Ashanti and Nelly pose at a private dinner hosted by iHome for Nelly on May 7, 2008 in New York City.Rob Loud/Getty Images

Despite split reports, rapper Nelly and singer Ashanti "are definitely very much still together," a source close to the pair tells Usmagazine.com.

The New York Daily News reported the couple, who have been linked since 2003, recently went through a nasty split.

"I’m dating my new album, and no one else," the Daily News quoted the singer, 27, as saying.

 But the source told Us that Ashanti was misquoted.

Ashanti says she worked with Nelly, 33, on her new album, The Declaration.

"He’s a lot of fun, a lot of fun," she told Us after being appointed Music & Nightlife ambassador for Nassau County on Tuesday.

Source :http://www.usmagazine.com/ashanti-and-nelly-definitely-very-much-still-together