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Some Facts About....Nelly!!!!
- Real Name: Cornell Haynes Jr.
- Hometown: St. Louis,Missouri
- He's a member of the St. Lunatics,
which is composed of the following people,Nelly,Ali,Murphy Lee,Kyjuan,and Slo Down.
- He has 2 Clothing lines they are Vokal and
Apple Bottoms.
- He's peformed at Super Bowl 35 and 38, which was the years
of 2001 and 2004.
- Has became part owner of an NBA expansion team, the
Charlotte Bobcats.
- He created his own energy drink which is called PimpJuice.
- Started 2 non- profit organizations
- One of the organizations he started was 4 Sho
4 Kids which aims at helping underprivileged inner-city youth by providing them literacy and other
educational and social programs.
- The other organization he started was Jes Us 4Jackie,
which helps locate bone marrow donors for leukemia patients.
- He appeared in the following films of Snipes,and
The Longest Yard.
- Was the first rap artist to ever to release two new albums
(Sweat and Suit) on the same release date.
- Sold over a quarter million copies of his debut album "Country
Grammar" during its first week of release.
- In the summer of 2002,he proved to be no one -hit wonder when
his sophomore album Nellyville came into the top on the Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart.
- Nellyville went on to sell over 6 million
copies of the records domestically and earn its creator two grammy trophies for the singles "Hot in Herre" for
best male rap solo,and "Dilemma" for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
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