Kelis Files Request For Support From Nas, Asks For Pre-Natal Care Funds, Nanny & Stem Cell Bank Fees

Access Hollywood - June 18, 2009 1:14 AM PDT
Story photo: Kelis Files Request For Support From Nas, Asks For Pre-Natal Care Funds, Nanny & Stem Cell Bank FeesNas and Kelis hit the EW Grammy After Party at STK in Hollywood (Feb. 10, 2009) Getty ImagesAccess Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- "Milkshake" singer Kelis has filed new documents in a Los Angeles court, asking her estranged husband, Nas, to pay spousal support and child support for their baby on the way.

Kelis, who is expecting a baby boy on July 21, claims in her court filing obtained by Access Hollywood, that she has "run out of money" and that her rap star husband "is refusing to pay for most of my expenses."

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In her declaration to the court, the singer revealed she spent the money she made as a singer-songwriter in part while she attended culinary school in 2008 and on her bills.

Kelis is asking Nas to foot the bill for a host of supplies related to the child she is carrying including $20,000 "towards the cost of purchasing strollers, cribs and other baby supplies" for the couple's two residences - an apartment in Manhattan and a home in Los Angeles.

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The singer is hoping to go back to work after the baby is born and she is asking Nas to help fund a nanny for that purpose.

In her court filing, Kelis reveals she earns around $21,616 a month, mostly from royalties for her past works. In her attempt to show Nas' value, she noted he has released nine albums, worked on songs for feature films -- including one starring Leonardo DiCaprio, signed a sneaker deal, produced a Mike Tyson movie and is part owner of a company called Gorillla Union.

The 30-year-old singer said in her filing that she and Nas kept separate bank accounts during their marriage and her only knowledge of his financial situation is what his business manger told her, and what she's "read in the news media."

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"I do not have funds to maintain our marital lifestyle or pay for our unborn child's expenses," Kelis said in her filing, noting those expenses tally around $80,000 a month. "My survival is based on [Nas's] will at this time."

Additionally, in a letter to Nas' lawyer, Mark Kaplan, Kelis' lawyer, Laura Wasser, claims the singer needs money to buy storage space "to bank the baby's blood when he is born. The banking is the collection and storage of the stem cells found in the baby's umbilical cord." A storage plan pricing information leaflet included in the filing notes stem cell storage costs $1,999 for the first year.

She has also asked for Nas to pay pregnancy-related medical expenses and half of the expenses related to their son after he is born. She has also asked that he pay the mortage, property taxes, insurance and utilities on their primary residence, as well as $100,000 toward her attorney fees and $50,00 toward forensic accounting fees.

Nas and his legal team have not yet responded to the petition.

As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Kelis filed for divorce from Nas in December after four years of marriage.

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  • teekythejawbreaker
    Damn Kelis is putting all her business out there. She is so uncool now.
    report abuseposted August 23, 2009 12:16 AM PDT
  • Rich~Chee
    Kelis? wha up with that milk shake? U should do a remake of the Gold Digga... I'm a Gold Digga His...Zoe!!!!
    report abuseposted July 27, 2009 6:02 PM PDT
  • boydp
    Wow this heifa is off her wacker!
    report abuseposted July 24, 2009 2:42 PM PDT
  • ElizabethC
    He should definitley help but as far as everything she asking for that sh*t is crazy. She need to cut costs some place else if she feels what she alone makes is not enough. He is responsible for another child he has as well.
    report abuseposted July 18, 2009 5:12 PM PDT
  • Heaven-Ryle
    IT DOES NOT COST 80,000 A MONTH TO TAKE CARE OF A BABY. BOTH OF THEM MADE HIM THEY CAN BOTH SPLIT THE COST FOR CARE. AS FOR THE HOUSE, TAXES, INSURANCES, AND UTILITIES SHE LIVES IN THE HOUSE SHE CAN PAY FOR IT. HER ATTORNEY FEE'S AND FORENSIC ACCOUNTING FEES SHE HIRED THEM LET HER PAY FOR THEM. SHE CAN GET MONEY THE SAME WAY HE DOES. WORK FOR IT. GET A JOB.
    report abuseposted July 8, 2009 4:02 AM PDT
  • LC from Chi
    You people don't get it...they are married, she should get HALF!!!
    report abuseposted July 8, 2009 12:28 AM PDT
  • ohtgoeng-tif
    i agree with craig and mullikin fams 100%-- I am a single mom with $1700/mo income as well- I care for my two children and recently moved both my ill-elderly parents into my home and we are all happy and healthy---she just mad cause she thought having that babty was gonna make him wanna stay w/ her. NOT! Nas, I think she was just another Black Girl Lost...
    report abuseposted June 28, 2009 7:05 PM PDT
  • JohnM
    And BTW, how in the WORLD does it take $80,000 a month to take care of ONE baby?! GROW UP, Kelis! Let Nas take on some of the responsibility he got himself into when he shacked up with you, and let him take care of his baby. Obviously you want the glory but not responsibility, but you want to be paid to let him financially take care of the child. Absolutely ridiculous!!!!!
    report abuseposted June 26, 2009 1:29 PM PDT
  • JohnM
    OMG, Kelis are you serious?! You make $21,000 + a month and can't afford to take care of the baby that's on the way?! I am shocked, because I take care of my THREE kids and wife on $1,200 a month, and we get by just fine! We don't have everything we want, and we're not able to afford traveling or eating at fancy restaurants, but we're happy. We'd be
    report abuseposted June 26, 2009 1:24 PM PDT
  • Tammy
    I guess next time he will think before he just goes out and have a milkshake!
    report abuseposted June 23, 2009 5:55 AM PDT
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