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Nelly and Ashanti · On with Mario Interviews

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  Speaker 1: On with Mario Lopez. Soyall, Mario Lopez joining me right now.
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  Speaker 1: Grammy Award winning artists and Nelly and Ashanti. What's up, guys.
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  Speaker 1: Good to see you, do you'd see you?
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  Speaker 2: Jef?
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  Speaker 1: Are you been I've been good, man, I've been good.
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  Speaker 1: I saw an interview recently, Nelly, it was online or
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  Speaker 1: something to talk about the era of hip hop, how
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  Speaker 1: when you came out how prominent and difficult it was
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  Speaker 1: with all the artists that were popping. I was like, damn,
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  Speaker 1: he's right, that was wild back in the day, because
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  Speaker 1: then when everybody was popping it to get a hit,
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  Speaker 1: it was even that much harder.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I didn't want people to some people took it
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  Speaker 2: out of context, not saying that our hip hop was
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  Speaker 2: the mess. I was just saying at that time, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it was at a time where hip hop was the
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  Speaker 2: number one music on the planet period, and you were
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  Speaker 2: dealing with the JA rules and the DMX's and the
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  Speaker 2: jay Z's and then the fifties and then Kanye's and
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  Speaker 2: it was just it was brutal, man.
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  Speaker 1: Was man, No baby was it was the best?
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  Speaker 3: It really was.
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  Speaker 1: That was like the golden are right there. So no,
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  Speaker 1: I agree with you. That was my point.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it's nice.
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  Speaker 1: It's nice to see y'all together right here. It's funny
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  Speaker 1: because y'all had a bit of a wild ride a
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  Speaker 1: little bit as a couple. Right You're dated back in
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  Speaker 1: the day, got back together a couple years ago. Now
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  Speaker 1: you're married, you had a baby. Congratulations. Sometimes sometimes it
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  Speaker 1: takes the minute you gotta take a step back to
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  Speaker 1: go forward.
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  Speaker 2: Huh, Absolutely all the time, man, you know what I mean,
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  Speaker 2: there's nothing wrong with that. A lot of times, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you got to see what works for you. And like
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  Speaker 2: I like to say, take the good with the bad.
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  Speaker 2: As long as the good out ways the bad, and
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  Speaker 2: for this situation, as far as our ways the bad.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely And now cut to new reality show coming to
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  Speaker 1: Peacock called Nelly and Ashante We Belong Together. I like
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  Speaker 1: the title. Uh one are fans gonna learn watching the series?
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  Speaker 3: I think fans are going to just get a chance
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  Speaker 3: to see us, obviously in a more personal note, just
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  Speaker 3: navigating through life in real time. You know, I'm on tour,
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  Speaker 3: he's on tour. We have the big Kk's on tour,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just juggling. We don't know where we're gonna
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  Speaker 3: live yet, that's very retal. So just making all these decisions,
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  Speaker 3: you know, in real time, in real life and just
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  Speaker 3: figuring it out like like regular people.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you mentioned you don't where you're gonna live. I know, Nelly,
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to live in New York right, not live.
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  Speaker 2: I have no problem visiting. I love New York.
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  Speaker 3: I'll get that to it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm with you. I love bro I want to go.
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  Speaker 1: Are you trying to live there? Either? I know, I
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  Speaker 1: know exactly how you feel.
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  Speaker 3: You know what both of you guys are some paters. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: where you where you're from?
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  Speaker 1: Originally? You're right where you're from originally New York. No,
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  Speaker 1: I know, Oh, from Strong Island. Okay, See, I like you.
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  Speaker 2: I like that.
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  Speaker 1: I guess if you're not from there, though, you go
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  Speaker 1: there and it's like overwhelming, you know what I mean,
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  Speaker 1: It's like a lie with everything, especially coming to Saint
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  Speaker 1: Louis and all that. So did you haven't picked a
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  Speaker 1: place in You haven't picked a location.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's ever gonna be. It probably will
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  Speaker 2: never be one one like definite, because I mean we
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  Speaker 2: have obviously we have a home in Saint Louis.
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  Speaker 3: She's from here.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think she would ever uh totally have something
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  Speaker 2: here in New York. I mean, you know, her family
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  Speaker 2: and a lot of people that love her are here.
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  Speaker 2: But I think it's you know, we spend so much
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  Speaker 2: time on the road, man, and then you know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: always thinking about taxes.
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  Speaker 1: That's good, it's smart. You mentioned on the road and
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  Speaker 1: I know the where the party had tours out on
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  Speaker 1: the road all summer. You job rule eve fabulous. That's
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  Speaker 1: a fun show man. How they've been going so far, It's.
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  Speaker 2: Been going great, man. We started out and in Australia
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  Speaker 2: with a little bit of a Saint Louis thing. We
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  Speaker 2: obviously went to Canada, went to Europe, and was starting
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  Speaker 2: here in the States and in a couple of more weeks.
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  Speaker 2: So it's it's been really really.
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  Speaker 1: Dope, nice and a Chantanna. You've been playing a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of shows as well. How difficult does it right now balancing?
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  Speaker 1: I know you were talking to your baby right now,
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  Speaker 1: you know, being a mom and playing the shows on
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  Speaker 1: in the road. I'm assuming the baby comes along, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he comes absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: I was just on tour in Europe myself and Sean Paul,
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  Speaker 3: so bringing KK over there. At first was a little scary,
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  Speaker 3: you know, but we get it done. You know. There
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  Speaker 3: were a couple of nights that I had to kind
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  Speaker 3: of pump the milk, give the milk to the driver,
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  Speaker 3: send it back to the hotel with nanny.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know.
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  Speaker 3: So it's just about multitasking and getting it done.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta do what you gotta do.
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  Speaker 2: Well.
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  Speaker 1: I love seeing you all together, and congratulations on the show.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone listen. Be sure to catch the reality show Nelly
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  Speaker 1: and Ashanti We Belong Together, available right now on Peacock.
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  Speaker 1: Thank y'all for checking in.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you appreciate it.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Take care of me. Okay, I'll see'll Loud with Mario
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  Speaker 1: Lopez