Nelly

 Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. was born on the 2nd of November 1974. He is more popularly known as Nelly. He began his musical career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed with Universal Records in 1999. In 2000, his solo career began under Universal Records with the release of his debut album Country Grammar. The featured track, "The title track," and the single "Ride wit Me", were both top ten singles. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 and was Nelly's most popular album, having sold more than 8.4 million copies in the United States. Nellyville was his next album. Nellyville was the first album to have top-of-the-line hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" (featuring Kelly Rowland) as well as the top five-rated single "Air Force Ones" (featuring Murphy Lee and St. Lunatics).With the same day's dual releases of Sweat and Suit (2004) and the compilation Sweatsuit (2006), Nelly continued to produce chart-topping songs.