United Kingdom, March 19 -- Nelly is trying to save his son from regular photoshoots.

The 50-year-old rapper has KK, nine months, with 'Foolish' singer Ashanti, 44, and while she is making a point of taking his picture on a regular basis in the run up to his first birthday, he wants to stop him from any sort of embarrassment in the future.

He told US TV show 'Extra': "I've been trying to save him from the photo shoots 'cause when he gets older and sees all of this, he gonna be like..".

Ashanti interjected: "He's gonna love it!"

The 'Hot In Heere' hitmaker joked that he has had "more birthday parties" than he has, but Ashanti corrected him and insisted that they are not parties and merely photoshoots that occur on a regular basis.

He ...