The IRS orders a few million dollars from Nelly and his fans are seeking to help him pay it back.

By: Chiloo Vang









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TMZ is reporting that the IRS wants the 41-year-old rapper Nelly to pay up what he owes to them, $2,412,283.  TMZ also goes on to say that sources have mentioned that Nelly has already began working on resolving the issue.

Nelly's fans heard about the demand by the IRS and have started a trending hashtag on social media, #SaveNelly, in attempt to spread awareness and help the fellow rapper out.  Besides spreading the hashtag around, fans have been going onto music streaming apps such as Spotify to play his songs in order to create a small amount of revenue for Nelly.

According to Spin, his songs would have to be streamed between 287,176,547 and 402,880,500 times in order to generate the amount needed for pay off the IRS.