Nelly reveals staggering amount Taylor Swift paid him for 3-minute surprise performance - Page Six
Rapper Nelly shared an anecdote about Taylor Swift paying him $50,000 in a McDonald's bag for a surprise guest performance in 2011. The rapper expressed his admiration for Swift and noted the unconventional payment method was a humorous experience.
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Make Page Six a Preferred Source Taylor Swift paid Nelly $50,000 for a surprise performance that lasted just three minutes — and she gave him the cash in a McDonald’s bag.
The rapper made the odd request after Swift called him “out of the blue” and asked 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 “made a routine to ‘Hot in Herre'” the previous evening and wanted to fly him out from St. Louis.
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