NLE Choppa has received a lot of backlash for reimagining Nelly’s 2002 hit, “Hot in Herre,” but it appears he’s taking the criticism in stride.
On Wednesday (July 26), the Memphis rapper posted a snippet of his music video for “It’s Getting Hot,” which is set to arrive on Friday (July 28), although the post’s caption did say that it would drop sooner if he received 10,000 comments.
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It wasn’t long before social media users began trashing the 20-year-old for flipping the Neptunes-produced party anthem. One fan even quote tweeted the clip and wrote: “Not to be dramatic when I say this but this might be the worst song of 2023,” to which Choppa replied with multiple laughing emojis.
In another Twitter reply that has since been deleted, the “Slut Me Out” spitter wrote: “Gotta listen to the whole song first to even give an opinion. This only a few seconds of the song lol [wink emoji].”
NLE Choppa doesn’t seem too bothered by the negativity surrounding his new single, especially since Nelly himself endorsed it.
Soon after the teaser went live, the St. Louis native reposted the clip on his Instagram Story, writing: “Go Up Nephew [up arrow emojis][fire emoji],” to which Choppa reacted with: “Nelly Approved [green checkmark emoji].”
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Choppa is no stranger to online hate, which is why he came to the defense of Sexyy Red earlier this month because of the ridicule and negative comments she’s faced since her arrival on the scene.
Earlier this month, he took to Twitter to offer some words of encouragement to the “Pound Town” star, who he feels is getting treated poorly by fans and fellow musicians.
“Man, I keep seeing the hate that ya’ll have on my girl Sexyy Red,” he began. “I’m just a real supporter, a real fan, I love her energy and I love her music personally. Man, ya’ll need to stop doing people like that, treating people like that. Ya’ll not gone always hear something that ya’ll accustomed to or use to. Ya’ll need people like Sexyy Red to create a balance from serious to shit that you can have fun to.”
Choppa continued: “Ya’ll need to stop doing that girl like that. That shit ain’t right because at the end of the day, she got a child, she feeding her child, she making money and making sure that her baby straight. That’s all that matters. Ya’ll don’t know that girl, ya’ll ain’t met her. I’m just sticking up for her because I ain’t seen nobody else round this muthafucka sticking up for her, showing her all this love.”
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“Ya’ll need to stop treating people like that. Like forreal. Why our own community gotta tear down our own people? Why we can’t embrace her? Why we can’t understand where she come from? Why we can’t understand her music the same way we’ll understand somebody else music? Any other male music?” Ya’ll do males like that too, but it’s mainly the women.”
