Nelly bans marijuana from tour bus

Nelly has banned marijuana from his tour bus because of his young son.

The Hot in Herre hitmaker admitted that life on the road is much different now because wife, Ashanti, and their 12-month-old son, KK, have been joining him, so things are much calmer.

He told People magazine: "They joined me. They've been on the road a lot.

"When Shan has a show or something she has to tend to, obviously I don't have a choice, she takes him with her. She's an incredible person already, so to watch her go through motherhood for the first time is really a joy to watch, man.

"It's dope, man. It's different on the bus, I'll tell you that. There's no more weed smoking and no s*** like that, you know what I'm saying?"

"That's gone."

The 50-year-old rapper -- who has Cornell and Chanelle from a previous relationship and also adopted his late stepsister Jaqueline Donahue's children Shawn and Sydney -- loves seeing Ashanti with their son, particularly because he knows how lucky they are to have children.

He said: "Everybody doesn't get a chance to be a mother, everybody don't get that chance, and that's something that I did not realise until me and her got back together, so to speak.

"There's so many women out here that do not get a chance to become mothers, and it's not by their decision. Things could be medical, it could be health, it could be some other different things as well.

"But to watch her eyes light up every day and the joy with him -- he's the splitting image of her, too -- it's great."