Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. born on November 2, 1974, better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor, and entrepreneur.

He embarked on his music career with the hip-hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed with 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 peaked at number one on the Billboard 200, and became 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” (featuring Kelly Rowland), along with the top-five single “Air Force Ones” (featuring Murphy Lee and St. Lunatics).

Who is Nelly’s mother Rhonda Mack?

It was shortly after Mack moved into the home the rapper bought her last year. She stood in the unfurnished house, turned on the radio, and heard the song “Luven Me” from Nelly’s Country Grammar CD; Nelly talks directly to his mother in the first verse.

“My favorite line was, ‘You don’t have to work no more,'” Mack says with a laugh during a recent interview in that home. When Mack heard the song that day, “There wasn’t a stitch in the house, and I boohooed in the empty house.”

Mack knows the verse by heart and proved it by singing the lyrics from top to bottom. In the song, Nelly explains that he has put down the drugs, picked up the microphone, and wants to make her proud.

Looking around the place, it’s clear he’s accomplished it all: The living room is decorated with a number of his music awards as well as three portraits of Nelly drawn by a relative, Erron Keely.

Source: Ghanafuo.com