Following reports that the St. Louis rapper owes over $2m in back taxes, his fans are rallying together to help him pay it off.
The creative #SaveNelly movement started when Spin magazine suggested that it will take 87,176,547 streams for Nelly to pay his debt. The plan is apparently working, as the hashtag quickly went viral and fans started to stream his music.
VIDEO: Watch this Old Mass Choir sing Nelly’s ‘Hot in Herre’
I turned on Hot in Herre on @AppleMusic and will leave it on repeat for the rest of the night. Join me #SaveNelly
— Martenzie Johnson (@Martenzie) September 12, 2016
Say no more #SaveNellypic.twitter.com/Q8K3lOmrxu
— Ghetto Translations (@UrbanEngIish) September 13, 2016
Nope he is too pretty for jail, #savenelly pic.twitter.com/TZdFegl6f5
— Simone Kaepernick (@Cleopatrillness) September 12, 2016
Here’s a reminder of the great music made by him in the last decade.
