Beneath towering arches in an old cathedral downtown, a 20-member choir welcomed guests at the BET Awards pre-party with a rousing gospel tune. Nelly, Ashanti, Jermaine...
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Nelly is bummed he wasn't able to collaborate with Bruce Springsteen on his new album. "I was really trying to get The Boss, but The Boss is all over the world," Nelly told...
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Nelly was wearing a very expensive white T-shirt as he got ready to hit the red carpet at the MTV Awards Video Music Awards Sunday night.
"It's a two-hundred-dollar white...
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The sister of Grammy-winning rapper Nelly died Thursday at a St. Louis hospital after a long battle with leukemia, the artist's publicist said.
Jacqueline "Jackie" Donahue,...
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Rapper Nelly already has three Grammy Awards on his mantle, but the rapper is hoping to add a Country Music Television Award or two to his collection. Allhiphop.com reports...
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Rapper Nelly and singer Ashanti have been downplaying their relationship in the past months, with each party providing the politically correct answer that they've only been...
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St. Louis-based rapper Chingy is known for his party raps, but now he's ready to step into the ring for a battle against two rap heavyweights if necessary. MTV.com reports...
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Nelly's new single, "Over And Over," featuring Tim McGraw, has helped the country superstar earn some more space in the music history books. The track debuts at Number 67 on...
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MTV has announced that Jennifer Lopez, Hilary Duff, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jimmy Fallon, and Will Smith will be joining Paris Hilton, Lenny Kravitz, skateboard legend Tony Hawk,...
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While rappers like the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, OutKast, and more recently Lil' Flip have been releasing double albums for years, Nelly is raising the bar by releasing two...
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Two members of a musical group called Vokal have accused rap star Nelly in a lawsuit of wrongly taking their name for his multimillion dollar clothing line.
James Tyrone...
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Nelly and his foundation, 4 Sho 4 Kids, were forced to cancel a bone-marrow drive scheduled for Friday (April 2), on Spelman College's campus in Atlanta, Georgia. MTV.com...
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Rumor has it that Nelly and Ashanti are having a secret romance, Blackvoices.com reports. The two were recently spotted cuddling up at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where they...
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Nelly
lost big in Las Vegas this week when more than $1 million in jewels was
stolen from his hotel room while he was in town for the 2003 Radio Music
Awards,...
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Rapper Nelly had more than $1 million in jewelry stolen from his Las Vegas Strip hotel room while he was in town for the 2003 Radio Music Awards, authorities said...
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Rap star Nelly will release a new remix album, Da Derrty Versions, on November 25. The set will include remixes of the rapper's hits and at least one new song, "Iz U," which...
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Nelly, Murphy Lee, Fabolous, Lil' Jon & The EastSide Boyz, Cam'ron & the Diplomats, Youngbloodz, Wyclef, Trina, and Ja Rule are among the confirmed performers scheduled to...
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Nelly's chart-topping track "Hot In Herre" and Aaliyah's Number One hit single "Miss You" are among the 18 tracks featured on Universal Smash Hits 2, due September 23. The...
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Rapper Nelly launched his new energy drink, Pimp Juice, on September 1, but the rapper is already coming under fire from a North Carolina minister who believes that the...
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Soon Nelly fans can sing along with his hit song "Pimp Juice" and sip on the rapper's newly-launched energy drink at the same time. Nelly and his company, Team Lunatics,...
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Rap superstar Nelly will be in New York on Saturday (July 26), continuing his Jes Us 4 Jackie nation-wide donor drive for patients in need of bone marrow transplants. The...
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Grammy-award winning rapper Nelly will be launching his Coors Light sponsored U.S. tour on Thursday (July 10) in Dallas, Texas but the rapper is also using his trek around...
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Brian McKnight and Nelly were in Las Vegas on Monday (June 30) to shoot a video for their collaboration "All Night Long," according to MTV. The video was directed by Frank...
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Grammy-award winning rapper Nelly and the St. Lunatics will kick-off an intimate 25-city tour titled Up Close & Personal introducing Murphy Lee on July 10 in Grand Prairie,...
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(6/24/03, 4 p.m. ET) v-- Nelly and his 30-year-old sister, Jacqueline "Jackie" Donahue, who is in immediate need of a bone marrow transplant, were on hand Saturday (June 21)...
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Nelly and producer, 7Aurelius, were named co-Songwriters Of The Year at the 20th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards on May 21 at the Beverly Hills Hilton.
Nelly, who penned...
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Just a day after superstar rapper Nelly announced a nationwide awareness and recruitment effort to find a bone marrow donor for his sister, Jackie Donahue, the siblings have...
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The Black Entertainment Television announced the nominees for the 3rd Annual BET Awards, which are coming up next month on the cable channel. Missy Elliott, Erykah Badu and...
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Brian McKnight's latest single, "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda," is still Number Four on the urban AC Radio & Records National Airplay charts, but the singer is already gearing up...
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The sister of superstar rapper Nelly is in immediate need of a bone marrow transplant. Both the rapper and his sister, Jackie Donahue, will be heading a nationwide awareness...
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Grammy award-winning rapper Nelly has teamed up with Nike to release a limited-edition sneaker called the new "Air Derrty" on June 13.
The limited-edition sneaker will be...
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B2K, Ashanti, and Nelly were among the music acts who won accolades at Nickelodeon's 16th Annual Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday night (April 12). B2K was named favorite...
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Grammy-winning rapper Nelly recently released "Pimp Juice" as the fourth single from his 2002 Nellyville album.
The rapper explained that the song was inspired by the pimps...
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Nelly, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Smokey Robinson, and Chaka Khan have been tapped to perform at this summer's Essence Music Festival. The three-day event happening July 3-5 in...
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Grammy-winning rapper Nelly and the St. Lunatics will perform "Air Force Ones" on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Thursday (March 20) at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC.
Drew...
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Grammy Award-winning rapper Nelly has purchased a part of Billy Ballew Motorsports, a Craftsmen Truck team, for the rest of the season.
Nelly's new truck, which will be...
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Musiq, Nelly and Ashanti were Saturday's (March 1) top winners at the 17th Annual Soul Train Awards, held at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.
Musiq claimed...
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Multiplatinum rapper Nelly recently pulled out of a European tour to spend time with his ailing sister, Jackie, who is suffering from leukemia, according to published...
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The 45th Annual Grammy Awards will take place Sunday (February 23) at Madison Square Garden in New York, and air on CBS from 8-11 p.m. ET (livep on the East Coast, tape...
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Rapper Nelly will be featured in the April issue of Playboy magazine--not for his hot and sultry lyrics, but instead for his work behind a camera. The rapper shot 10 rolls...
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R&B singers Ashanti and Amerie led the list of nominees for the 17th Annual Soul Train Music Awards when the nominees were announced on Monday (February 3) in Beverly Hills,...
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Rapper Nelly and Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child will hit the stage for a performance of their Grammy-nominated duet, "Dilemma," at this year's Grammy ceremony. The song is...
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Tim McGraw will participate in the upcoming NBA All-Star Celebrity Game telecast live on TNT. The event will take place in Atlanta on February 7, and will include fellow...
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Nelly is one of eight artists that received five Grammy nominations for the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. Nelly was nominated for album of the year for Nellyville, and record...
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A mix of veteran artists and newcomers led the nominees for the 45th annual Grammy Awards, announced Tuesday (January 7), with five nominations each, with Bruce Springsteen,...
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Several heavyweights have signed on to participate in the kick-off of the 2003 Big Pun Tribute tour, including Nas, N.O.R.E., Nelly, Missy Elliott, Cuban Link, and Fabolous....
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Superstar Nelly's latest album, Nellyville, was recently certified quintuple-platinum for sales of five million copies. The rapper's 2000 debut set, Country Grammar, was...
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Nelly, Busta Rhymes, Ja Rule, Naughty By Nature, and Queen Latifah were joined by Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry in a musical tribute to slain...
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Forget about it being hot--have you got milk in herre? Rap star Nelly is the latest celebrity--and first hip-hop artist--to sport a milk mustache, in a new photo for the...
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Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons and Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels will be joined by Nas, Nelly, and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry for a special salute to Run-D.M.C.'s...
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Justin Timberlake's solo debut, Justified, released on November 5, is expected to sell more than 500,000 copies during its first week on sale, according to published...
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Three men, including 42-year-old Steven TeSam, the chairman of the Viejas Band of the Kumeyaay Indians; his 26-year-old nephew Hank Banegas; and an unidentified 16-year-old...
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O-Town will release its sophomore J Records album, O2, on November 12. The group penned nearly half of the songs on the album. The entire group wrote the track "Suddenly,"...
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Nelly is scheduled to perform with Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland on Saturday Night Live on October 19, according to a spokesperson for the weekly NBC variety show.
Nelly...
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The battle between Eminem and Nelly for the top of the Billboard 200 entered its latest round this week, with The Eminem Show reclaiming the title over Nellyville. More than...
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St. Louis's favorite son Nelly has pushed back the launch of his highly anticipated Nellyville tour to October 3 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The tour was originally...
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Hip-hop and classic rock battled for the top of the latest Billboard 200 chart, with Nelly's Nellyville and Eminem's Eminem Show emerging in the top two positions. The...
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Dani Stevenson, who sings the chorus on Nelly's Number One song "Hot In Herre," will make her Universal Records debut in early 2003 with Is There Another?
The Atlanta-based...
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The folks at Playboy must have really listened to the lyrics of Nelly's song "Hot In Herre" that urge female partygoers to "take off all your clothes." The website for the...
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A radio-sponsored hip-hop/rap concert featuring LL Cool J, Nelly, and Snoop Dogg, among others, at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California on Sunday (August...
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Nelly and Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland intend to get some help when making the video for their duet--"Dilemma," the Number Two song in the country--according to the...
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Nelly is on quite a run: The rapper holds the Number One and Number Two spots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Hot In Herre" and "Dilemma" featuring Kelly...
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Nelly and the St. Lunatics, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Redman, Cam'ron, Foxy Brown, and several other top rappers contribute new songs to DJ Envy Blok Party Vol. 1: The Desert...
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Nelly has announced 19 dates for his upcoming tour in support of his latest album, Nellyville, beginning September 26 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dates stretch through...
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Nelly's latest hit, "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland, broke into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart last week without having been officially released as a...
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Nelly remains on top of the Billboard 200 for a third consecutive week after selling more than 340,000 copies of his sophomore album, Nellyville.
Nellyville is the rapper's...
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Nelly is currently enjoying his third week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart with his latest album, Nellyville, and now he is in talks with Paramount Network Television to...
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Nelly, Moby, Bush's Gavin Rossdale, Hatebreed, and additional artists are featured on Music From And Inspired By XXX, a two-CD set due August 6 from Universal...
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Nelly remains on top of the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week after selling more than 447,000 copies of his sophomore album, Nellyville. Nellyville is the rapper's...
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Superstar rapper Nelly has apparently sidestepped the sophomore jinx with his latest release, Nellyville. The album debuts at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart...
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St. Louis rapper Nelly sold more than 714,000 copies of his new Universal Records album, Nellyville, in its first week, taking the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 and...
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Chart-topping rapper Nelly as well as Triple Image, 3rd Faze, and 3rd Storee are among the acts confirmed to perform at *NSYNC's Challenge For The Children IV celebrity...
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After a brief pause, KRS-One and Nelly have resumed their negative verbal exchange. Nelly took the air on Power 106 in Los Angeles on Wednesday (June 26) and dissed KRS-One...
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Multiplatinum rapper Nelly's second Universal Records album, Nellyville, comes out Tuesday (June 25). The album is the follow-up to Nelly's Grammy-nominated 2000 debut,...
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Nelly will try to match the success of his seven-times-platinum debut set, Country Grammar, when he releases his sophomore album, Nellyville, on Tuesday (June 25). The...
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KRS-One has stoked the flames in his ongoing battle with Midwestern rapper Nelly with a new, live, freestyle release, "The Real Hip-Hop Is Over Here." The two rappers had...
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Nelly attacks KRS-One in the remix for Beanie Sigel and Freeway's "Rock The Mic." The song is featured as the b-side of Freeway's debut single "Line 'Em Up" which was...
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Hip-hop pioneer and historian KRS-One has lately been the subject of speculation that he and superstar rapper Nelly are going at each other in recent releases.
Nelly...
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Nelly explained his reaction to KRS-One's song "Clear 'Em Out" Tuesday (April 16) when he appeared on BET's 106th & Park.
According to a spokesperson for BET, Nelly said he...
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Ja Rule, Nelly, and Sum 41 have recreated a classic moment in music, remaking Aerosmith's and Run DMC's seminal rap-rock hybrid anthem, "Walk This Way." The rendition will...
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Superstar rapper Nelly will release "Hot In Herre"--the first single from his upcoming sophomore album, Nellyville--to radio on April 16. Nellyville, which is due June 25,...
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Multiplatinum rapper Nelly is currently prepping for the June 25 release of his sophomore album, Nellyville. The set will feature appearances by *NSYNC singer Justin...
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Multiplatinum rapper Nelly is currently working on Nellyville, the follow-up to his multiplatinum set Country Grammar, which is due out June 25. The rapper has definitely...
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Multiplatinum rapper Nelly--who recently hooked up with *NSYNC for a remix of the group's latest single, "Girlfriend"--shared with LAUNCH that he hopes this collaboration...
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Nelly and OutKast took home the big hip-hop trophies at MTV's 2001 Video Music Awards Thursday (September 6) in New York City.
St. Louis-based rapper Nelly scored an...
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Seven-times-platinum recording artist Nelly will launch his VOKAL clothing line on November 1. The line, geared to males aged 13 to 30, will initially include hoodies,...
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Superstar Nelly continued his storybook rise to success when he snagged two Source Awards Monday night (August 20) at the 2001 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards in Miami. Nelly...
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Nelly's Universal Records debut Country Grammar recently reached sales of seven million records. The album, which has been on the Billboard charts since its July 2000...
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St. Louis-based rapper Nelly and his cohorts the St. Lunatics are the subject of a new online game called Rip Van Nelly, which is based on the classic tale of Rip Van...
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Rapper Nelly filed a complaint against Trans World Airlines (TWA) after he felt he was treated poorly on flight from St. Louis to Denver on Saturday (June 9) because he is...
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St. Louis-based rapper Nelly will head out on the road as part of the TRL (Total Request Live) tour this summer. In addition, he and his St. Lunatics band cohorts release...
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Nelly's six-times-platinum debut Country Grammar put his St. Louis hometown on the hip-hop map. Soon, the rapper's budding acting career will be doing the same in the film...
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Grammy nominees Jill Scott, Nelly, and Mystikal may have left the Grammys empty handed, but each received an honor at the 15th Annual Soul Train Music Awards, which are...
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Nelly, Run-D.M.C., Mary J. Blige, and Britney Spears will join Aerosmith during its performance of "Walk This Way" on Sunday (January 28) during the Super Bowl's half-time...
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The Jingle Ballers Jam tour featuring the Cash Money Millionaires, Nelly, Kandi, and a recently added Ja Rule has canceled its final three dates, which include the...
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Super-hot St. Louis native Nelly was recently denied a proclamation by St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon. Earlier this month, Nelly hosted a huge multiplatinum celebration in...
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Red-hot rapper Nelly will make his movie acting debut in the forthcoming film Snipes, which will start production on October 2 in Philadelphia.
The film will center on a...
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Nelly's Country Grammar album maintained its position as the Number One album in the country by selling more than 191,000 units last week, according to industry sources....
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Nelly's Country Grammar album has landed in the Number One position on the weekly album sales chart for the fourth week in a row. According to industry sources, the...
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Rapper Nelly again outsold all other comers on this week's album sales chart, which is almost a carbon copy of last week's chart. According to industry sources, Nelly's...
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The success story that is Nelly continued this week as his Country Grammar album outsold all others to lead the way on the weekly album sales chart. According to industry...
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Just one month after hip-hop up-and-comer Nelly released his debut album, the rapper can already lay claim to the Number One position on the weekly album sales chart....
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Nelly, Juvenile, and UGK are among the artists on the soundtrack for Baller Blockin', the movie from the Cash Money Millionaires. The soundtrack is scheduled for a...
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