Lower than two months after he was blasted on-line for acting at President Donald Trump’s inauguration, rapper Nelly is again within the sizzling seat – and this time the criticism is centered round his youngsters. The “Air Drive Ones” rapper, who’s a father of 5 kids between the ages of 31 and eight months – together with a niece and nephew he adopted after his sister handed away in March 2005 – stated that in relation to his parenting model, the principles are completely different for his sons and his daughters.
In a current look on the “Drink Champs” podcast, Nelly stated that if his now-31-year-old daughter discovered herself in hassle, there’s all the time room for her at residence.
“I f’d up ‘trigger I instructed my daughter, ‘Yeah, child, don’t fear about it. You possibly can all the time come residence. You all the time obtained a room,” he instructed the hosts.
But when certainly one of his sons discovered themselves needing to depend on him for a spot to remain, the lodging wouldn’t be practically as snug.
“My son, he can come residence, however he get the sofa. Finally, he gotta get the f*ok out. He obtained to. He a person. You bought to go. You possibly can all the time come residence. Generally when s*t don’t work out, I ain’t knocking that ’trigger you gotta get again up in your ft. However simply know, n*ga, that is short-term,” he stated.
Though plenty of folks took the chance to name Nelly out on social media for laying out what they believed to be a ridiculous double commonplace, some got here to his protection saying that he has the best to make the principles in his residence, even when others don’t agree.
“He’s the daddy & these are his guidelines. Nothing incorrect with that,” wrote somebody on X.
Different dad and mom stated their doorways are all the time open for his or her youngsters, no matter their gender.
“My youngsters can stick with me so long as they should get on their ft. So long as they’re both working or at school. And they’ll have the identical chores that they had once they had been youngsters.” one other commenter wrote.
However one commenter put the accountability on the dad and mom, arguing that if we practice them up in the way in which they need to go, your youngsters won’t ever look again..
“The way in which some deal with their black boys…smh if u have carried out your job effectively as a father your boys gained’t want to come back crash on the sofa,” they wrote.