It's getting hot in here. We're hanging out with Grammy Award winning artist Nelly to find out the next chapter in his life. How's it going?

It's good.

It's early, isn't it?

Yeah, yeah.

We should tell the people out there that it's very early in the morning.

It's early.

And Nelly was early.

Nelly was early. I was on time.

You were, you were. I'm I'm breaking tradition today.

You are breaking tradition.

Yeah, cuz you was. Wait, what was that?

No, I didn't say nothing.

Really? I thought I heard something. No. So the next?

Yeah, the next.

Awesome new show on the CW. You're playing a mentor.

Yeah, yeah, me.

Joe Jonas, who I I hear you guys are having a bromance with Joe Jonas. Joe Jonas. He was in here last week and he is obsessed with you.

No, he's a cool dude. He's a cool dude, man. Um, you know what? When you get a chance to, you know, work with work with people on a daily basis sometimes like that, you know, you get a chance to kick it with people outside of the ambiance of the business.

Yeah. And and glorious, and and John Rich. And I know you've done country collaborations before, but you know, just just sort of being able to sort of hang out and see people in a different environment.

Yeah, that works. That works.

Probably learning about yourself moving in with strangers for 72 hours. I asked Joe if he was a good house guest, if he was neat. He said he was he thought he was good. How are you?

Uh, I'm probably terrible.

Oh, really?

I am. I'm probably terrible.

Do you do you not pick up after yourself?

No, I leave my shoes in the middle of the floor. I kick them off. Yeah. I'm I'm I fall asleep wherever I may. So.

Well, I saw um the first episode you had to go to like a family dinner and there was like a pig roasting. Let's cut the pig. The roasted pig, uh, not my thing, but you know, it's part of their family tradition, which is great because the support of your family and your loved ones and your friends, it can mean so much to artists because in this business, times get rough. Did you eat the pig? I wouldn't have eaten that thing. It looked really

No. I wouldn't too much on the pig thing. You know. It was cool. A little spooky, but cool. You know, and it looked like it was just alive, maybe all of about 20 minutes ago. It looked like it had a bad sunburn.

Yeah. I got a chance to see her interact with the customers, which is real good because fan interaction while you're on stage and you're performing goes a long way. No. The browns look a lot better. I thought it would be cool to kind of improv a little bit. Why are you doing that? Let me hear the song. Has your shoulder cous- It's working in a sunglass hut. I'm sure the people that just walked in just

You know, it was a little different because there's so many people outside and they didn't know if they could come in and buy things. So at some point I had to get people to start coming in.

How did so how did you do that? Did you go out on the street and hold like a sign and do all that stuff? Are you just basically

No, I just told them to come in.

And were people did they recognize you were they in disbelief? Because sometimes when people aren't expecting to see somebody, they kind of you know, it takes them a minute.

A bunch of people did and then one gentleman, he he really didn't. He was really in there to buy glasses and he was kind of in a rush. That he was actually the dude I sold glasses to.

Did you make a good commission?

I still haven't gotten paid. Sunglass Hut, cough it up. What's going on?

Nelly deserves his commission. So I know you have a new album coming out. You have a new single out with Chris Brown, Marry Go Round.

Yeah, shout out to Chris. Shout out to the interns too, who produced the track. I know there's a couple collabs on it. Yeah, the uh actually it's my seventh album. It's titled M uh, M. O. M. O. A lot of people, fans and family call me Mo, and everybody knows that's the abbreviation for Missouri. And if you didn't know, it's the abbreviation for Missouri. I feel real excited about it. It's a lot of energy. Like you said again, Chris Brown's on the first single. Trey Songz is on the album. A lot of good collaborations. A lot of great producers too, Detail, Pharrell Williams, uh, Rico Love, dope.

So I have a little game for you. Okay. It's called The Next. Because you are sort of a trendsetter, you're sort of you sort of have your finger on the pulse before we all sort of know what's the next big thing. Cool. We would love to know your what you're really into or what your next big thing will be in the following categories. Are you ready? Next big purchase you have to make fashion-wise. Fashion-wise. Yeah. What are you into fashion-wise for men?

For men, it will probably be a new Saint, the new Bentley. new Saint. It's it's pretty cool.

Could you just maybe have somebody gift it seeing as you're famous. Maybe two of them.

Maybe two of them.

You heard that Bentley. Nelly needs two for him and the other Nelly, which really will be me taking taking the Bentley. And what about women's fashion? Women's fashion. Yes. What do you like to see on a woman? What are you all about right now? I just Do you like women sort of like more laid, you know, laid back the jeans thing or you like the dressing up thing?

I like a woman that can adapt. I like an adaptable woman. No, seriously. I like a woman that, you know, if we're sitting on the couch, if she's coming to my house to watch the basketball game, she doesn't walk in in 7-inch heels. She comes in with her sneakers and her couch attire. Right. But if we're going out, she doesn't come you know, she doesn't come out with the sneakers. She comes out, you know. She doesn't do it in the reverse.

Okay. Next person you want to see traded to the Rams.

Next person I want to see traded to the Rams. Um Adrian P, no, not Adrian Peterson, because my man Stephen Jackson is the best running back ever known to man. I know they say that. But um Megatron. I'd rather see Megatron.

There you go. Next big TV show. I know you watch a little bridal, maybe a little

Yeah. But the next that comes on the CW. Premieres August 16th. Check every Thursday. 9 o'clock Eastern.

And last but not least, since you're so busy, albums, TV shows, this and that. Next big vacation you want to take? Where are you going?

Uh, you know what? I just want to go in my backyard and chill and just knows I don't have to do anything tomorrow.

And then just roll out in your Bentley whenever you're ready to go back to work. Come swoop you up. Shout out. Let's do it.