Post by Dillon on Oct 3, 2015 12:44:10 GMT -5
#1Nelly On Surprise Taylor Swift Performance
In the last decade and a half, Nelly has been a regional hip-hop pioneer, a chart-storming pop chameleon and an unlikely country crossover star. All those worlds collided on Tuesday night during Taylor Swift's stop in his hometown of St. Louis, when the rapper joined the pop superstar and Haim for a run-through of his iconic 2002 Number One hit "Hot in Herre." It's just the latest stop for the remarkably resilient rapper, whose successes in the last two years alone include the remix of Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise," the country-rap hit "Hey Porsche" and the currently exploding "The Fix," which is riding a bouncy DJ Mustard beat and a Marvin Gaye interpolation up the Hot 100.
Rolling Stone caught up with Nelly to find out about his long-standing relationship with Swift, the status of his long-rumored country EP and the 15th anniversary of the album that started it all.
This is your third time on stage with Taylor Swift. How did you guys hook up originally?
How does that phone call happen? Just, "What are you doing on Tuesday?"
So wait, what is her plane like? Is it awesome?
When did they work out the choreography?
Did they show you the choreography before you performed it?
Rolling Stone caught up with Nelly to find out about his long-standing relationship with Swift, the status of his long-rumored country EP and the 15th anniversary of the album that started it all.
This is your third time on stage with Taylor Swift. How did you guys hook up originally?
Robert, a guy that she works with, is a real cool friend of mine. We've done a lot of work together, over the past years, with like 'N Sync and things like that. That's my man. And then I met Taylor and her father and her mother, and they're just some cool people. She's like a little sister, man, she straight. I've been knowing her ever since she's been on. She calls me whenever, it don't matter, I'll knock it out for her.
How does that phone call happen? Just, "What are you doing on Tuesday?"
"Yo, we're coming to St. Louis, will Nelly be around?" A couple of times, they flew me out to come wherever she was performing. I think one time it was in Houston. And, you know, the girl's fuckin' loaded, she sends her own plane to come get you and shit, so it's not a biggie. [Laughs.] It's a drop in the bucket for her, you know what I mean? It's a cool relationship. Before it's all said and done, man, she could possibly be top five females of all time. As a matter of fact, I know she will.
So wait, what is her plane like? Is it awesome?
[Laughs.] It's a jet, man. She ain't got it all doily-ed up and nothing like that. It's better than the one I don't have.
When did they work out the choreography?
When I went in earlier that day, when we talked and she was like, "Me and the girls were up all night choreographing this. We did our own choreography, we're going to kill this, Nelly." [Laughs.] She's just a dope person. She ain't got no ill wills or nothing like that, and that's kind of hard when you come from where we come from. You rarely come across those type of people. It's kind of like, Taylor Swift and my granny. Who doesn't love both of those people?
Did they show you the choreography before you performed it?
Yeah, yeah, it was hilarious. I loved it, man. And the girls, Haim, they're just as energetic. It made me feel . . . just a tad bit old. They were like, "I can't believe we're gonna rock out with Nelly. I cannot believe it."
He gave some insights of the behind-the-scenes magic that we don't get to hear about much. Everything
pertaining to Taylor has been put into this post; but Nelly also answered many more questions about himself and
his own music and career, so check out the full article if you're interested
