Following years of silence, “Milkshake” singer, Kelis, shook up the internet when she recently revealed that Nas physically abused her during their marriage. The two were married from 2005 and divorced in 2009, but the drama between them never seemed to end. For years, they’ve been in a heated custody battle over their 7 year old son, Knight Jones, which is still pending. However, it’s Kelis’ latest revelation about their now failed marriage, that has just caused the ever so private Nas to address the situation.

Kelis’ Claims of Abuse

In a recent interview with Hollywood Unlocked, Kelis said Nas forced “a lot of mental and physical abuse” upon her during their 4 year marriage. She also says she didn’t want to discuss it in public for several reasons:

“I have edited myself for nine years and I woke up this morning and I was like ― not today. … “We had really intense highs and really intense lows. […] It was dark, it was really dark. There was a lot of drinking, a lot of just mental and physical abuse. […] We would fight. I never like just sat there, but we would definitely fight. Did he hit me? Mhmm. Did I hit him back? Mhmm.”

Kelis said that the abuse had gotten so bad, she almost decided to speak up during Rihanna’s and Chris Brown’s 2009 domestic violence incident. According to Kelis, at the time that the Rihanna/Chris Brown news broke, she was sitting in her and Nas’ kitchen in their Atlanta, Ga. home, bruised from head to toe, contemplating whether or not she would come forward and blast Nas for domestic violence to the media.

“I had bruises all over my body at that time…I wasn’t ready to walk, I just wasn’t. So I didn’t say it. Honestly ’cause I’m not weak … I’m really private, I don’t like people in my business. I felt like this is my partner, I chose this, we’re gonna do this, we’re gonna make it work. I stayed for years after that,” Kelis said. “Seeing her [Rihanna], the way she looked and then looking at myself I was embarrassed,” she added. “I was appalled, I was embarrassed. […] I didn’t say anything [then] because I wanted things to work. And because I was delusional and because I thought I could love past this.”

She also stated that it wasn’t until she became pregnant with their son, that she decided to leave the marriage, because she didn’t wanna raise their child in a toxic home environment. That brings us to what Nas has just responded with…

Nas Responds…

Days went by before Nas decided to respond to Kelis’ abuse claims. Now that he has, it isn’t in the way many of his fans thought he would. Although the Queensbridge rapper is typically radio silent about his private life, we knew it was only a matter of time before he felt the pressure to say SOMETHING to try to clear his name. The way he chose to respond on Monday, April 30, 2018, was by way of liking and replying to comments underneath a photo he posted of him with his and Kelis’ son, Knight.

He never directly addressed the situation, but he responded to people who were defending him against Kelis. In the photo captioned, “This is what it’s all about. Pure Peace & Pure Love. Pure Happiness! ❤️ #tb #fathersandsons,” Nas let his fingers do the talking.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BiM5l7uluZw/

When one commenter stated, “One or two restaurants she would have been cool. You started doing too much & she da chef. You know you not supposed to live son!,” and Nas replied with a “💯.” In case y’all didn’t know, Nas has recently gotten into the restaurant business, but Kelis has been a chef for several years now. Therefore, Nas’ response implies that Kelis is making those claims out of jealously that he stepped into her arena and accomplished in a short time, what she hasn’t been able to do for years.

Check out his other reactions in the screenshot below…

https://twitter.com/youngsinick/status/991274946730086400

Overall, it sure doesn’t seem like the brotha is outright denying Kelis’ abuse claims. Thoughts ILOSM fam?’