So, on Monday I mentioned that Drake had shot a video for his track “Best I Ever Had,” which took place in a high school basketball gym in Brooklyn, NY (on Sunday evening).

MTV reporter, Jayson Rodriguez was on the set and spoke to Drizzy about the video and Kayne West…..

You can expect the video to have a “Basketball Diaries” kind of feel according to the young Canadian artist. When explaining the concept behind the video he said he wanted to capture the fact that “Some of us younger men, we refer to our affiliation with women like a roster,”……”You have key women in your life (even) when you’re single and doing your thing.”

As soon as the video comes out you’ll be able to find it on ByCherieAmour.com! But who’s going to be appearing in the new vid?…… According to MTV we’re going to see Trey Songz, Fabolous and some of the Young Money family, including (ma fav) Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Lil Chuckee and Lil Twist……should be a good one!!

Right now Drizzy seems to be enjoying the fact that even though he is NOT SIGNED he is enjoying his journey to success…..”"I’m just taking my time. It’s less political and better to do things like today — having a video directed by a man of Kanye’s stature and still be unsigned — it just sounds better!”

BTW….Rihanna was in New York on the day of the shoot but was NOT PRESENT at the set…..maybe their NOT DATING after all….(Ladies you still have a shot!!) ;o)

(Source: MTV News)

So…. soon after Nas and Kelis filed for divorce the fireworks started! As I reported before Kelis is pregnant with Nas unborn child. However, she claims that she is BROKE, saying “I have run out of money.” Thus, she decided to go to court and ask the judge to ORDER NAS TO PAY for everything…… from “spousal support” to “$20,000 for strollers, cribs and other baby supplies.” – TMZ.com

Kelis is due to drop the lil sprog (baby) any minute now and says that she is fully dependant on Nas at the moment, “”My survival is based on [Nas'] will at this time. If he does not want to pay for an expense, it does not get paid.”

I have several issues with this whole thing….Firstly I do NOT understand HOW on earth Kelis could possibly have spent all of her money?? She’s been IN the GAME  (and has been internationally successful) for about 10 years, if you remember, she dropped her album “Kaleidoscope” in 1999, which was produced by the Neptunes! Mi amours the lesson here is TO SAVE YOUR MONEY for a rainy day…

Secondly, I feel like she needs to uphold some of her dignity in this situation…it seems like she’s almost begging him for money….What happened to the strong INDEPENDANT WOMAN she used to be back when she came out with that ‘I hate you so much right now’ track?? When I heard that record, I never thought I would see the day that KELIS would let herself become beholden to a man!

Frankly, I am very disappointed! Ladies….this is definitely one of the reasons that I say you need to really THINK before you allow yourself to get pregnant. It seems like Kelis is in a position, that many women find themselves in…..pregnant, with no money and a future full of uncertainty and potential instability….and if you didn’t know…. this leads to a STATE OF PANIC and a level of stress that probably explains her desperate pleas for Nas’ money.

So that’s that but……Let’s take a second and talk about Nas’ role in all of this….

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