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🗓️ 27 April 2018
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Singer/songwriter turned chef Kelis has finally broken her silence on her violent marriage with legendary rapper Nas and the current status of their custody battle.
In an exclusive interview with Hollywood Unlocked CEO Jason Lee, the “Milkshake” singer got candid about what led to her divorcing the “Illmatic” rapper while she was pregnant with their son Knight.
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0:00.0 | Okay, so I've been trying to interview you for I don't know how long now and I was starting to feel like a stepchild, you know, I have issues. I was in a foster home. |
0:11.5 | But I haven't been able to catch up with you and now I'm here at your house. |
0:15.0 | I'm like go big or go home basically. |
0:17.0 | Yeah. I'm all or nothing, babe. All or nothing. |
0:19.0 | No, I appreciate that. And the reason I wanted to interview you is because out of all the people that we talk to we try to talk to people who inspire us or |
0:26.0 | somehow elevate the culture and you're somebody who's been an iconic figure in fashion and music forever |
0:31.0 | not forever because you're not that old but you because you're not older than me, of course. |
0:35.0 | But now, I mean, I wanted to catch up with you |
0:36.4 | because so many people respect you and admire you. |
0:38.4 | And every time we post you, people go crazy. |
0:41.4 | So yeah, thank you. Thank you. Okay, so I was doing all of my research. I was digging through the internet and I couldn't really find many interviews that you do. So why has it been so hard to get together? |
0:55.0 | Um, I mean, I'm really like, |
0:59.0 | I don't know, I think, well, first of all, I'm super busy. That's the first thing. |
1:00.0 | My schedule is always ridiculous. |
1:01.0 | But I think also too, like for me to do an interview, |
1:03.2 | like I'm not just someone to just talk just for the sake of talking. |
1:06.4 | I feel like everyone's like our culture right now is so like, |
1:09.5 | see me, I do nothing. |
1:14.0 | Here I am. That's exhausting to me and I really like my real life. |
1:17.0 | So like, unless I'm promoting something or working on something |
1:20.0 | that I want people to know about, |
1:21.0 | I'm just like living my life. Like I'm just, you life like I'm just you know I'm out here my house |
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