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Nas and Kelis have been divorced for two years now, but you’d think things were just finalized yesterday the way their wedding, marriage, and dissolution are such a hot topic. With Nas back in the spotlight, naturally everyone has been asking about how things went down with his ex-wife, but when he released the “Life is Good” album cover holding the infamous green dress Kelis wore during the couple’s 2005 nuptials, it sparked all sorts of discussion about just what message he was really trying to send to his old, old lady.

During Nas’ VH1 “Behind the Music” special, he explained that the wedding dress was the only thing Kelis left behind when she moved out, and during an interview with MTV, he said during the filming of that segment he realized the dress needed to be a part of his album art.

“It clicked right there. You’re saying it even in your interview, it’s like a given that this should allude to this being on the cover, that statement,” he said. “Some things you can’t plan, they happen.”

That’s easy for him to say, but does Kelis feel the same? Surprisingly, she sort of does. In an interview with NME.com, she spoke on the cover art and said:

“My feelings about it are not really relevant, but you know at the end of the day Nas is an artist. And for whatever it’s worth he’s one of the greatest, and especially for what it is he does.

“So for me, I feel like especially for someone in hip-hop to kind of be genuine and honest, whatever the honesty is about, I think it’s awesome. So my feelings about it aren’t really necessarily valid, it’s just the fact that as an artist I can respect that he wears his feelings on his sleeve.”

It kind of sounds like she might be feeling some sort of way about the cover, but she’s putting artistry over feelings which is pretty cool. These two are sounding more amicable than ever these days. Around the same time that she was bigging him up, he told Tim Westwood in a radio interview:

“Shout out to Kelis. She’s an amazing woman and that’s the mother of my child and she’s great and everything is good.”

Brande Victorian is the news and operations editor for madamenoire.com. Follow her on twitter @Be_Vic.

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On her wedding day, every bride just hopes that Murphy’s Law doesn’t take effect. To the dismay of Shalita Harris, it did – in a major way. Moments after Harris and her bridal party finished preparing for the wedding, the sprinkler system in the bridal suite of the Westin Hotel in Atlanta went off and sprayed “black oily liquid” on their gowns. SMH.

Paramedics and firefighters were called in to address this bizarre incident, and members of the wedding party reported breathing problems and had to be taken to the hospital. Nevertheless, the show went on with two of the eight bridesmaids in attendance in their black stained dresses.

The Westin Hotel has stated that the cause of the sprinkler malfunction is still unknown. Harris seemed calm enough when talking to the news reporter. How would you have reacted?

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From HelloBeautiful.com

Amber Rose is so excited about her upcoming nuptials with marijuana-smoking rapper, Wiz Khalifa. Insert “hoe into a housewife” joke here. In an interview with PEOPLE, Rose said, “I think about it constantly. Like all day. No matter what I’m doing I always have my wedding on my mind. So I’m really excited.”

Aww, well isn’t that cute. The 28-year-old stripper turned, uhm…model? is picking up various bridal and food magazines so that she can get some inspiration for what she wants to look like on her big day and what food’s going to be served.

For details on Amber’s big day, visit HelloBeautiful.com.

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Something must’ve gotten into Beyonce (besides her baby). The usually-private entertainer just keeps giving us more glimpses into her personal life. Most recently, she shared footage of her childhood, rise to fame with Destiny’s Child, and her charity work in the video for her single “I was Here”—plus a coveted image of her wedding dress.

The shot is quick that you can’t tell much beyond the fact that the dress is a gorgeous strapless gown with a ruffle train, but it’s the most we’ve seen of her big day since she tied the knot with Jay Z in 2008.

Check out the wedding dress cameo in the clip below and tell us what you think of her latest video.

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