Nelly

About Nelly

Hip-hop musician who recorded with the St. Lunatics and rose to notoriety in 2000 with his album Country Grammar, which sold more than 8 million copies.

Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with Midwest hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in the year 2000, with his debut album Country Grammar, of which the featured title track and the single "Ride wit Me" were top ten hits. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and went on to peak at number one. Country Grammar is Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States. His following album, Nellyville, produced the number-one hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma". Other singles included "Work It", "Air Force Ones", "Pimp Juice" and "#1". With the same-day dual release of Sweat and Suit and the compilation Sweatsuit, Nelly continued to generate many chart-topping hits.

Born	Cornell Iral Haynes Jr, November 02, 1974, Austin, Texas, U.S.
Years active	1993–present
Education	University City High School
Net worth	US$ 60 million (2018)
Official Website	https://www.nelly.net/
Occupation	Rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur
Family	City Spud (half-brother)
Children	2

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Trivia

His hit songs include "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma," and his second studio album, Nellyville, became one of the best-selling rap albums of its era.

Nelly before fame

He was on the verge of becoming a professional baseball player, but after failing to win a record deal with the St. Lunatics, he pursued a solo career.

Achievement of Nelly

His hit singles include"Hot in Herre" and"Dilemma", and his second studio album, Nellyville, became one of the best-selling rap albums of all time.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$40 Million

Nelly family life

He was born to Cornell and Rhonda, and was raised with two younger brothers, Chaz and Nijel. He is of Italian and Jamacian descent. Cornell is his son, while Chanelle is his daughter.

Associations of Nelly

He co-wrote the hit song"Work It" with Justin Timberlake.

Nelly Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	in kg - N/A
Height	173 cm
Eye Color	N/A
Hair Color	N/A

Facts about Nelly

• What are his trophies?
A Grammy-winning artist has also several BET Awards, a BlockBuster Entertainment Award, a couple of American Music Awards, and some others under his belt.
• Back in 2009, Nelly launched his compilation collection u201cThe Best of Nellyu201d in Japan.
• Nelly made numerous TV appearances, for instance, on the show u201cT.I and Tiny: The Family Hustle.u201d
• The rap singer owns two clothing brands called Vokal and Apple Bottoms.
• Nellyu0027s breakthrough hit is u201cJust a Dreamu201d which has become platinum.
• What is the best track St. Lunatics?
It was their single u201cGimme What Ya Got.u201d The group achieved the certain level of local popularity and failed to go further.
• In fall 2017, Nelly was taken into custody on the charge of rape. However, Nelly was released
• What are his biggest hits?
Nellyu0027s next release after the first one was titled u201cNellyville.u201d The album contains such his hits as u201cDilemma,u201d u201cWork Itu201d created in cooperation with Justin Timberlake, u201cPimp Juice,u201d and others.
• How did she manage to reach the heights?
When inking the deal with Universal Music Group, she had a feedback from rappers who defined her music as the negative one. The company transferred it to the advantage that she was the only one in the Midwest as the majority of rap stars were from East and West Coast.