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Nelly showcases originality with double CD releases

...side door before a recent performance, Nelly got accosted by a fan waiting for his arrival...singer-songwriter John Mayer. "Hey Nelly, can I come in with you?" Mayer asked the rap superstar after an embrace. Nelly gave security the O.K., and his posse...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/09/21/mus_429132.shtml
Music
Ashanti, Nelly among top winners at Billboard Awards

...eight awards Monday night while rap star Nelly won honors in six categories. The album...I'm just really blessed and thankful." Nelly was named 2002's top artist, top male...third disc. In winning, Eminem beat out Nelly's "Nellyville," Creed's "Weathered...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/12/11/liv_363444.shtml
Life & style
Rapper Nelly latest to join ownership group for Bobcats

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Rapper Nelly is a part-owner of the NBA's expansion...great opportunity for both the Bobcats and Nelly," Robert L. Johnson, the team's majority...Television, said Monday in a news release. "Nelly is a great entertainer and a smart businessman...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/07/20/nba_422720.shtml
NBA
50 Cent, Nelly, Lil' Kim big winners at The Source awards

...awards, including album of the year, and Nelly and Lil' Kim also took home trophies at...year award, was not present at the show. Nelly was honored as male artist of the year...hand to watch, present and perform were Nelly, Lil' Kim, LL Cool J, Trina, Ja Rule...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/10/16/mus_397363.shtml
Music
Nelly to make reality TV show

...Reality TV is getting hot in "herre." Nelly has inked a deal to develop a reality television...to my nonprofit organizations," said Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., in a statement. Nelly runs the nonprofit organization 4 Sho 4...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/09/23/mus_6482.shtml
Music
Casino might face fines for possible special treatment

...000 fine for allegedly giving the rapper Nelly special treatment. State regulators claim the President Casino on the Admiral let Nelly skirt rules intended to limit the amount...state laws and rules while accommodating Nelly, who in the documents is referred to only...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/02/21/ent_405325.shtml
Things to Do
Black college women, sick of shakin' it, take aim at rappers

...was the credit card that rap superstar Nelly swiped through a woman's backside in...a petition drive and phone campaigns. Nelly planned to visit Spelman earlier this month...basis," said senior Shanequa Yates. "Nelly just didn't want to come here and face...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/04/26/mus_413509.shtml
Music
Rapper's sister dies of leukemia

...The sister of Grammy-winning rapper Nelly died Thursday at a St. Louis hospital...before she suffered a relapse, prompting Nelly to arrange a number of bone marrow drives...said Donahue had worked as a stylist for Nelly. A spokeswoman for Austin Layne Mortuary...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/03/25/ent_448350.shtml
Things to Do
Xtreme calendar

Today NEW MUSIC: Nelly Furtado releases a mix of dance and pop tracks with Loose, while Keane returns with its latest, Under the Iron Sea. Wednesday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/06/20/xtr_85932.shtml
Xtreme
On the charts

...Lifhouse. DreamWorks. 5. Ride Wit Me, Nelly (feat. City Spud). Fo' Reel. 6...Anderson. Soulife. 20. I'm Like a Bird, Nelly Furtado. DreamWorks. Top albums 1. Now...Lifehouse (Platinum). 7. Country Grammar, Nelly. Fo' Reel (Platinum). 8. No Angel...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/05/01/xtr_310377.shtml
Xtreme