According to reports Nelly is ready to pop the question to Black Fran Dresher but there is only one issue stopping him - - her overbearing mother.

“Tina sticks her nose in everything because she’s also Ashanti’s manager,” a source tells Star. “She’s always pushing Ashanti to make more money, to always look great. It stresses her out, and Nelly doesn’t like that.”

The rapper, 34, has tried to encourage Ashanti, 28, to become more independent, but “Tina has such a strong personality that she’s kind of afraid of her.” Still, if the singer doesn’t put her mom in her place soon, she won’t be getting that rock she’s been hoping for.

“Before he makes her his wife,” adds the source, “Nelly wants to know that Ashanti can make decisions on her own.”

Mama Tina 2.0 is a graduate from the Sonya Norwood Momangment Institute, so none of this gossip should leave anybody in shock.

Instead of focusing all her attention on what Ashanti and ol’ Apple Bottoms boy are doing she may want to check in on Shi Shi to make sure she hasn’t turned into a blueberry like the little yt girl on Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. You laugh but I’m concerned.