--- title: Nelly: People Try to SaveNelly By Streaming Hot in Herre description: Nelly is reportedly in over $2 million in debt, but there's a simple solution to his money issues that his fans can do. canonical: https://time.com/4490160/savenelly-spotify-nelly/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-13T20:50:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:46:44.792Z og:title: Fans Are Streaming "Hot in Herre" Like Crazy to Support Nelly og:description: The internet unites to #SaveNelly og:url: https://time.com/4490160/savenelly-spotify-nelly/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffd9c5abf8e513dd/6988a5ddbc6cfc5af33de8f5/nelly-irs-debt-spotify.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Hair Show Weekend With K. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: How Kendrick Lamar Strives to Make Timeless Rap Albums [Watch (HLS stream): How Kendrick Lamar Strives to Make Timeless Rap Albums](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Rqx0SLHt.m3u8) (1:32)  _Published 2015-12-09. “I want to continue to have something that’s not microwavable in a world today where our attention span is pretty much lost._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 13, 2016 8:50 PM UTC Nelly fans have come together to help bail the rap star out of financial trouble.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 13, 2016 8:50 PM UTC [Nelly’s music](http://time.com/4055472/taylor-swift-haim-nelly/) provided the [summer anthems and prom soundtracks of the early-aughts](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,937225,00.html), perhaps most memorably with bangers like “[Hot in Herre](http://time.com/4055472/taylor-swift-haim-nelly/)” and “Ride Wit Me,” but it looks like the artist’s songs could also be the solution to his major financial woes. Following unsubstantiated reports by TMZ that the _Country Grammar_ rapper owes a large sum to the IRS, [_Spin_](http://www.spin.com/2016/09/nelly-irs-debt/) came up with a clever way to rally behind him; writer Brian Josephs proposed that fans stream “Hot in Herre” at least a collective 287,176,547 times so that Nelly could earn a sizable Spotify payout. According to the [streaming service](https://www.spotifyartists.com/spotify-explained/) the payout for artists “per stream” averages between $0.006 and $0.0084, which means that if Nelly lands on the minimum end of the scale, he would need 402,880,500 streams to earn enough to significantly decrease the alleged debt. This proposition inspired the hashtag #SaveNelly, with fans sharing the lengths they were willing to go to support Cornell. If anything, this tells us that the love for Nelly is still going strong. > [](https://twitter.com/UrbanEngIish/status/775688324384260096) > [](https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/775655207594237952) > [](https://twitter.com/DocZeus/status/775452862050598912) > [](https://twitter.com/DEdzJr/status/775525227379826689) ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:09] Probably about five or six, seven years ago I'd [00:14] probably discouraging what someone would feel about [00:16] my content or the music I make. I had to develop [00:20] myself and grow into that confidence. [ MUSIC ] The [00:21] one thing that [00:30] I understood about myself and my music [00:34] it's not really a concept that I [00:40] would want you to grasp in one day. I want it to live [00:42] forever. [ INAUDIBLE ] To **** a Butterfly's one of the [00:44] moments where 20 years from now, it'll probably be a [00:48] little bit more prevalent in [00:52] your life than it is today. [ MUSIC ] [01:04] I want to continue to do things like that, I want to [01:06] continue to have something that's not microwaveable, [01:12] in a world today where our attention span is pretty [01:16] much lost, we need something that we can hold on to, [01:18] so in doing that, I'm going to continue to make the [01:20] music I want to make and say the things I want to say, [01:25] whether you agree with it or not. 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