WAYNE BRUSHES OFF BABY RUMOURS
Jail-bound rapper LIL WAYNE has silenced reports he’s expecting a fifth c= hild with a singer he signed to his record label.
The Lollipop hitmaker, who is expected to be sentenced to a year behind= bars next week (02Mar10), was rumoured to have impregnated upcoming sing= er Shanell Woodgett, who he recruited to his Young Money imprint.
But the hip-hop star insists there’s no truth to the speculation.
In a video clip posted online for fans, Wayne explains, "Let me clear u= p this rumour, man: Shanell is not pregnant from me (sic). Shanell isn’t = even pregnant! Period. Clear that up right now, man. Everybody talking ab= out Shanell pregnant by (me). No, she not even pregnant (sic). Period." And Shanell, who has written songs for the rapper, admits she was deepl= y offended by the story.
She tells MTV.com, "Basically it came from a corny rumour that escalate= d. First I was dating him, then I was his girlfriend, then we were gettin= g married, then we were settling down and now I’m pregnant. It’s so fooli= sh we’ve haven’t paid it any attention.
"All the rest of the rumours were kinda (sic) funny except that one. Wh= en my mother called me (I said) ‘No! Are you serious?’ I don’t care about= the (other) rumours, but I just want people to know that I’m not pregnan= t. I’ve got an album coming out, I’m a dancer, I’m in shape and children = are not anywhere in my future." Lil Wayne is already dad to three sons and a daughter, Reginae, from pr= evious relationships.
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