Jan 31 - Pics of Nelly And Ashanti In Anguilla Out

Intimate pictures of Nelly and Ashanti have begun doing steady rounds on the World Wide Web even though the pair has generally denied that they are romantically involved.

The company that takes credit for the pictures is Insight News and Features and it's a celebrity stock photography agency based in New York and London.

"The pictures were taken on January 5, 2005 on an Island called Anguilla," said Accounts Manager Gerald Jean-Pierre to AllHipHop.com. "They were on vacation. They noticed the photographer after a while, because one of the pics shows Nelly looking directly into the camera."

In the exclusives flicks, the pair are seeing strolling the beach and canoodling.

Jean-Pierre said they pride themselves on their ability to get exclusive photos of the stars.

"We're the company that got Jay-Z and Beyonce on the same island," he said.

Insight News and Features may have shattered the veil of privacy that Nelly and Ashanti have attempted to have.

Ashanti told AllHipHop.com, "Me and Nelly [are] just cool, we [are] just friends."

Also denying that they are a couple, Nelly was more forthcoming, seeming to forecast that pictures would come out eventually.

"We've been out before, of course. I mean, people seen us, so we're not gonna lie [and say] we haven't been out and then [people say] "well, here's the picture.' [Laughs] No, it's not like that, but again, she's single and I'm single," Nelly said in a previous interview.

↪ PICS ARE HERE - ronnie