It’s a question that’s been asked for more than a decade: Why is Kelly Rowland texting in a spreadsheet for Nelly’s “Dilemma” video?
While there have been few answers to the head-scratching mystery between Rowland and her in-video romantic interest, Nelly was asked the question on a recent interview with Australia’s The Project.
“That was a thing at the time,” he laughs. “That was the new technology at the time. It looks a little dated now.”
Did you text like this back in the day?
Nelly was also asked about the possibility of doing a Christmas album. R. Kelly is the most recent R&B artist to toss his hat into the holiday arena with the release of his 12 Nights of Christmas album last month.
“Nah, I never did a Christmas album,” Nelly says. “I love playing ’em. I love to enjoy the Christmas music as much as anybody else, but I don’t think it’s ‘Frosty the Snowman’ for Nelly.”
So don’t expect a Christmas album anytime soon from the St. Louis singer. Even if it would help pay his taxes. But he is reportedly working on a collaborative mixtape with country group Florida Georgia Line.
Watch Nelly explaining Kelly Rowland’s spreadsheet messages and addressing the possibility of a Christmas album below.
Why do you keep referring to Nelly as a singer?
The worst thing about this article is a dumbass is getting paid to post it.
Journalism has become a disgrace
Because he sings, duh! But Drake is the best rapper ever, I love him!
Dilemma came out in ’02. If texting even existed at the time, it was a very primitive technology, so I could picture an Excel spreadsheet being an early way of sending texts. All I know is that I didn’t even know about texting until ’04 at the earliest, I believe that’s about when it really became a thing, maybe the celebrities were using it prior to that for all I know. That Nokia phone looks hella old, I bet it was the dopest phone you could have at the time. Speaking of Nokias, who remembers the NGage? The first phone with gaming capability, they competed with Gameboys very unsuccessfully, but they were dope. I used to play the X-men games on that shit, and best believe my high score was untouchable. What were we talking about again?
LOL omg yes texting had existed for years before then. Sigh. Feeling old now 🙁
Indeed..Nokia had tha market on lock with prepaids way before 2ways…im talking like 00-01
And Nokia always had its own UI for texting, no 3rd parties, and there was never spreadsheet texting lol
The fuck? Texting(sms) been around for years before that video came out..?
been txting since the 90s…the hell is this clown smoking…bring it back homies!
Nelly paved the way for garbage rappers like Drake.