After a whopping 31 hours of labor, Kelis finally gave birth to her first son on Tuesday night. The baby, named Knight Jones, weighed 7.8 lbs. Unfortunately a lot of drama has been going on between Kelis and the baby’s father, her soon-to-be ex-husband, rapper Nas. They split when she was seven months pregnant, and their divorce proceedings have been incredibly acrimonious. They still haven’t agreed on child support for the baby and have had a lot of arguments over who’s contributed what so far – and it sounds like Nas hasn’t done much. He was denied entrance to the hospital during Kelis’ first night of labor. Why? Not because she wouldn’t let him in – but because he was so wasted when he showed up.

TMZ has learned Kelis has finally given birth to her son with estranged hubby Nas — and this time, he was allowed into the hospital to see ’em.

After nearly three days of labor, Kelis gave birth to son Knight Jones last night — and while Nas was not in the delivery room, he was outside and he did get to see his baby.

As we first reported, Nas had tried to visit Kelis in the hospital while she was in labor the night before — but was turned away because he was too wasted.

[From TMZ]

TMZ mentions “nearly three days of labor,” but according to Us Weekly Kelis went into labor at 2 a.m. Monday and gave birth at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. According to TMZ, Nas was performing that first night and told the audience he was drunk off champagne.

With his pregnant estranged wife in labor, rapper Nas finally tried to get by Kelis’ side at the hospital last night — problem is, the dude was way too friggin’ drunk.

After a performance in NY last night — where he told fans he was hammered off champagne — Nas tried to roll by Kelis’ hospital room around 1 AM this morning. But we’re told Nas was turned away because he was too wasted.

Kelis, the singer behind that “Milkshake” song, is still in the hospital — 24 hours into her labor!! We’re told she still has not given birth to their son, Knight.

But there’s still a major issue at hand — sources close to the situation tell TMZ the bill for Kelis’ hospital stay has not yet been paid — and because the soon-to-be-exes are still fighting over child support and baby expenses, it’s unclear if Nas will fork over the cash for the cost of the baby.

We’ll see if he steps up to the plate…

[From TMZ]

What a charming, considerate, and responsible way to plan on meeting his new baby for the first time: drunk. I’m sure this bodes well for what kind of father Nas is going to be. When your main priority is getting sloshed instead of being there for your kid… let’s just say my hopes aren’t high. Luckily for Nas – though not for Kelis – she didn’t give birth that night, and he was let into the hospital (though not the delivery room) when the baby was born. So presumably he wasn’t drunk.

Kelis’ rep released the traditional “‘The beautiful baby boy and his mother are doing wonderful’” statement. Kelis and Nas have both filed for joint custody of the baby. Congrats to Kelis, and several cups of strong coffee to Nas.

Here’s Kelis and Nas at a Grammys after party in October. Header of Kelis in June. Images thanks to WENN.com .