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Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name, Nelly, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor and occasional actor from St. Louis, Missouri. He has performed with Southern hip hop group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999.

Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album Country Grammar, the title track of which was a top ten hit. 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" (featuring Kelly Rowland). Other singles included "Work It" (featuring Justin Timberlake), "Air Force Ones" (featuring Murphy Lee and St. Lunatics), "Pimp Juice" and "#1".

Got to interview Nelly (the rapper, not Ms. Furtado) on Friday, what?! Seemed random at the time but he was here in Taipei last Friday performing at LUXY and I got the chance to interview him for my show Universal Beats on ICRT.

The segment airs on this Thursday so I won’t share too much. Nelly was really cool, and chill. I was surprised because he was pretty down to earth. I mean he’s been a superstar for over ten years so I thought he might be arrogant and cocky in the way that famous people are. But no, he was polite and answered all my questions, giving thorough answers and taking them seriously.

He seemed jet-lagged from the long flight from the States but that’s to be expected. Because he was so chill throughout I can say that I have a newfound respect for the ‘Country Grammar’ rapper. Anyways, tune in on Thursday to hear the interview!

Nelly尼力一夜成名的故事，已成為嘻哈歷史上最為人所津津樂道的一部份；故事要從聖路易斯的大學城說起，這是一個關於年輕人的故事，他的生命旅程起起落落、四處遷徙，見識城市裏最黑暗骯髒的一面；然而尼力也是一個自我實現的故事，當他還是個孩子時，原名Cornell Haynes, Jr.的他永遠是最快的跑者、最棒的捕手以及棒子最燙的打者，事實上，他幾乎走上了職業的棒球生涯。不過，顯然命運之神為他開了另一扇門…

尼力原先屬於St. Lunatics(尼力之狂人幫)一份子，是聖路易斯當地的一個饒舌團體，與環球唱片簽了一紙合約後，出了一首以童謠入樂的閃亮單曲《Country Grammar (Hot...)》，千禧年夏天，尼力以首張專輯【Country Grammar/家有家規】勇敢邁向音樂之路，這對樂迷來說可以算是莫大的福音，這張專輯也奠定了Nelly在嘻哈音樂圈裡數一數二的地位。

資料參考：

Dawen部落格
http://www.dawen.us/interviewing-nelly-in-taipei/
維基百科
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly
西洋娛樂網
http://www.mzshyneka.com/2013/04/video-is-nelly-back-on-the-market/

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