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Nelly Hit With Copyright Lawsuit Over Decades-Old Album By Ex-Bandmates: ‘Lying The Entire Time’

Nelly is being sued by St. Lunatics in a new copyright lawsuit over claims he cut them out of credits on Country Grammar, the rapper's debut album.

In a complaint filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, attorneys for the St. Lunatics allege that Nelly ( Cornell Haynes) repeatedly “manipulated” them into falsely thinking they’d be paid for their work on the 2000 album, which spent five weeks atop the Billboard 200. A group of high school friends from St. Louis, the St. Lunatics rose to prominence in the late 1990s with “Gimme What U Got”, and their debut album Free City – released a year after Country Grammar – was a hit of its own, reaching No. In the new lawsuit, the group members say they were involved with more songs than they were credited for, including “Steal the Show,” “Thicky Thick Girl,” “Batter Up,” and “Wrap Sumden.” The most notable is the title track “Country Grammar,” which reached No.

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