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What is Nelly’s net worth?

Nelly, the American rapper, actor, and entrepreneur, has a net worth of $8 million. He gained fame with his album “Country Grammar” in 2000, which sold over 10 million copies globally and remains his most successful album.

Nelly’s Early Life and Music Career

Cornell Iral Haynes Jr, known professionally as Nelly, was born on November 2, 1974, in Austin, Texas. His parents divorced when he was seven, and he moved to St. Louis, Missouri. As a teenager, he formed his first band, the St. Lunatics, with friends Ali, Murphy Lee, Kyjuan, and Slo’Down and his half brother City Spud. The group had local success in 1997 with the single “Gimme What Ya Got.”

However, after the St. Lunatics failed to score a record deal, Nelly decided to launch his solo career.

Nelly’s Career Highlights

In 1999, Nelly signed a record contract with Universal Music. The following year, he released his debut album “Country Grammar.” This album remains Nelly’s best-selling album to date.

Nelly won Grammy Awards in 2003 and 2004 and had a supporting role in the 2005 remake film “The Longest Yard” with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock.

In 2008-2009, Nelly appeared in four episodes of “CSI: NY.” From 2013 to 2016, Nelly appeared in 39 episodes of the reality television parody show “Real Husbands of Hollywood” on BET.

Nelly released “Celebrity Sweat” a fitness DVD, in the fall of 2010.

Nelly was scheduled to perform his debut album Country Grammar in full at the 2020 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee, but the festival was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

He has two clothing lines, Vokal and Apple Bottoms.

In July 2020, Nelly joined Brad Paisley and other performers to put on a Covid-19 friendly drive-in concert at the Hollywood Park Amphitheater in his hometown of St. Louis.

In 2021, Nelly collaborated with Burger King to promote the fast food chain’s “Keep It Real Meals” with the “Cornell Haynes, Jr. Meal.” This was in recognition of the company’s move to cut out 120 artificial ingredients from its menu items.

Nelly’s Legal Troubles

In April 2015, Nelly was arrested and charged with felony drug possession after marijuana, drug paraphernalia, handguns, and what was believed to be meth were found on his tour bus. The felony charge was later dropped, and Nelly pleaded guilty to misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

In 2016, the IRS placed a $2.4 million tax lien against Nelly for unpaid taxes.

In 2017, Nelly was arrested in Washington on suspicion of rape after a woman reported that he had invited her onto his tour bus and raped her. The charges were later dropped.

Nelly’s Philanthropy and Other Ventures

Nelly is a philanthropist who runs the nonprofit 4Sho4Kids Foundation. He started a campaign to educate minorities about the need for bone marrow transplants after his sister Jackie was diagnosed with leukemia. His sister died in March 2005. Nelly has also hosted St. Louis’ White and Black Ball since 2006 to raise money for scholarships. He established a scholarship named after Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014.

Nelly played the Main Event at the 2007 World Series of Poker and has also played The PokerStars European Poker Tour and PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. In 2010, he filmed a public service announcement for the Tackle Hunger campaign sponsored by the nonprofit Do Something. In the PSA, Nelly challenged teens to fight hunger by collecting one million pounds of food for needy families during the holiday season. In 2011, Nelly and Vatterott College founded the Ex’treme Institute By Nelly, a music production school in St. Louis.

Nelly’s Former Home

Nelly’s former home, located in Eureka, Missouri, was a five-bedroom, four and a half bathroom ranch style home that was built in 1972. The 2,679 square foot home was featured on MTV Cribs in 2002 and was located near the Hidden Valley Country Club. In June 2010, Nelly sold the home for $740,158.

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