Nelly’s remarkable run in the early 2000s is being recognized by BET at their annual Hip Hop Awards show. On Monday (September 20), BET announced Nelly will be the recipient of the 2021 “I Am Hip Hop” Award at the BET Hip Hop Awards, taking place on October 5.
The award comes 22 years after Nelly made his debut and celebrates everything he accomplished in his career. He has yet to win an actual award at the show, but BET is doing its part in giving the three-time Grammy Award-winner his flowers. Nelly will be joining an exclusive group of past winners thst includes KRS-One, Ice Cube, Salt-n-Pepa, Rakim, MC Lyte, LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Master P and more.
“I am honored to receive this award and humbled to be in such great company of past artists who have received this award,” Nelly said. “I have been blessed to work with some incredible people in my career, making 22 years go by in the blink of an eye. This award isn’t just about Nelly; it is about my fans, BET, and the people that continue to support me and allow me to do what I love to do.”
Nelly had three albums (Country Grammar, Nellyville and Suit) debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold over 22 million copies in the U.S. He also grabbed four No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Hot In Herre,” “Dilemma” with Kelly Rowland, “Shake Ya Tailfeather” with Diddy and Murphy Lee and “Grillz” featuring Paul Wall and Ali and Big Gipp.
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So Nelly and KRS-One both have this award now, interesting..
That makes perfect sense
Im confused how come the mcs – rap groups that came before nelly havent got the award ? How come nelly gets it before them ? Bone thugs – wu tang clan – scarface – nas etc
Nelly gets it before DMX, Shady, Kim, Jada and Fab
GET-THE-FUCK-OUT! Nelly is a pop artist. He can only compete with Britney Spears or NSync. Didn’t know there was an October’s fool.
Nelly is one of the most successful hip hop artist of all time. U clearly don’t know his music besides singles. Listen to at lunatics and tell me nelly wasn’t spitting
When people debate about who are the greatest rappers of all time Nelly is never mentionned! Fuck it people don’t even rank him in a top 20 list. Plus I’ve never heard the new generation quoting Nelly as an influence or an inspiration to their career so wtf are you talkin about??!
Britney and Cristina gonna be angry ! They got more pop hits! BLM ✊?
Next Up King Tekashi.