Taylor Swift paid Nelly $50,000 for a surprise three-minute performance – and she gave him the money in a McDonald’s bag.
The rapper made a strange request after Swift called him “out of the blue” and asked him to join her onstage in Houston, Texas, as a “really big favor” in 2011, he told “Breakfast Club” listeners Wednesday.
Swift, who Nelly had known “for a long time,” said over the phone that she and her friends had “done a routine to ‘Hot in Herre'” the night before and wanted to fly her out from St. Louis.
Although the 36-year-old said she didn’t “really have a budget” at the time and didn’t want to “disrespect” Nelly, she offered her the five-figure sum, along with a ride on her private plane and a stay in the presidential suite at the Four Seasons.
“I said, ‘Can you put this (money) in a McDonald’s bag?’ “, Nelly recalls, noting that of course, “his manager, Robert Allen…threw him a McDonald’s bag with $50,000 in cash. »
The “Ride Wit Me” singer, who “never even saw” the luxury hotel room because he went straight from the show to the airport, reportedly didn’t perform “for free” and money wasn’t “an issue.”
However, he exclaimed: “It was hilarious. I’ll take it.”
Nelly, 51, performed “Just a Dream” during the 2011 show, which was part of Swift’s “Speak Now” tour.
He joined her on stage two years later for the “Red” tour, this time treating the audience to a performance of “Hey Porsche”.
In 2015, he sang “Hot in Herre” during a stop on the pop star’s “1989” world tour.
Swift, for her part, has “appeared at some of (his) shows” over the years and sang “Dilemma” with him.
Nelly said Wednesday that “hell yeah” he considers himself a Swiftie.
He and his wife, Ashanti, attended Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce in July at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Nelly defended the massive – and star-studded – wedding guest list, saying “you make a lot of friends” over a long career like hers.
“People forget how long she’s been in the business,” he said. “And at the top of it all. …And her husband could become the greatest tight end of all time by the time this is done.”
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