No teasing, Nelly needs you to stream his song “Hot in Herre.”
Fans of the rapper have launched a campaign to free him from his reported tax woes by streaming the 2002 track until his supposed debt is paid off.
Upon reading news that Nelly has been slapped with a $2.4 million tax lien by the IRS, devotees cooked up a unique way to bail him out, one stream at a time.
Fans took to Twitter en masse to launch the hashtags #SaveNelly and #HotinHerreStreamingParty, to document their efforts and support.
One Nelly fan went so far as to offer some advice on boosting one’s streaming count while catching some Z’s.
“Pro tip: turn your phone to mute and put on’Hot in Herre’ while you sleep tonight. 7 hours sleep = 110 plays,” the fan helpfully offered.
Alas, streaming royalties being what they are, the fans have their work cut out for them. The math whizzes at Spin broke out the abacus and determined that the rapper would have to rack up nearly 300 million Spotify streams to erase his IRS debt — and that’s assuming he’s at the higher end of the spectrum for Spotify payouts.
So it’s probably best to stop time wasting and start streaming already.
#HotInHerreStreamingParty I forgot how much of a bop this song is but I got u boo pic.twitter.com/BFGLMlyzj6
— Zolee McHarambeface (@Zoleeofficial) September 13, 2016
#HotInHerreStreamingParty I just gotta say I love black people and how we look out for each other ???????? #SaveNelly
— move mojito (@louboutindom) September 13, 2016
Just arrived at the #hotinherrestreamingparty i got you Nelly pic.twitter.com/Xx5PhVXTl2
— ye’ (@evlyeezy) September 13, 2016
pro tip: turn your phone to mute and put on “hot in herre” while you sleep tonight. 7 hours sleep = 110 plays #hotinherrestreamingparty
— jim jar-jarmusch (@bergmansbro) September 13, 2016
MIX A LIL BIT OF AH AH
WITH A LIL BIT OF AH AH ??”???”?#HotinHerreStreamingPartypic.twitter.com/56RsnPvmgn— chimdi (@ohchimdi) September 13, 2016