Nas and Kelis Grammy's

And you thought your monthly child support payment was hefty. Nas has been ordered to pay $44k, at least for the time being.

A judge has ordered Nas to pay Kelis nearly $44,000 in monthly support for the near future, a day after the “Milkshake” singer gave birth to the divorcing couple’s baby boy.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Louis Meisinger issued the order at a Thursday hearing. Neither Nas, whose full name is Nasir Jones, nor Kelis, whose full name is Kelis Rogers, attended Thursday’s hearing.

Rogers gave birth to the boy, named Knight, at a New York hospital Wednesday. The 29-year-old filed for divorce from the rapper in April. The couple was married in July 2003.

The two have been sparring over support payments for several months, with Rogers contending that Jones hasn’t paid many of the costs of her pregnancy and her expenses. His attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, told the judge that the rapper has paid $30,000 in expenses and the former couple’s health insurance has been maintained.

A hearing on whether the payments should be altered will be heard on Sept. 8.

Kaplan proposed paying Rogers a one-time payment of $20,000 until the judge could settle on an appropriate spousal and child support amount at a later hearing.

Meisinger rejected that offer, saying more money per month would be needed to accommodate Rogers’ lifestyle and was warranted based on income declarations filed with the court. Meisinger told Rogers’ attorney, Laura Wasser, that the singer has 30 days to decide whether to return to the couple’s Los Angeles home. Jones is paying to maintain the property in the meantime.

I was going to type up a long ass thesis but I think Combat Jack said it best: Nas, go back home.

Marriage is not easy & neither is pregnancy I would assume. Add into the equation that both parties are “stars” (at least in their own minds), odds are that’s added strain. But y’all were “cute” together, more authentic than the average couple that we typically see in the magazines & TV screens. You got to run wild & pop bottles for a minute while your queen was carrying your seed. Go back home, get some counseling & work that shit out.

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