He probably told her that him and Deb were over because he got kicked out and got himself an apartment. And he was living in the studio at some point but Ashanti must have known he was sleeping with a lot of hoes, Superhead included... so yeah was it for songs?
She was writing a lot of songs but didn't get noticed. I read a story about I'm real and how Ja Rule still doesn't want to confirm she was singing the chorus. Ashanti said she was mad at Irv because she wanted the record. JLo also got that Ain't it funny remix. I don't know the reason why they left Ashanti's vocals on there (Maybe a regular thing with Jennifer. On Play you can hear Christina Milian on the chorus..these girls didn't get much credit. A weak voice. Or a way to promote these young artists?) It must have been frustrating to be the songwriter instead of the artist. Everyone was fighting over Irv's attention. He seems like a terrible boss.
She moved on with Nelly and Irv found out about it because of the Over and over vid. He wanted permission to use her picture. So Irv think they both dated the same chick.. and he was like go to Nelly's label if you like him so much. When he is talking about Ashanti he seems really hurt, but I get it. Why would Ashanti care about the trail when you are putting the whole crew in trouble? That is messy.