Quote of the Week: Nelly

This conversation with Nelly was held on September 23rd at the Boost Mobile Rockcorps Concert in NYC at Radio City Music Hall. Yes, the ladies were swooning once he walked into the media room. I decided to ask Nelly a question that I knew he would be very passionate about...


Deshair: Talk about your foundations and charities that you’re currently working on.

Nelly: Indeed, 4sho4kids and Jes Us 4 Jackie. We’re getting people signed up on the Bone Marrow/Stem Cell registry to help fight Leukemia. Leukemia has taken so many lives including my sister who has been gone for over a year now. We’re still pushing; we’ve been able to find 8 different matches which allowed for us to save 8 different lives. You can say what you want about Nelly, but Nelly has helped to save 8 different lives and I don’t know too many people who can say that. Even though we didn’t find a match for my sister, we want to let people know that this is bigger than one person and that we will continue to get the word out there to try to help save as many lives as we can.

Photo Credit: Brian Mapp
In Photo: Ali, Nelly & Big Gipp