Nas has begged a judge to reduce the amount of cash he has been ordered to hand over to estranged wife Kelis in child and spousal support - because he can't afford the payment.
Kelis filed for divorce from the I Can hitmaker, real name Nasir Jones, last year, just months before the birth of their first son, Knight. The couple has been caught up in a bitter legal battle for custody ever since and last month, Nas was ordered to pay more than $87,000 in late spousal and child support and told to cover the Milkshake singer's legal and accounting bills.
The judge also set the rapper's monthly spousal support payments at $10,000 , based on figures suggesting he earns $152,031 every month, but, in a new court filing, Nas admits he pulls in "substantially less than that amount", and he has requested that officials take another look at his finances and recalculate his support payments.