COUPLES NEWS: KELIS PREGNANT UPDATE, TAMEKA'S SURGERY STATUS, ERYKAH'S TWITTER BABY, MEL B-EDDIE MURPHY BABY DRAMA.

Nas confirmed that his wife Kelis IS pregnant with their first child during this MTV News interview. News broke via Us Weekly last month. Nas and Kelis have been married since January 2005.

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Nas on the baby's sex: "Yeah, man, I find out what it's gonna be next week, so I'm happy," said the rapper, who has a 15-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. "I got another one coming in '09, yeah! That's what's up!" [MTV News]

Usher's wife Tameka Foster Raymond was induced into a coma after compliations from a routine surgery at Brazil's São Paulo's Sírio-Libanês hospital, reports E Online. News of Tameka's surgery first hit the blogosphere prior to Usher's scheduled appearance at the 2009 Grammy Awards. The pair just welcomed their second son Naviyd Ely Raymond back in December 2008. UPDATE: Tameka had a heart attack prior to plastic surgery reports Us Weekly.

His wife, Tameka, is in Brazil and has experienced complications from plastic surgery. A neurosurgeon, Dr. Gabriel Hunt of LA’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, is on the way to South America. [Access Hollywood]

Erykah Badu has named her Twitter baby as Mars Merkaba with boyfriend Jay Electronica. Congrats to the couple!

Erykah on her newborn daughter Mars: “Her eyes are looking right into mine. she struggles to focus. I wonder where she just came from. I mean…her spirit…”[fatbellybella's Twitter

Eddie Murphy has agreed to provide child support (a estimated $51,000 a month/$10 million support package) for ex-girlfriend Melanie Brown's daughter Angel Iris. Mel B gave birth to Angel Iris on Eddie's birthday (April 3, 2007) and Eddie has subsequently took a DNA test to confirm that he's the father.

British tabloid the News of the World has revealed that Murphy has agreed to a support package totaling more than $10 million, following a 15-month court battle in Los Angeles. [source]