Before her debut album, 2000’s Whoa, Nelly!, grabbed the world by its talons, Nelly Furtado spent months petitioning radio stations to play her songs, sweetening the deal with a free pizza pie.

In 2000, the St. Lunatics signed a record ... The complaint claims that Ali, Murphy Lee, Kyjuan and Webb wrote all of the songs’ lyrics, while Nelly provided “some lyrical arrangement and ...

Following a reunion at the American Music Awards 50th anniversary celebration, three out of the four St. Lunatics members ...

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 ...

The songs included “Batter Up,” “Thicky Thick Girl” and “Steal the Show” from Nelly’s debut album, which dropped in 2000. The St. Lunatics claimed Nelly, whose real name is Cornell ...

Members of Nelly’s St. Lunatics crew have filed a lawsuit against the rapper that claims they never received proper credit or royalties from his 2000 album ... St. Lunatics songs — and not ...

The pop star tells PEOPLE she used to feel "shy" hearing her music out in public Nelly Furtado has a new appreciation for her ...

During the mid-2000s, her music was absolutely everywhere. From "Promiscuous" to "Maneater" to "Say It Right," you couldn't leave the house without hearing one of her songs. Before she cemented ...

18, alleging the rapper manipulated them for years by falsely promising they’d receive credit, and therefore royalties, on eight of his songs. “It eventually became clear that [Nelly] had no ...