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Nelly was born Cornell Haynes, Jr. to Cornell Haynes, Sr. and Rhonda Mack in Austin, Texas on November 2, 1974. Nelly has a sister named Jackie, who is 2 years his senoir; they have father. Shortly after he was born, Nelly moved to Spain until he was three, because his father was in the U.S. Air Force. He moved back to the states, and got his education in St. Louis, Missouri. Nelly found himself moving in with relative to relative since his parents split because of financial problems. He also started getting in trouble, he moved to University City, Missouri, right outside of St. Louis. The future rapper showed great promise as a professional baseball player, but as a child he listened to artists such as Rahiem, LL Cool J, Run-DMC, OutKast, and Goodie Mob and he to wished he could become a rap star. In high school he formed a group with 5 of his friends, Murphy Lee, Kyjaun, Ali, City Spud, and Slo Down, called the St. Lunatics. They sold 7, 000 units of "Gimmie what yo...