Nelly's Road To Fame By ieasha Nov 2, 1974 Nelly is born! Jan 11, 1978 Nelly moves to St. Louis with his parents Apr 11, 1982 Nelly's parents divorce and is left with his father in St. Louis, Missouri Feb 10, 1993 Nelly's mother comes back and takes him to Universal City, Missouri. Jun 10, 1993 Nelly finds that he has a child on the way with his high school sweetheart. Aug 1, 1993 Nelly meets his rap group the St. Lunatics. Jul 11, 1996 Nelly and rap group St. Lunatics relsease first single 'Gimme what you got' Apr 11, 1998 Nelly goes solo Jul 11, 1999 Nelly signs to Universal Music Group Apr 11, 2000 Nelly releases first album Country Grammer Jun 30, 2001 Wins best new artist, and best male hip-hop artist, at the BET Awards Aug 11, 2001 Makes his acting debut in the movie Snipes Jan 9, 2002 Wins favorite rap and hip hop artist at the America Music Awards Nov 10, 2002 Nelly releases his second album Nellyville Feb 23, 2003 Wins Best Rap/Song Collaboration, Best Rap Solo Performance, "Hot in Herre" at the Grammy Awards Jun 15, 2003 Nelly relseases his limited edition sneaker called the Air Derrty Jun 27, 2003 Nelly's album Nellyville goes 6x multi-platinum Nov 16, 2003 Wins Favorite R&B andHip Hop Album, Nellyville, and Fans Choice Award at the American Music Awards Feb 8, 2004 Wins Best Rap Performance By a Duo or a Group, with P. Diddy and Murphy Lee Sep 14, 2004 releases the album sweat, and releases the album suit Mar 24, 2005 Nelly's manager/sister dies of leukemia, Nelly stops singing for 2 years Apr 12, 2005 Nelly stars in the remake film of The Longest Yard Sep 16, 2008 released the album brass knuckles Aug 16, 2010 Releases a fitness DVD called Celebrity Sweat Nov 16, 2010 Nelly relseases the album 5.0
