'Nellyville' Star Nelly Explains His Public Affection For Shantel Jackson: Rapper Wants The World To See Their Love On The New BET Show

Nelly and his new girlfriend Shantel Jackson are not shy about their love, and it will show on their new show Nellyville, which premiered Tuesday night, Nov. 25, on BET.

MStars News previously reported that Ashanti and Nelly spoke out about their previous relationship after Ashanti revealed that she kept mute about her love life while dating the rapper.

Ashanti previously said, "A lot of that was me. I'm very, 'I don't like to have my stuff on blast."

As Nelly claimed their romance was awkward.

"Me and her relationship is definitely not one that is, I would probably say, normal. Even when we were together, it wasn't normal," Nelly claims.

"Obviously, we had an agreement, but it just wasn't my case to just keep that private like that," the St. Louis rapper told Richmond's 92.1 radio.

Now Nelly has moved on to Floyd Mayweather's ex, Jackson, he explains his love life was going to be a part of the show.

“In this situation, it’s kind of hard to show everything that’s been going on without showing that side of it, too,” Nelly explained as he gives his “relationship a chance to grow.”

Nelly is not only putting his love life on display, but also his kids, and his two adopted kids — his niece and nephew —whom he vowed to take care of after his sister died of cancer.

“There are a lot of fathers that are in their kids’ lives on a day-to-day basis,” Nelly says, and adds “I don’t want anybody to think that Nelly’s a one-man army. Through that process, we’ve been able to maintain a great structure, and I’ve been able to make that thing happen."

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