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Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. Wiki Biography

Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. widely known as a rapper Nelly has an estimated net worth which is equal to $65 million dollars. Nelly has earned this net worth not only through his career as an actor, though. He is also a songwriter, actor, entrepreneur and investor. Moreover, he is the winner of three Grammy Awards. Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. was born on November 2, 1974 in Austin, Texas, United States. His father, Cornell Haynes, Sr., worked for US Air Forces and first three years of his life he spent in Spain. Later, he grew up with his mother, Rhonda Mack, in US as his parents divorced when he was a little boy.

While studying in high school in 1993, Nelly together with Kyjuan, City Spud, Ali and Murphy Lee formed the hip hop group called ‘St. Lunatics’ thus opening Nelly’s net worth account. As the band’s career was not as successful as expected Nelly made a decision to begin a solo career. Nelly has released his first studio album ‘Country Grammar’ in 2000 under the label of Universal. The album increased Nelly’s net worth very significantly as the album was certified nine times platinum. Moreover, his second album ‘Nellyville’ was even more successful bringing fame and adding much to Nelly’s wealth and net worth. This album debuted at the first place on Billboard’s Top 200 Music Albums and received the certification being six times multiplatinum. Despite other famous awards ‘Nellyville’ received the Album of the Year nomination and Nelly won an award for the Best Male Rap Solo Performance and the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for two singles from this album at the Grammy Awards in 2003. A year later Nelly won the Grammy Award again for the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for his and Bad Boys II collaboration in a song called ‘Shake Ya Tailfeather. Due to a great demand, Nelly has released two albums in 2004 named ‘Sweat’ and ‘Suit’. Later on, Nelly increased his net worth releasing an album together with ‘St. Lunatics’ named ‘Who’s the Boss’ in 2006 and solo albums as follows ‘Brass Kunckles’ in 2008, ‘5.0’ in 2010 and ‘M.O’ in 2013. Despite Nelly’s outstanding career as a singer he also took part in several films including a leading role in ‘Snipes’ directed by Rich Murray, the supportive role in ‘The Longest Yard’ directed by Peter Segal where he also sang on the soundtrack. Nelly played in the episodes of ‘Crime Scene Investigation: New York’ and made the cameo appearance in ‘90210’ and ‘T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle’ also showed up in reality television series ‘The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep’. Now, he is listed as a supportive actor of the upcoming drama film ‘Reach Me’ directed and written by John Herzfeld.

Nelly has established charity organization 4Sho4Kids Foundation which helps sick children also educates people about the diseases and the use of transplants in order to have more donors. He has signed business contracts with companies like Nike, Reebok, Ford Motor. Nelly is the owner of Apple Bottoms, former owner of the Charlotte Bobcats.

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Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. Quick Info

Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. Trademarks

1. His chants include “E.I., E.I.!” (which means “Yes, bring it on!”) and “Uh-oh, uh-oh!”
2. His hand gesture is an L formed with one or both hands (the L stands for “Lunatics”).
3. Wearing sports and other clothing connected to St. Louis, his hometown.
4. Band Aid

Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. Quotes

• [About the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri] We gotta do something different. Black boys have been dying since we came to this country, ain’t nothin’ changed. He [Officer Darren Wilson] will not be the last cop to shoot an unarmed black man.
• I don’t believe in luck. I believe everything happens for a reason.
• “I’m not a big crier. I probably only cried five or six times in my life and I think four of those times was from my daddy kicking my butt”.

Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. Important Facts

• After the August 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, (a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, USA), on Monday, August 18, 2014, Nelly went to Ferguson in solidarity with, and support of, the people of the place he considers his hometown. When he arrived on West Florissant Avenue, the epicenter of the protests in Ferguson, Nelly wore a “#MikeBrown” t-shirt.
• On Saturday, August 16, 2014, Nelly announced that he had set-up and funded a scholarship fund in Michael Brown’s name. It will help to put teenagers, selected by Brown’s family, through college. Nelly, along with rapper T.I., actor Kevin Hart, and NBA Charlotte Hornets professional basketball player Al Jefferson will donate $15,000 per year to the fund.
• Releasing Nellyville on June 25th [June 2002]
• Is good friends with Rapper/Actor T.I.(I) and his wife Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle. He sometimes appears on their reality-t.v. show T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle.
• Created the “Apple Bottom” clothing line.
• Is a vegetarian
• His older sister, Jackie Donahue, lost her 3-year battle with leukemia in March 2005, she was 31 years old.
• Attended the same high school as actor ‘Edgar L. Davis’ and Disney animator Marlon West.
• When his sister Jackie Donahue needed a bone marrow transplant, Nelly helped her begin the Jes Us 4 Jackie campaign to raise awareness of the need for more bone marrow and blood stem cell donors. With this campaign, Nelly and Jackie hope to enroll more donors, especially among black Americans and other minority groups.
• Nominated for five 2003 Grammys: Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for “Nellyville”, Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Dilemma”, and Best Male Rap Solo Performance for “Hot in Herre”. Nelly won for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Male Rap Solo Performance.
• Won the 2003 American Music Award for “Fan’s Choice” and received 4 other nominations.
• Won 6 Billboard Music Awards in 2002 (Artist of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Male Hot 100 Artist of the Year, Male R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year, Rap Artist of the Year, and Rap Track of the Year for “Hot in Herre”) and received nominations in 8 other categories.
• Featured in Teen People’s “25 Hottest Stars Under 25” issue in 2001 and 2002
• Ranked #39 on Entertainment Weekly’s 2002 “101 Most Powerful” List
• “Hot in Herre” was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, followed immediately by “Dilemma” (featuring Kelly Rowland), which was #1 for 10 weeks. “Dilemma” was the first ever rap song to stay at #1 for 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. Nelly is tied with Sir Elton John for the most consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 by a male solo artist.
• His sophomore album, “Nellyville”, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 714,000+ units. It stayed at #1 for 3 weeks. After only a month, it was certified triple platinum.
• Won the 2002 American Music Award for “Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist”
• Nominated for two 2002 Grammys: Best Rap Solo Performance (“Ride Wit Me”) and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (“Where the Party At?” with Jagged Edge)
• Named one of People Magazine’s “Breakthrough Stars of 2001”.
• Has his own clothing line, Vokal.
• Won Favorite New Male Artist at the 2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.
• Has started two new trends amongst his fans: wearing sports jerseys backward (such that one’s favorite player’s name is on one’s chest rather than back) and wearing a Band-Aid on either cheek.
• Nelly’s “Ride Wit Me” was named Best Rap Video of 2001 at the MTV Video Music Awards. [September 2001]
• Children: daughter, Chanel Haynes (b. 2-27-94) and Cornell Haynes III “Tre” (b. 3-2-99). Chanel was born 2 months early.
• Has three tattoos: “Lunatic” (above his navel), a human heart appearing to emerge from his chest (upper left chest), and five playing cards and dice (right arm).
• His trademark hand gesture is an L formed with one or both hands (the L stands for “Lunatics”).
• His trademark chants include “E.I., E.I.!” (which means “Yes, bring it on!”) and “Uh-oh, uh-oh!”
• Often wears clothing bearing the logos of St. Louis’ sports teams.
• Named “Best New Artist” at the 1st Annual BET Awards in 2001.
• His first solo album, “Country Grammar”, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 40. Nelly and “Country Grammar” were nominated for two 2001 Grammy Awards–Best Rap Album and Best Rap Solo Performance. On July 18, 2001, it was certified 7x platinum. “Ride Wit Me”, off the “Country Grammar” album, was nominated for three 2001 MTV Video Music Awards–Best Male Video, Best Rap Video, and Viewer’s Choice. [June 2000]

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