Washington, Mar 26 : Pop singer Ashanti was left embarrassed when her dress split and exposed her bare bottom at a posh red carpet event.

The 28-year-old star anxiously hid her naked butt while her dresser rushed to stitch up the slit.

"You could see my butt. While I was doing interviews on the red carpet, the seamstress was behind me sewing up the hole in my dress," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

Ashanti has hinted she will marry her rapper lover Nelly in 2009.

Just four months after the couple went public with its four year romance, the singer has confessed she is planning to walk down the aisle with Nelly. (ANI)