Off-Topic, the Rapper Nelly

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I'm not sure if anybody here know who he is, I myself don't know much
about rap music, he's that kid who did the video "It's getting hot in
here" a few years a back.

I ran across a quote of his that goes like this:

"I'm not very big.... I'm about 5-foot-9, 175 pounds. I used to be
about 5-foot-7, 150 pounds."

I admit I don't follow the hip-hop scene that much but unless this kid
has put on a lot of muscle in recent years he certainly didn't look 175
lbs in that video I mentioned, he looked 130 lbs or thereabouts, if
he's packing 175 lbs in a 5.9 frame he should look fairly impressive
these days because he was just another skinny kid in loose clothing
trying to look big or act like an athlete.

He's wearing a 20-pound Band-Aid.

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I'm not sure if anybody here know who he is, I myself
don't know much about rap music,

ASK BRINK! WILL BRINK LOOOOOVES RAP MUSIC!!!

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he's that kid

That so-called kid will be 32 this year.

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who did the video "It's getting hot in here"

Currently, Nelly appears in a music video for Grillz, a song with Paul
Wall. That video's often on the big screen TV at Gold's in Carlisle.

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I ran across a quote of his that goes like this:

"I'm not very big.... I'm about 5-foot-9, 175 pounds.
I used to be about 5-foot-7, 150 pounds."

That's possible, right?

I'm about 6-2, 180 pounds. I used to be about 6-0, 150 pounds. People
grow.

Of course, celebrities have been known to lie about their age and
height, so why not their weight as well?

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I admit I don't follow the hip-hop scene that much but

Well, for those who do or are fans of Hip-Hop and R&B:

http://zjamz.com/

You can listen to Grillz there, too. ;o)

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unless this kid has put on a lot of muscle in recent years
he certainly didn't look 175 lbs in that video I mentioned,
he looked 130 lbs or thereabouts, if he's packing 175 lbs
in a 5.9 frame he should look fairly impressive these days
because he was just another skinny kid in loose clothing
trying to look big or act like an athlete.

heh

I sense a bias against Nelly here.

http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Adam%20Sandler%20Nelly.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly
http://www.ejams.com/nelly.htm

Producer, entertainer, actor, CEO, fundraiser, philanthropist, balla,
more...

André, you wish you were Nelly.

Except the part about his sister, of course.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

JMWell-look-who-made-a-funny! <[email hidden]>

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re Nelly

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I ran across a quote of his that goes like this:

"I'm not very big.... I'm about 5-foot-9, 175 pounds. I used to be
about 5-foot-7, 150 pounds."

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he certainly didn't look 175 lbs

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He's wearing a 20-pound Band-Aid.

Nelly'd have to. You, otoh, could easily slip a ten-pound plate in
each nostril. ;o)

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Curt James said:

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he's that kid

That so-called kid will be 32 this year.

Honest mistake on my part, the kid dresses like an high-school teenager
so I assumed he was a kid, most 32 year olds I know don't dress like
that especially if they have money to buy decent wardrobe befitting a
30 something year old man.

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who did the video "It's getting hot in here"

Currently, Nelly appears in a music video for Grillz, a song with Paul
Wall. That video's often on the big screen TV at Gold's in Carlisle.

I haven't got ths sligthest idea who Grillz or Paul Wall is, sorry. I
watch MTV maybe once a year, I'm already at the age where I'm not open
to liking new stuff, I'm pretty much stuck in my ways.

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I ran across a quote of his that goes like this:

"I'm not very big.... I'm about 5-foot-9, 175 pounds.
I used to be about 5-foot-7, 150 pounds."

That's possible, right?

I'm about 6-2, 180 pounds. I used to be about 6-0, 150 pounds. People
grow.

25 lbs growth spurt in your late 20s? Like I said from what little I
see/know of him he just looks like a skinny kid so I guess I was asking
if he went on the Jamie Foxx diet?

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Of course, celebrities have been known to lie about their age and
height, so why not their weight as well?

One thing is for a short celebrity to add an inch to his height but for
a kid that looks 130 lbs soaking wet to say he weighs 175 lbs sounded
odd to me and like too much of a stretch.

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I sense a bias against Nelly here.

Only in the sense I don't have much empathy with somebody as different
from myself as the person in question. A 32 year old that dresses like
a kid, has a femenine name and wears a bandage on his cheek and acts in
a somewhat infantile way is somebody with which I have a hard time
identifying myself with.

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Producer, entertainer, actor, CEO, fundraiser, philanthropist, balla,
more...

André, you wish you were Nelly.

Frankly I enjoy being myself, I'm grateful to GOD for what I have and
who I am, I wouldn't change a thing.

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Except the part about his sister, of course.

Don't know what your talking about but thanks for the links, I'll try
to increase my general culture by learning a bit about the kid at a
latter time.

André

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re Nelly

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I assumed he was a kid, most 32 year olds I know
don't dress like that especially if they have money to
buy decent wardrobe befitting a 30 something year
old man.

So you're operating from within your own experience. Understandable, I
guess.

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I'm already at the age where I'm not open to liking
new stuff, I'm pretty much stuck in my ways.

Sadly, this is typical of far too many people.

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I guess I was asking if he went on the Jamie Foxx diet?

Well, you don't know Paul Wall and Grillz, so you'll forgive me for
not being in the know about Jamie Foxx's diet.

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I don't have much empathy with somebody as different
from myself as the person in question. A 32 year old that
dresses like a kid, has a femenine

Nelly is feminine? Where'd you get that idea? I didn't see The Longest
Yard yet. Does he wear a tutu?

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name and wears a bandage on his cheek and acts in a
somewhat infantile way

In what way does he act infantile? Dress? His dress is not a problem.
Your reaction or perspective regarding his dress is seemingly a
problem, however... for you. It runs against your grain apparently.

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is somebody with which I have a hard time identifying myself with.

Well, I did say he's a producer, entertainer, actor, CEO, fundraiser,
philanthropist, balla, and more, so it's not surprising that many
might have a hard time identifying with such a level of success.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

In article <[email hidden]>,

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Only in the sense I don't have much empathy with somebody as different
from myself as the person in question. A 32 year old that dresses like
a kid, has a femenine name and wears a bandage on his cheek and acts in
a somewhat infantile way

You have just summed up most rap stars.

--
Will Brink @ http://www.brinkzone.com/

Will Brink said:

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Only in the sense I don't have much empathy with somebody as different
from myself as the person in question. A 32 year old that dresses like
a kid, has a femenine name and wears a bandage on his cheek and acts in
a somewhat infantile way

You have just summed up most rap stars.

See? I told you he loves rap music!

Will, you stereotype-reinforcing, closed-minded, balding, fat, midget
of an MMI page-waster, most rap stars have an entreprenurial spirit
that you should admire rather than deride. Many rap stars have a
creative poetic ability that makes their lyrics entertaining,
humorous, and enjoyable to decipher.

Although that's true from my perspective, I do see the humor in this
cartoon: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/curt_james/RAB/wls.gif

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/