Nelly is now a certified veteran in the Hip-Hop scene who continues to tour extensively while reaping the benefits of his still-prominent fame. The St. Louis star praised rising Memphis rapper NLE Choppa, who paid homage to Nelly by taking some fashion cues from him for an upcoming video.
NLE Choppa, 20, teased a new video that comes out this Friday (Friday 28) with a series of images of him decked out in classic 1990s style with baggy jeans, a sports team jersey, an oversized t-shirt, and Nelly’s signature band-aid under one of his eyes. From another post showing the video in motion, it appears that the name of the song is “It’s Getting Hot,” which samples a particular song from Nelly that shouldn’t be hard to guess.
“ITS GETTING HOT” #FRIDAY
1,000 Shares I’ll Drop Tomorrowpic.twitter.com/4LnKotkBeU
— NLE Choppa (@Nlechoppa1) July 26, 2023
The “Hot In Herre” artist caught wind of NLE Choppa’s posts and saluted his younger counterpart by writing, “Go Up Nephew” complete with fire emojis with NLE Choppa responding with, “Nelly approved.”
It isn’t known what project the new song and video are attached to but comes after NLE Choppa’s second studio album, Cottonwood 2, which dropped this past April. Choppa made his official studio album debut back in 2020 with Top Shotta, which was preceded by a handful of mixtapes and an EP dating back to 2018.
On X (formerly known as Twitter), fans are reacting to the NLE Choppa mimicking the sound of Nelly. Check out those reactions below.
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Hot In Herre ain’t the holy grail that y’all making it out to be that needs to be protected. Sample everything. Hip-Hop is an art form created by sampling. It ain’t for us, it’s for NLE Choppa and the younger folks rediscovering songs that are 20+ years old https://t.co/knbfrff16K
— Eddie Francis (@yourboyeddie) July 26, 2023
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When you order Nelly off SHEIN https://t.co/6WKpNCPyJe
— BRI (@BriMalandro) July 26, 2023
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Not to be dramatic when I say this but this might be the worst song of 2023 https://t.co/sGVQZVW7tS
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod
(@big_business_) July 26, 2023
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Kinda disappointed at Nelly for clearing this https://t.co/Qz3EPbeU1Y
— Navjosh (@Navjosh) July 26, 2023
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Nelly authorised this?
Coz it stinks https://t.co/Qu66vLdBUw pic.twitter.com/V3VYEKQ9dC
— Trouble (@NiniKnows_) July 26, 2023
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NLE Choppa 100% the worst rapper
— BIG LORDY (@ANKHLEJOHN) July 27, 2023
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Wait I thought NLE Choppa was supposed to be one of the smart young rappers who turned his life around & started preaching about chakras and eating alkaline pic.twitter.com/s0vhcYZV1Z
— Bo Jackson Pollock (@suedejury) July 26, 2023
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NLE Choppa releases a lot of music and none of that shit sticks
— The Anonymous Nobody (@el_budget) July 26, 2023
9.
These new rappers keeping ruining classics with they violent ass lyrics!
Inner-cities across the country are surging with violence, especially by young people..
NLE Choppa, imma sample Nelly and say “I’ve been waiting to shoot this nigga for so long” …
This track is whack https://t.co/LM5yUfIhFp— Cacao
(@OhWho_OhLu) July 26, 2023
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NLE Choppa so fine I just .. pic.twitter.com/UJtcAA5r8a
— TM (@High_Montana) July 27, 2023
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That NLE Choppa “Hot in Herre” flip and video may be the worst single in Hip-Hop history.
— Shawn Grant (@SHAWNxGRANT) July 27, 2023
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What NLE Choppa's producers should've said: pic.twitter.com/JSXX8ALLKD
— Sharp, The Elder. (@MrThereHeGo) July 27, 2023
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Nelly when he hears that new NLE Choppa song pic.twitter.com/rAVNzkmDIX
— Yosemite Sean (@TopRamaan) July 27, 2023