Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr.(Nelly ) Helped Out By Fans

The star who sang “Hot in Here,” Nelly, is in financial distress and fans are there to help out. In fact, the star has a $2.4 million tax lien, which has put him in quite the dilemma. Many fans are offering tributes and streaming his music to try and #SaveNelly.

Not to mention, the #HotInHereStreamingParty that has become a new thing on Twitter.

Artists only make $0.006 to $0.0084 cents per stream from Spotify, which means that over 400 million people have to buy his music. In fact, Nelly is on the low end of the royalty spectrum and needs all the help fans are willing to give.

On social media, the posts have been both endearing and hilarious. Someone pointed out the fact the Nelly did give us hits back in the day for school dances – we owe it to him. However, there has been no word from the rapper yet.

Nelly is well-known for his generosity, including the scholarship fund he set up in memory of the slain youth in Ferguson – Michael Brown; or the not-for-profit organization 4Sho4Kids Foundation.

Nelly was born into the name Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. The masculine name Cornell was taken from the given name Cornelius, which is a Roman family name that was derived from an element in Latin cornu meaning “horn”.

The name became popular because of Cornelius the centurion from the Acts in the New Testament, who was directed to seek out Peter by an angel. Cornelius then converted to Christianity and is known as the first gentile convert.