Nelly - who has kept mum about his romance with Ashanti for years - is finally ready to dish. The key to their below-the-radar relationship, the rapper told People magazine, is that they both love to have a good time.

"That's the thing between me and her, we just like having fun," he said Sunday at Las Vegas' Lavo club, where he was celebrating his 34th birthday. Although Ashanti was in Japan and couldn't attend the party, Nelly admitted that he and the Glen Cove native have been "hanging out for a minute." (In actuality, they've been linked on and off since 2003.)