what you need to do, and right now, that’s my album. You don’t want to be into a situation where you do an hour-long interview and 45 minutes is based on something and you’re like, “Yo, what about this?” And that’s something that we’ve been able to maintain. Like, whatever becomes of our relationship. Whatever, whenever, or however, that’s going to be something that we’re going to do and we’re going to judge. It’s not going to be manipulated by outside people looking in, who don’t even know what the fuck is going on. I think that the only way you can maintain that is to just do what you do. I have to be Nelly. She got to be Ashanti.

If these two want to be like Jay-Z and Beyonce and keep their relationship a mystery…well good for them. But, there can only be one Jay and B! I’m pretty sure Nelly is still tapping that anyway…

After topping the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop charts with “Deuces”, Breezy hits us with the remix featuring an all star team consisting of Drake, T.I., Kanye West, Fabolous, and Andre 3000. Honestly, I’m not impressed by the remix, but who am I?! Lol

So, who do you think killed the track?

ON DECK or OFF DECK?!

Check out “King of the South”, T.I.’s official album cover for his new album King Uncaged set to drop August 17th.

I expected more from T.I. since he is making a comeback.  Call me a hater, but the cover is uh…blah.

Anywhoo, peep the promo for T.I.’s album…

Are you coppin’ T.I.’s King Uncaged?

Believe it or not, prison is becoming Hip-hop’s number one hot spot. Last year, T.I. went in and most recently the p*ssy monster Lil Wayne is currently doing a bid as well. Now I don’t want to predict another rapper getting locked up, but you can probably expect Ja Rule to call a 6×8 cell his home if he doesn’t get his case dropped. Back in 2007, the Queen’s rapper was pulled over by the Hip-hop police while cruising the streets of NYC on suspicion of speeding, having a suspended registration and driving without insurance. While, Ja Rule probably thought he was going to walk away with just a ticket, the feds got lucky and found a gun hidden in his whip. Earlier today, the rapper’s lawyer Stacey Richman returned to court to request another hearing to discuss the problems surrounding the prosecution’s DNA evidence, but her motion was denied and a trial was set for August 18^th instead. Although, Ja Rule has pleaded not guilty to the gun charge, if convicted he faces up to four years in the pen.

Ja Rule has been fighting this gun charge for three years and with the way the Hip-hop police have been on their grind…I see jail time in his future. #Imjustsayin

Radio Killa aka The Dream drops a new video for his second single “Make Up Bag” featuring T.I. off his already delayed album Love King set to drop June 29th. Nick Cannon’s ex-fiance and Victoria’s Secret Angel Selita Eubanks plays The Dream’s boo as he showers her with expensive designer bags to make up for all the trifling things he’s done. The song really doesn’t do it for me and neither does the video.

Peep the video…

ON DECK or OFF DECK?!

Hosted by DJ Drama and DJ MLK is T.I.’s F*ck A Mixtape which features the likes of Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Keri Hilson and Killer Mike. And what a clever title TIP.  The “King of the South” did say that he would “return with a vengeance” and I hope none of these tracks will be on his upcoming album, King Uncaged set to drop this summer. There’s also been talk of T.I. embarking  on a summer tour as well.  One thing’s for sure, he certainly knows how to create a buzz to top the charts, but the question is–can he do it?

DOWNLOAD/LISTEN–>> T.I.- “F*CK A MIXTAPE”

Tune in on Thursday, May 13^th to see King of the South aka T.I. live on your television screen. The ATL rapper is set to make an appearance on CNN’s “Larry King Live” to talk about his time in the pen after copping a weapons charge, among other things.

I still can’t believe he only did a year bid especially since he’s already a convicted felon, but I digress. Had it been an average n*gga, he would’ve been under the jail! It’s no wonder why celebs think they’re above the law ’cause our legal system  is a joke.

WILL YOU TUNE IN?!