Amount includes $10,000 a month to pay off spousal support already owed by the rapper totaling $299,015. By Gil Kaufman Nas and Kelis Photo: Steve Granitz / Getty Images It was a rough day in court on Monday for rapper Nas , who was ordered by a judge to pay more than $350,000 in back support to his ex, singer Kelis , plus her legal and accounting fees. According to TMZ , a Los Angeles superior court judge ordered Nas to immediately pay more than $47,249 in back child support and $40,454 in back spousal support. That hefty amount was in addition to an order to pay Kelis $10,000 a month in spousal support until Nas pays off the $299,015 he already owes Kelis in support payments. Nas, who is preparing to drop his collabo album with Damian Marley, Distant Relatives , on May 18, was also ordered to pay Kelis’ legal fees in the divorce case, which top $155,000, as well as more than $48,000 in Kelis’ accounting expenses. Ever since the couple split just months before the birth of their first child together, Knight Jones , last summer, they have been battling it out in court over support payments. In December, a Los Angeles superior court judge ordered the rapper (born Nasir Jones) to bump up his monthly child and spousal support payments from $40,000 to $51,000, for a total of more than $600,000 a year. Kelis released an EP called Acapella — The Remixes last week, and her album Flesh Tone is due out on July 6. Related Artists Nas Kelis
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Nas Ordered To Pay Kellis $350K-Plus In Spousal, Child Support
