Nelly fans are streaming his music en masse to help pay off his $2.4 million tax debt
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Accordingly, the hashtags "#HotInHerreStreamingParty" and "#SaveNelly" trended on Twitter, as Nelly fans voiced their support for the rapper and returned to his 2002 single "Hot in Herre" for repeated listening.
As Spin points out, though, Nelly fans would have to stream the song over 287 million times on Spotify for the rapper to make enough to cover his debt.
The streaming service announced recently that it pays artists between $0.006 and $0.0084 per song stream, so 287 million streams would correspond to a "high end" payout. If Nelly were to receive the minimum $0.006 per stream, fans would have to stream "Hot in Herre" or any song from Nelly's streaming catalog over 402 million times.
While it's likely that the movement will be in vain given those staggering figures, here are some of the best Twitter reactions from #HotInHerreStreamingParty and #SaveNelly's attempts to alleviate Nelly's finanical predicament:
help nelly pay his bills #HotInHerreStreamingParty pic.twitter.com/aHdmbH9kcL
- ? (@6PAPl) September 12, 2016
pro tip: turn your phone to mute and put on "hot in herre" while you sleep tonight. 7 hours sleep = 110 plays #hotinherrestreamingparty
- jim jar-jarmusch (@bergmansbro) September 13, 2016
Just arrived at the #hotinherrestreamingparty i got you Nelly pic.twitter.com/Xx5PhVXTl2
- ye' (@evlyeezy) September 13, 2016
Nelly gave us hits for the middle school dances. We owe him #SaveNelly
- Daniel (@theyhatedr) September 12, 2016
Nelly helped you awkwardly grind on your first girlfriend during the homecoming dance. You owe him. #SaveNelly
- B! J! STEINER!!! (@DocZeus) September 12, 2016
Nelly might go bankrupt?#HotInHerreStreamingParty pic.twitter.com/mAclK3Lofq
- Wendell Reese (@CoachDiesel) September 13, 2016
Stream "Hot in Herre" on repeat below, via Spotify.
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