Key Takeaways
- Nelly told The Breakfast Club that Taylor Swift paid him $50,000 in a McDonald’s bag—at his request—for a performance of “Hot in Herre.”
- Swift arranged a private jet and hotel after she and her friends created a routine to the song, though Nelly said he “would’ve did it for free.”
- Nelly and Ashanti attended Swift’s wedding in July, which Ashanti described as “so magical.”
Nelly shared that he was once given a McDonald’s bag containing $50,000 in cash from Taylor Swift simply because she wanted him to perform “Hot in Herre.”
During his appearance on The Breakfast Club with Ashanti, the rapper revealed Swift called him out of the blue to ask if she could fly him out from St. Louis to Houston to perform his hit song. According to Nelly, the reason for the spontaneous proposal is the singer and her friends put together a routine to “Hot in Herre.”
“I don’t want to disrespect you,” Nelly recalled Swift telling him. “I don’t really have a budget like that.”
Taylor offered to send a private jet, cover the cost of a hotel, and pay him $50,000.
Nelly agreed, asking if the payment could be placed in a McDonald’s bag.
Before taking the stage for a three-minute performance, Nelly received the money, just as he requested.
“But I would’ve did it for free,” he added.
Nelly said he never saw the routine performed by Taylor and her friends, nor did he stay in the presidential suite that was reserved for him and his kids. After the show concluded, Nelly and his children went back to St. Louis in the plane that was waiting for them whenever they wanted to leave.
Nelly and Swift have clearly remained friends through the years because the rapper and Ashanti were among the guests who attended the singer’s wedding in July.
Ashanti told Good Day New York that the wedding “looked so beautiful inside,” adding that the ceremony was “so magical.”
