Jada Pinkett Smithās āentanglementā with August Alsina sure is getting twisty.
After the āRed Table Talkā host confirmed that sheād had a secret relationship with the R&B singer while she was still married to Will Smith, describing their connection as an āentanglement,ā heās now released a song referencing their romance.
And guess what itās called? Yep, āEntanglements.ā Alsina dropped the new track featuring an assist from rapper Rick Ross on Saturday, and itās a clear sendup of the drama with the Smith family.
āThe definition of entanglement/ Itās when you tangled in the sheets/ Girl I know that we donāt call it a relationship/ But youāre still fuckinā with me,ā he sings in the opening of the song. āEntanglements, is when you tangled in them sheets/ Entanglements, is when youāre tangled up with me/ Entanglements, is when youāre gettinā in too deep/ Tangled up with me, tangled in them sheets.ā
Elsewhere in the song, Alsina addresses a woman who āleft your man to fuck with me, just to pay him back,ā later singing, āThat aināt my girl, but I got the key to the crib and to your car (To the crib and to her heart).ā
Ross, meanwhile, takes the less subtle approach, dropping references to Pinkett Smithās film āThe Matrix: Reloadedā and her past relationship with Tupac Shakur.
āJaded by her beauty, but her reputation real solid,ā he raps on the song.
Pinkett Smith confirmed she pursued a relationship with Alsina while separated from her husband, explaining that they broke up within their marriage following a period of unhappiness.
In their āRed Table Talkā sit down, the couple seemed to suggest that Will Smith also had his fair share of dalliances.
āWe were over,ā Pinkett Smith said to Smith about what sparked their separation.
He added, āI was done with your ass. ... We decided we were going to separate for a period of time, and you go figure out how to make yourself happy, and Iāll figure out how to make myself happy.ā
During the conversation, Pinkett Smith repeatedly used the word āentanglementā to describe her connection with Alsina, which has since spawned many a meme across social media. Smith, however, pushed her to acknowledge that it was a full-fledged relationship.
But Alsina doesnāt seem to mind the categorization, telling Vulture in an interview published earlier this week that the word is actually well-suited to their situation.
āIf you look up the definition of āentanglement,ā it is a complex and difficult relationship. It was exactly that,ā he told the outlet. āI think itās just the language that probably stuck out to people. But I definitely have to agree with it being an entanglement. It definitely was something complicated, a complicated dynamic.ā
Listen to āEntanglementsā below.