Damn, this is brutal. Nelly, one of the biggest stars of the early 2000s, just played a gig in this huge arena, and it looked like a ghost town. Videos leaked showin’ a tiny crowd huddled by the stage, then panning around to empty rows. Ouch.
Some fans tried defending dude, sayin’ it was probably a soundcheck or VIP thing before the real show. Uh, nah. Looks like it was actually that free gig for college kids in Florida last week – the one that made local news for how bad the turnout was.
See, Nelly was supposed to go on at 7, but even the janitors were taking smoke breaks ’cause no one was there. They finally got a few bodies in, but yeah, the place looked emptier than a rapper’s bank account after a bad lawsuit.
One student straight-up admitted to not even knowing who Nelly was. These kids missed out, man. “Country Grammar”, “Hot in Herre” – those were the jams. But hey, guess most of these college kids were newborns when Nelly was on top. Maybe they should have booked someone who posts dance routines on TikTok instead.
Props to Nelly though, he still gave it his all. Told the small crowd he was grateful to even be there. Dude’s a class act, even when the party’s dead.
