On September 10, hip hop king, Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, was arrested for driving under the influence of marijuana. Recently, a video surfaced on the web of this event (does it look like he passed the sobriety test to you? Some think so). In the video you will see the cops asking him to count from 1001, 1002, until they said stop, while standing on one leg with both arms out and had him walk a straight line back and forth while counting to nine. Nas tells the cop that he always had “weird balance”, but guess that didn’t work out so well. At the time, he was in the car with his brother Jabari, also known as Jungle. They checked his pulse, eyes and had him stick out his tongue (which was supposedly a bit green with raised taste buds). Then what really gave it away was the smoke filled SUV they were driving. He and his brother were both arrested and released later. There are rumors that the charges are being dropped.

Of course, this isn’t the most important of Nas’s worries at the moment, especially with the case he has with his ex-wife Kelis. He has to face a lien that’s worth $2.5 million — this accumulated over 2006 and 2007 for spousal and child support. Other than the trouble he is facing, he is still working hard in the studio, trying to bring out more songs and his next album. Word has it that he is collaborating with Damian Marley for the “Distant Relatives” album and documentary. Hopefully none of this drama will faze him because he has a lot of work to do…plus I know we all can’t wait to hear what the rapper has conjured up for the new album and documentary.

Wow, is it just me or did we all think that Kelis and the Hip Hop King would stay together for the long haul? I was pretty happy when the two hooked up and they seemed like a wholesome couple. They got married and everything was pretty silent. Then there were rumors that popped up about Kelis getting arrested for fighting with an undercover cop who was posing as a prostitute. There are multiple sides on this story, but supposedly the female cop was soliciting Nas and Kelis got upset. Then there’s another point of view saying that Kelis started the whole shabang.

Then more disturbing news sufaced from Nas’ ex-wife and baby mother who claimed that he and Kelis tried to get her to have a three-some with them. Now, that’s pretty disturbing. Now after things began to calm down again, we’re hit with divorce papers…where did we go wrong! Well, story has it that Nas found out about a sex tape that involves Kelis and another man — she says that this was “before” her and Nas got together, but he was still pretty upset about the whole thing and was embarassed. He began to treat her horribly and so she’s basically had enough of it. She spent a lot of time in Europe, where most of her fan base is, and she had a toast with a friend of her’s (Nas highly disapproved of her friend because everytime they got together they were at some party or getting into trouble) about the divorce and how she’s going to, “take him for everything’s he’s got”. Sounds like this will be a messy one. Oh…and I forgot to mention, she’s pregnant with Nas’ baby!