synffNelly, the St. Louis rap sensation, fused pop hooks with hip hop swagger on his diamond-certified debut Country Grammar (2000), launching a string of Hot 100 smashes like "Country Grammar," "Ride wit Me," "Hot in Herre," and the Kelly Rowland collab "Dilemma."
Rooted in southern hip hop and…
3 roots·18 legacies
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