Although Christmas is around the corner, Nelly is feeling “Hot in Herre” with a mountain-high debt—and his enthusiastic fans thought of streaming his music clips to help him rise from his financial collapse.
Earlier this week, TMZ reported that the “Country Grammar” rapper owed federal tax lien to the Internal Revenue Association amounting to $2.4 million (P114 million) and state taxes totaling $149,511 (P7 million).
According to music site Spin, music-streaming app Spotify pays singers between $0.006 and $0.0084 per stream of their track. In order to finance Nelly’s debt, social media users have to stream his videos at least 287,100,000 times.
The hashtags #HotInHerreStreamingParty and #SaveNelly trended on social media platforms.
*Nelly needs help*
Me:IM COMING NELLY! #SaveNelly pic.twitter.com/PUyWcJH6VW— Glowing Keyblade (@Tinytay19) September 13, 2016
I'm over here trying to pay Nelly's IRS bill while my bills continue to stack. Don't ever call me selfish. #SaveNelly
— Deandre Moore (@IAmDeandreMoore) September 13, 2016
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 #SaveNelly pic.twitter.com/Q8K3lOmrxu
— Ghetto Translations (@UrbanEngIish) September 13, 2016
when Kelly asked Nelly where he was via an excel spreadsheet #SaveNelly
— . (@ktgonkt) September 13, 2016
Many social media users reminisced their throwback days when they danced their hearts out to the tune of the rapper’s hits and tried to copy his signature style of sticking bandages on his cheek. Gianna Francesca Catolico