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NELLY RELEASES “LIL BIT” FEATURING FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE FOR SECOND COLLABORATION
FORTHCOMING COUNTRY-INFLUENCED EP THE HEARTLAND
Nelly embarks on a National TV Show tour starting November 24th on GMA to perform “Lil Bit” Live! Diamond selling, multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning Hip Hop superstar (and fan-favorite on this season of Dancing With The Stars) Nelly reunites with country music heavyweights Florida Georgia Line for his new single “Lil Bit” out now via RECORDS/Columbia, listen HERE. Combining Nelly’s signature St. Louis sound with Florida Georgia Line’s Nashville twang, “Lil Bit” supersedes the RIAA-certified diamond collaboration “Cruise.”
“Lil Bit” sets the stage for Nelly’s upcoming country-influenced EP The Heartland. The EP showcases Nelly’s ability to defy genres and blend his classic sound with the true heartbeat of country music.
“Music brings all types of people together and this track, “Lil Bit,” is a dope track that merges my hip hop style with my boys FGL country style once again and I hope it will draw both hip hop fans and country fans to it!” says Nelly.
Nelly has had huge success in both Hip Hop and Country including country collaborations with Tim McGraw, Florida Georgia Line, Jimmie Allen and most recently Kane Brown as well as his own remake of Thomas Rhett’s Die A Happy Man.
From St. Louis to Nashville and everywhere in between, Nelly welcomes you to The Heartland.
Nelly is a diamond selling, multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning rap superstar, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and actor. Over the past two decades he has continuously raised the bar for the entertainment industry since stepping on the scene in 2000 with his distinctive vocals and larger-than-life personality. He has been referred to as “one of the biggest stars of the new millennium” and the RIAA ranks Nelly as the fourth best-selling rap artist in American music history, with 21 million albums sold in the United States.