STL rap star Nelly went on a social media tirade where he promised to end financial support for his father, Cornell Haynes Sr., after the elder Haynes was seen hanging backstage with Nelly’s former girlfriend, singer Ashanti, at her recent concert in St. Louis. Ashanti performed at The Pageant Saturday night, and posted an Instagram video showing Mr. Haynes backstage and complimenting him on his suit.
“Hope it was worth it Pops,” Nelly said via Twitter. “I’m done with ya (sic). No more money from me. Let them pay your bills.”
Ashanti has since deleted the video that triggered a series of responses from Nelly.
“Just because its (sic) your DNA Don’t make you a father,” Nelly wrote. “Mine never saw me play sports, never taught me anything, never saw me graduate and I still took care of him for almost 20 years. He never took care of me for half that. And till (sic) this day he still does whatever he wants even though I pay his bills, well use to (sic). That’s over as of tonight.”
Fellow St. Lunatic Ali to lashed at Orlando Watson of Rockhouse Ent., one of the promoters of Ashanti’s show at The Pageant. Ali seemed to imply that Watson was somehow complicit regarding the incident between Nelly and his father because Watson booked the show.
Ali made vile comments about Watson, a cancer survivor, and Watson’s mother – who recently passed away from cancer.
Sources: The Daily Mail, OK! Magazine, AJC.com, CNN.com, Twitter.com
