Nelly Lyrics

Nelly Info:

Birth Name:
Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr.

Born:
November 2, 1974 (age )

From:
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Height:
5' 8"

Occupation:
Rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur, investor

Years active:
1993–present

Net worth:
Increase U.S. $60 million (2014 estimate)

Father:
Cornall Haynes Sr. (air force man)

Children:
2

Genres:
Hip hop pop, R&B

Associated acts:
St. Lunatics
Kelly Rowland
T.I.
Ashanti

Breakthrough Single:
Gimmie What You Got (with St Lunatics, regional song that sold 7,000 copies)

Nelly Quotes:
"I don't necessarily feel like a solo artist."

"I don't sound like anyone."

"I've never been a hata. If I see something that's hot, I'm 'a say it, because I want my just due. I was like, 'Holla at me about the remix.' They turned, like, 'Word?' I was like, 'Word.' We exchanged numbers, and it went down like that."

"I really thought I'd be playing ball right now."

"I'm just the key in the door for the rest of the St. Lunatics. I'm the first to release an album, But we're all family. We came up together from nothing. So it's St. Lunatics for life."

"I've got a style that's all my own. I'm rappin' the blues. I like to think of my music as a jazz form of hip-hop. I don't really even know what I'm going to sound like until I hear the beat."

"Rappers like Biggie and Tupac brought something different to the music. They attracted people to it."

"St. Louis is real. It's the rawest of the raw. It's small so everybody knows each other. I've got a love/hate relationship with it."

Nelly Awards:
2005
Hungarian Music Award for Hip Hop Album "Sweat"

2004
Grammy Award for Rap Duo or Group: “Shake Ya Tailfeather,”

2003
Source Hip-Hop Music Awards: Artist of the Year, Male (2003)
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards: Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture, TRAINING DAY (2003) - for Number 1
Grammy Awards: Best Male Rap Solo Performance, Hot In Herre (2003)
Grammy Awards: Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Dilemma, Dilemma (2003)
American Music Award for FANS' CHOICE AWARD

2002
Billboard Music Award for Male Artist of the Year
Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Singles Male Artist of the Year
Billboard Music Award for R&B/Hip-Hop Male Artist of the Year
Billboard Music Award for Rap Artist of the Year
Billboard Music Award for Rap Track of the Year “Hot in Herre”
American Music Award for RAP/HIP-HOP Favorite Artist

2001
MTV Music Video Award for Rap Video “Ride Wit Me”
Source Hip Hop Award for New Artist of the Year
Source Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year "Country Grammar"