Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., better known by his stage name, Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter,
entrepreneur, investor and occasional actor from St. Louis, Missouri.
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr.
Born: November 2, 1974 (age 50)
From: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height: 5' 8"
Children: 2
Genre(s):
Hip hop pop,
R&B
Active From: 1993-present
Associated Acts:
St. Lunatics,
Kelly Rowland,
T.I.,
Ashanti
Awards:
2005
Hungarian Music Award for Hip Hop Album "Sweat"
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."