Nelly Sued By St. Lunatics Over Uncredited Work On ‘Country Grammar’

Nelly has been sued by his former group the St. Lunatics over what they declare is uncredited work on his Nation Grammar album.

The group, consisting of Ali Jones (Ali), Torhi Harper (Murphy Lee), Robert Kyjuan (Kyjuan) and Nelly’s brother Lavell Webb (Metropolis Spud), filed the copyright infringement go well with in opposition to Nelly on Wednesday (September 18).

The declare, which was made in New York Federal Courtroom, asserts that the  famous person didn’t credit score them for his or her work on his 2000 album.

The declare revolves round their publishing and writing on the album.

This isn’t the primary time St. Lunatics have spoken out in opposition to Nelly’s alleged impropriety relating to their creative contributions to their work.

In 2023, Ali vowed he’d by no means carry out with Nelly ever once more due to cash he owed the band.

Ali Jones sat down with VladTV for an interview in August of that 12 months and opened up about Nelly allegedly going for months at a time with out paying him what he was owed.

“I’ll say like it could be $90,000 or $70,000,” he estimated. “When that conversation happens I’ll get a check. It’ll be $13,000. Now you’ll be fucked up now because what is this $13,000 for? You owe me $91,000.”

He concluded: “What did you pay me for? At the end of it, it’s gonna be $66,000 because he’s far behind on the payments.”

The St. Louis native blasted Nelly for the dearth of communication on his finish after which blamed an outsider for attempting to divide Nelly from the group.

Ali went on to declare that he’s “never” going to reunite with Nelly or hit the stage to carry out with him once more sooner or later.

“A tiger ain’t never gon’ change his stripes,” he mentioned. “I watched it for 20 years and I’m the butt of the joke because it took me 20 years to realize it. I could put a never, ever behind it will I ever hit the stage or do anything with him.”

He added: “He has no real raw good intentions for others. Not for us and we’ve all sat together and searched hard to try to find a time that didn’t benefit him. He got $50 million, I’m happy for him. That’s what he wants. He wants a billion.”

The $50 million Ali was referencing is the reported determine Nelly was paid for promoting half of his music catalog again in June. The deal included eight albums spanning a string of hits, loads of which performed an important function in elevating Twenty first-century Hip Hop and R&B.