Nelly Reps His Midwestern Roots As He Accepts BET’s I Am Hip Hop Award | Hip Hop Awards ‘21 

This man does not age.. He is just as gorgeous as he was back in 2000 🥰

See how he gave respect and paid homage to LL Cool J instead of acting like he created some of his style on his own…some need to take notes.

Congratulations to Nelly is well-deserved. Let's Go Country Grammar

Love that Nelly getting his flowers he’s a forever fav

We cannot deny that Nelly deserve this. He really is a legend out here

He Put his city on the map with no help no hand out no cosign, he's legendary

Clearly, Nelly took good care of himself over the years... He looks clean and decent for his age. God bless you bro.. Wish you many more years in health and glamor.

That Nelly run was crazy.

Nelly been waiting years to give that speech..he wrote down everybody name 😂 I enjoyed every bit of his run! Thanks to him, my high school years were lit and golden 💜

He deserves all his flowers. Sold all those records with no major features. DOPE. He gave shout-out to all the St.Lunatics. That was good enough.

Shout out to Nelly for making his own hip hop lane!

I never thought about nobody helping Nelly but that's true

Congratulations…no co-sign, and sold that many records. Few artist did that this century 💪🏽🔥🔥. Well deserved

He still looks exactly the same! Handsome!

After all these yrs Nelly still looks fine AF👏👏👏👏

Nelly does not age. He is a living legend. All his bangers were straight hits. So thankful we grew up around the time all his hits came out and we watched all of the beautiful videos for hours memorizing all the lyrics

This manye from st louis is a certified legend & started his career with a bandage on that's different

I'm from KC, MO and Nelly made the whole state proud...

Congratulations to Nelly he deserve it and his flowers asap i was waiting for him to perform TIP DRILL. St.louis in the building

Nelly one of the greatest of all time

I almost cried when he shouted out the St. Lunatics real shxt. This was dope 🙏🏼

I was the biggest Nelly fan coming up! So glad he’s getting his recognition.

Nelly was making hits since the 90s congrats to a living legend 🔥🔥🔥

I just love him.... He told his truth with a little shade and he looked real good doing it. Way to represent for the Midwest baby!

Well earned. That aside, Murphy Lee was underrated, but glad he had a moment and a solo hit.

Ali is not a lunatic ., Nelly made that official last night .. 😂

He did recognize the The ole group I respect in NellyMo no matter what happened between them he showed them love .

Some of y’all must been living under a rock because Nelly and Ali still beefing so of course he wasn’t gonna shout him out🤣

Great performance and well deserved honor. I respect that he rapped LIVE and had great dancers and stage presence.

grew up on Nelly in BC CANADA im 31 what a legendary speech from a real legend!

You know what’s so crazy... a LOT of these names he mentioned I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY of him mentioning these names back in 2000! 🙏🏾🙏🏾 I have loved this man for over 2 decades!!! I am ride or die LUNATICS. DERRTY ENT... WE ALL WE GOT!! Aaahhhhh! He makes my heart so happy and I’m so proud of this man. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🥰🥰🥰🏆🏆🏆🏆

Nelly the Goat outta STL for real💯

Well Deserved Nelly!!!!!! Soo proud that you represent our hometown well🙏🏽Congratulations... Sending you your flowers💐 now... STL loves you 🥰❤️🤗

Congratulations Nelly!!! Tip Drill, Grillz, AF1's, DILEMMA, Ride With Me, Pimp Juice, Country Grammar, Flap Ya Wingz are my faves!!!!

I’m so glad he GAVE the St. Lunatics a shout out. I would love ❤️ to see them all perform in concert. After COVID is done

Icon. Nelly we Proud of you. Stlouis stand-up!

Congratulations to Nelly is well-deserved.

Congratulations Nelly!!! From the Lou and I'm Proud!

I'm so grateful and proud of Nelly he definitely deserves it I love his music and I'm really glad he didnt become a one hit wonder. All his hard work paid off. ☺☺👍🙂❤❤❤❤❤ and I also loved how he brought up ll cool j as his influence I thought that was amazing to hear. And that after he saw ll cool j he realized he could do what he wanted to do especially when it come down to his lyrics and just being himself and understand u dont just have to be hip hop artist u can take those steps to make your dream so much bigger than what it needs to be. Not a lot of rappers can pay homage to other rappers that have pave the way and have had such a successful career in music and movies and ll cool j even plays in NCIS shows. Before that he had a show long time ago called in the house. So I was glad Nelly recognition a legend such as ll cool j and I was also glad people recognize Nelly work that he has put out over the years.

Before we had Drake we had Nelly and LLCool J ain't that something.

Glad to see him shouting out the Lunatics..

King of swag ..Nelly

Nelly will always be one of my favorites ❤️ He definitely deserved this award not to mention his performance took me back to my childhood 🙌🏼😊

Nelly why you kill Ali like that ?? , now that man about to be on social media saying he invented the Lunatics 😂 Ali you dead out here in these streets for going against Nelly 👀

If Money Bag Yo can claim that he is 30 then so can Nelly lol

314 in the building 💯💪🏾💪🏾 Shout Too Mo & The Rest Of Em & The Ones Who Was In The 2000s St.Louis Rap Scene At The Time 💯💪🏾

"Only one's selling records is Em, Pimp Juice and us"

Congratulations to Nelly, he well deserves it. Let’s Go Nellyville and his now a legend.

I remember my mom bought his CD at one of those stores you buy not so known artists music from and we fell in LOVE with it. We knew he would be big

Hey ALI “nobody came to see you OTIS” lol shout out to Nelly, you deserve it champ, legend, goat, king ✊🏽

This man is a legend. A beautiful person inside and out.

Cultural icon Nelly, Congrats Bro!!

BET award show one of the best award show on TV for a decade

Yess about time. Give it up for him he deserves it way to represent the home town even though I'm from East Saint Louis still he put us on the map

NELLY Deserves This ❤😊 So Talented and FINE

He sure did rep the Midwest! Glad he got some recognition 👏🏾

As a St. Louis native. This makes me feel special

Nelly....ALWAYS repped his city....St louis, no matter where he was in his life ♥. When I saw that Arch I was like yesssss....been loving dude since day one. Performance was Awesome. He deserved this recognition......Love from the 314. the LOU.

Nelly ain't aging y'all. Happy for him he's so deserving. Bless him. 💖💖💖

Oklahoma here for u also Nelly Thank u for al.ll the good music through out my HS years

Real talk from STL. Thanks Bro

S/o too NELLY we hold ya down forever MIDWEST STAND UP FR STL TO OHIO.

As a musician from Joplin Missouri Nelly was a huge inspiration. Glad to see him still killing it.

First time I really noticed his accent!

Ya'll don't know how big Nelly was in Europe huh..every brother here was a Nelly-imitator

Well deservedddd👏🏽👏🏽 congrets! I was, I am and will remain a fan. What Nelly and St Lunatics brought together was another level! and rightly so that Nelly thanked all members of St Lunatics.

My Childhood Idol Nelly my home boy I miss those days homie

Well spoken always moved like a true gentleman salute nelly

Nelly deserves it man hands down best in the game ❤️

Luv Nelly and the rest of the Tics, STL still holding it dwn. Thankyu Nelly for stayn focused, stayn ready, stayn relevant, always showing luv to whomever in ur path. Yu r a strong Man, yu got the Lou on ur bak and yu still Blessn, thankyu💯

Nelly is one of my all time favorite artists of all time over all genres. I still listen to all his music to this day. Thank you Nelly for the wonderful music you make. It's helped me think clearly when I was struggling and just needed to clear my head. It's wonderful that you are given your flowers for your hard work and sacrifices. Congratulations.

Congrats to nelly 🥰

Just noticed Nelly ain’t shot out Ali from Lunatics… they must be beefing. But much love to Nelly for repping the Midwest how he did! Ohio boy here!! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🗣💯

Congratulations Nelly. Great performance from Sikeston,Mo.

Congratulations...Nelly much deserved you represent the Lou in every way that is positive and everytime your Father visits the VA Hospital he talks about how proud he is of you👊🏽

I love his country accent!!! Lol

Salute to Nelly for breaking genre lines in hip hop!💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Nelly to the world. I'm his biggest fan. Every song he ever sang I know it by heart. I'm glad that he finally got his award. He's been putting in the work.

Nelly u the greatest of all time. Don't let nobody tell u bs. U more than a rapper.

Giving Nelly his flowers 💐

Lord I was distracted by the lip licking 🤣 congratulations Nelly 🎉🎉

Wooow amazing to see this day come to light as well. NELLY you deserve these flowers

Congratulations Nelly. Well deserved.

Awesome love you Nelly still huge crush on you since 90s I'm happy I saw you in concert ❤️❤️❤️

Give the man his flowers bc he did that fo sho

Yesss Nelly I'm so happy you representing our city you are doing a great job at it ❤️

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🍾 🍾🍾🍾

FROM MY HOMETOWN.....HE ALWAYS KEPT IT 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

He Deserve everything he has work for he put saint louis on and we love you for that Nelly 😘💪🙏👆I'm from the Lou and I'm proud 💪❤️

Nelly is my favorite artist ever

A UCITY/STL LEGEND 😩 we do keep the success story of Nelly close to us because what he said is so true. The Midwest is extremely odd, especially Missouri. He saw an opportunity and made the best of it & now people like Smino are doing the same. If God willing, I hope I can do the same soon. 😩

Why does he gotta look like that? 😫😍 and why does he have that accent .... the swag and allll 😛💖

This man been fine his ENTIRE LIFE.

Salute straight from Sierra Leone in Africa 🇸🇱

Congratulations 👏💯

I love his speech, it’s everything!!!

Congratulations bae 😍💞

Congrats to Nelly! You have always made Saint Louis proud! Nelly and Ali are definitely having irreconcilable differences! He even mentioned Slo down?

CONGRATULATIONS TO A LEGEND👏👏👏👏TRULY DESERVES THIS AWARD!!!!💕💕💕MUCH LOVE NELLY ST.LUNATICS AND CITY 😘😘😘😘

Nelly and the Saint Lunatics are why I starting liking rap music. I’ve been watching his BET performance getting my life 😂 I’m so happy to see Nelly getting his recognition! 💜💜💜