Source: Ashanti, Nelly still together

LOS ANGELES, July 24 (UPI) -- Recording artists Nelly and Ashanti are still a couple, a source says, despite a U.S. newspaper report claiming they had broken up.

"(They) are definitely very much still together," a source close to the couple told Usmagazine.com.

A report in New York's Daily News said that Nelly and Ashanti, who reportedly have been dating for about five years, recently split up.

"I'm dating my new album and no one else," the newspaper quoted Ashanti as saying.

However, the insider told Usmagazine.com Ashanti was misquoted in the Daily News article and that she and Nelly are still an item.