Nas was banned from witnessing the birth of his baby boy because he was too drunk, according to a report from TMZ.com.

The hip-hop star had been performing in New York earlier in the night, where he announced to fans in the crowd that he was drunk on champagne, according to the gossip site. Nas later turned up at the bedside of his estranged wife — R&B singer Kelis –but staff turned him away, reportedly because he was under the influence of alcohol.

A statement issued by Kelis’ publicist early Thursday seems to support at least the claims that the new father was no where to be found when Kelis’ “Milkshake” brought a baby boy to the yard.

“Kelis gave birth to Knight Jones last night on July 22nd around 9PM. Weighing a healthy 7.8lbs, the beautiful baby boy and his mother are doing wonderful. This was a natural birth and Kelis had been in labor since early Monday morning around 2AM. Knight was delivered in a NYC hospital with her mother and sister in the room.”

Kelis is already Tweeting on the birth of her new son:

Ok so I did it, he’s 7.8 pounds of the greatest stuff on earth…I was in labor for 3 of the longest most painful days of my life. I don’t understand when women say they don’t remember giving birth…I will remember for the rest of my life. He’s kinda perfect btw.